The Voice: Finale, Part 2

Welcome to the final 2012 episode of The Voice! Tonight we sit through 2 hours of various performances and video montages, and we also finallllllly crown a winner. Our final three anxiously await the results, as do their coaches, Blake and Cee Lo. But in the meantime, here are some highlights from the evening.

for starters, Cee Lo showed up in a pimped out sleigh dressed as Jesus to give cars to Cassadee, Nicholas and Terry. Now THAT'S what I call holiday cheer. I'm not exaggerating. He then wore some sort of white armor off and on for the remainder of the show.

The Top 20 returned as well and engaged in some nifty (and also some painful) group numbers, but we were additionally treated to some guest performers this evening. Rihanna performed a rather fierce rendition of “Diamonds,” and The Killers sang "Here With Me." Terry McDermott was joined by Peter Frampton to sing a lovely version of "Baby I Love Your Way," and Cassadee Pope (predictably) shared the stage with Avril Lavigne for "I'm With You." They were almost the same person? Regardless, Nicholas David had the best duet partner as he and Smokey Robinson were pretty amazing with their rendition of “Cruisin.” Watch Below:

 

 

My favorite performance of the evening (duh) was seeing the newly engaged Kelly Clarkson perform “Catch My Breath” with Terry and Cassadee. Pure awesomeness. Incidentally, Kelly is engaged to Blake’s manager, so they are just one big happy family….and I’m jealous? Also, when Christina Milian talked to Kelly later on in the show, she referred to her as “the biggest artist on the planet.” I would have paid good money to see Xtina’s reaction at that moment. I rewound the performance and tried to catch a glimpse of Xtina to see if she was throwing anything, but I was unsuccessful. Here’s the video (awesomeness): 

 

 

As we welcome a new victor to The Voice family tonight, we are also saying goodbye to two of our coaches as Xtina and Cee Lo will be leaving next season. Xtina will be going on tour and Cee Lo is apparently working on a new TV sitcom. No word yet on whether his animals will be featured. They will be replaced by Usher and Shakira (no fighting) when The Voice returns in 2013. To send them off in style, all four coaches sing: Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).” This is my favorite collaboration of these four by far. Fantastic.

 

 

Results! Our final three – Cassadee Pope, Terry McDermott and Nicholas David were fierce competitors for these past few months, but in the end, Cassadee emerged victorious. Team Blake actually finished first and second place, with Cee Lo’s Nicholas finishing third. I would have loved to have seen Terry win it all, but I can't say Cassadee didn't earn it. Her performances last night kind of say it all. Congrats!

Season 3 Winner Cassadee Pope!!!

This by far was my favorite season of The Voice. This combination of coaches/judges is hands down the best on television, and I will greatly miss Xtina and Cee Lo when they move on next year. I can't say I'm thrilled about their replacements either....  

But with The Voice and The X Factor ending this week, blogging goes on a bit of a hiatus until the American Idol live shows start. With those judges reportedly already feuding, that should be a good time. Til then!