Jordan Matthew Young secured a last-minute place in
The Voice s season finale during the semi-finals episode on Tuesday night (May 18). That means that not only will there be two country-leaning contestants in the show s Top 5, but also Team Blake will have two chances to win this season, giving Blake Shelton a leg up over all three other coaches on the show.
Tuesday night s episode revealed the results of viewer voting over the past 24 hours, which moved four of the Top 9 contestants directly through to
The Voice s finale episode. One of those four performers who were automatically safe for the night was Kenzie Wheeler, the show s most reliably country contestant, who wowed the coaches on Monday night (May 17) with a George Jones cover. Despite his strong country leanings, Wheeler actually isn t on Team Blake his coach is Kelly Clarkson.
During his run on
The Voice, Jordan Matthew Young has proved his talents in a wide variety of genres. Still, he knows how to keep it country, and the Team Blake standout returned to those traditional roots during his performance on Monday night (May 17.)
The Austin, Texas native covered John Conlee s Rose Colored Glasses during the live Top 9 performances episode. Young s coach, Blake Shelton, praised his song choice, explaining that it was one of his own go-to country covers to perform.
Conlee released Rose Colored Glasses in 1978 as the lead single and title track of his debut studio album. It peaked at No. 5 on the
The Voice contestant Jordan Matthew Young delivered a strong performance of the 1990 track earlier this week.
Young took on the Black Crowes during
The Voice s Knockout Round against Ethan Lively, who sang country singer Travis Tritt s Help Me Hold On. The rasp and southern twang in Young s voice makes his cover sound pretty close to the Crowes version, and his long hair makes it look like he could actually be a member, too.
At the end of both performances, each of the judges Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Blake Shelton and John Legend evaluate and provide feedback, and then finally pick a winner for the round.