The Voice Finale Part 2: The New Voice of The Voice!

Well TV viewers, another season of The Voice has ended and we have ourselves a winner. First and foremost, Carson announces that not all of Josh's performances were available on iTunes during the voting period, so in fairness to all of the contestants...the iTunes "votes" were not counted in the tally. Carson also told us that the iTunes downloads would not have changed the results either way. So, really, he just told us who won two hours before he was supposed to. Nice job, buddy. Here are the highlights:

Adam told Christina pretty early on that if she was not the winner, he would sign her to his record label. So clearly he also heard Carson essentially say "the iTunes votes would not have mattered because Josh won anyway."

Jake brought back Kat, Kristen, Audra, Ryan and Morgan to sing Kenny Chesney's "Summertime." Wow. That's a lot of people, but hey, they had a great time and we had a chance to see some contestants that we forgot about weeks ago. Josh brought back Sisaundra, Stevie Jo, and T.J. to take on "Am I Wrong?" Oh Sisaundra, I've truly missed you...and so has my spell check. Christina brought back Bria, Tess, and Jake (Barker) to sing "Team" by Lorde. See what she did there? It's all about teamwork...as a team...to sing "Team." Well played. This was actually my favorite "bring back" song.

The Final 3 also had a chance to perform with some big names tonight. Christina treated us to a beautiful duet of "All Of The Stars" with Ed Sheeran. Their voices are seriously perfect for each other. Jake received what must have been the surprise of his life when he was told he would join Alabama on stage for "Mountain Music." He looked like a kid who just got a puppy and I'm so happy for him. Josh performed "Get Her Back" with Robin Thicke and....is it hot in here? I feel like it's hot in here. I mean, as wonderful as Josh sounded, it's difficult not to be distracted by Robin Thicke's complete and total deliciousness. This was my favorite performance from the "Final 3 sing with superstars" segments.

There were some additional eliminated contestants that had some extra time so shine this evening as well. Delvin, Jake (Barker), Morgan, Patrick and Stevie Jo sang "She's Gone" by Hall & Oats, while The Voice also reminded us that Dani, Deja, Madelyn, Tess and M.J. were once on the show as they took the stage to sing "Umbrella."

OneRepublic took the stage and made me wonder how many times they have taken the stage on The Voice...perhaps just as many times One Direction appeared on The X Factor. More research is required. Justin Moore (swoon) also joined the list of performers tonight, singing "Lettin' The Night Roll." Tim McGraw (double swoon) performed tonight as well, treating us to his new single, "City Lights." For me though, the best guest performance came from Coldplay. Chris Martin can couple or uncouple consciously or unconsciously. I could care less. I wanted to jump up and down right along with him as he sang "A Sky Full of Stars." Awesome.

Remember Jake, iTunes doesn't count.

Results! At long last we found out what we pretty much found out in the first five minutes of the episode. Christina finished third (Wow! Adam is pisssed), leaving Jake and Josh center stage nervously awaiting their fate. And....the winner is Josh! I'm completely happy with this and I think he earned it for sure. Congrats to Josh and Usher on a fantastic run this season.

The Voice will return sooner than you think with new coaches Pharrell and Gwen Stefani. I will miss Shakira and Usher, and I'm definitely still missing Xtina. I think she would have been all over Adam's sass this season and it could have been fun to watch. We'll see what happens with the new blood in a few short months. Til then!