Ian Flanigan first won over Blake Shelton back in the middle of October when his blind audition performance of Zac Brown Bands Colder Weather caused the superstar to tell the 30-year-old he had a once in a lifetime voice. Over the next few weeks, viewers of The Voice fell for Flanigan too, who week after week sang with heart, soul and conviction as he built a base that regardless of where he would finish during the finale, should prove to be a strong foundation of Flani Fans for years to come.
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The Voice Top 5 Results-Show Recap: And the Winner of Season 19 Is… TVLine 16/12/2020
The Season 19 finale of
The Voice shouldn’t have been suspenseful. Like, at all. Based on your enthusiastic support of Team Gwen Stefani’s junior achiever Carter Rubin in the polls that have followed our recaps, he had the victory in the bag. A nice one, even, with tissue paper and a bow.
But, as we know all too well, the results of TVLine polls don’t necessarily reflect the preferences of the NBC sing-off’s audience as a whole. We also couldn’t underestimate The Blake Shelton Effect by which a contestant leapfrogs to the front of the pack in large part just because of his coach’s massive popularity.
Carter Rubin, 15, with his coach and mentor, ska-pop star Gwen Stefani. (Trae Patton/NBC)
The five finalists from Season 19 of The Voice , from left: Ian Flanigan, Jim Ranger, John Holiday, Carter Ruben and Desz. (Trae Patton/NBC)
Published December 16. 2020 10:15AM
Emily Yahr, The Washington Post Get the weekly rundown Email Submit
America loves stories about extraordinarily talented kids, and this season of The Voice was no exception: Carter Rubin, a 15-year-old from Long Island with soaring vocal skills that brought the celebrity coaches to tears, was crowned the winner on the Season 19 finale Tuesday night.
Gwen Stefani, Rubin s coach and mentor, screamed as the results were announced and confetti rained down on her young protege. She ran to the stage and then abruptly stopped, apparently remembering pandemic protocols that dictate contestants and coaches must stay apart.
The Voice Crowns a Season 19 Winner E! 12/16/2020
It s time to raise a glass to the season 19 winner of
Jim Ranger of Team
Blake Shelton. The victory pitted the engaged pair of coaches against each other and marked Gwen s first winning season. Oh, my God, we won! Gwen exclaimed in a video with 15-year-old Carter that the Just a Girl star posted to Twitter immediately following the exciting announcement. This is so crazy. We re trying to understand that this happening right now.
In the video that is below, she also joked about the difficulty of celebrating during the ongoing pandemic. And we re not even supposed to be close to each other, she lamented.
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