Tessanne Chin has been crowned the season 5 winner of “The Voice,” beating out Jacquie Lee, who was runner-up, and Will Champlin, who came in third place. At the same time, coach Blake Shelton’s three-season winning streak was ended, with coach Adam Levine proudly applauding as his finalist, Chin, was announced the winner.
The 28-year-old songstress from Kingston, Jamaica, sealed her victory with a performance of Whitney Houston’s “I Have Nothing” on Monday night’s show. After her big win, Chin was left in “just complete and utter shock,” according to CNN.
“Those moments you’re standing there waiting for (host) Carson (Daly) to say your name are torture. I remember just thinking, ‘God, it’s up to you now,’ ” Chin said.
The burgeoning star’s family was present to help her celebrate, a show of support that Chin said meant the world to her.
“My mom has been there through thick and thin. She’s been the one taking me when I was younger — going all around the world with me, staying up all hours, she’s always been by my side. She watched ‘The Voice’ from England. She stayed up late to watch it on the Internet. And to have my husband there was also just amazing.”
As the champion of season 5, Chin will be awarded a recording contract with Universal Music Group, and she has big plans for it.
“I think a lot of my dreams have come true,” she said, “and my next dream is to have a No. 1 selling album. A Grammy award winning album.”
Chin will get a chance to work on her new dream very soon. NBC reported that “Tuesday night, iTunes began taking pre-orders for her post-“Voice” album, which has a listed release date of March 25, 2014.”
Take a look at a clip of last night’s announcement of the season 5 winner of “The Voice” below:
