The Voice 3 Finale! Results, Recap and VIDEOS

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I’ll be live blogging The Voice 3 finale, right here! Who will take the win? Cassadee Pope? Terry McDermott? Nicholas David? Stick around and find out!

Well…that was anti-climatic! As it turns out, the Power of the Penis was no match for iTunes chicanery.   Good job, The Voice producers, working those iTunes votes! I think counting every iTune sale, including bonuses, from all of the live shows helped put Cassadee over the top. Because if you think about it, viewers are voting for the song, rather than the contestant. I think it would have been hard for Cassadee to overpower the cute throwback boy, Terry, otherwise.

It’s just as well.  Cassadee was certainly NOT the best singer, but she’s marketable. She couldn’t make a go of it before, we’ll see if she can finally break through as a Voice winner. Hopefully, Universal will take a tip from American Idol and hook her up with some good songwriters. And it wouldn’t hurt to find the perfect debut song for even, even if she didn’t have a hand in writing it.  We’ll see if the show can finally graduate a successful winner,

Highlights from tonight’s finale included  Bruno Mars (who is pretty much ALWAYS awesome), the Terry and Peter Frampton duet (eat your hearts out, Emblem 3!), The wonderfully soulful Boys II Men cover by Nicholas David, Dez Duran, Trevin Hunte and Amanda Brown, and the final coaches performance of “Good Riddance”.   It’s not a coincidence that all 3 performances were acoustic or close to it. I prefer the moments when the singers aren’t trying to out sing the screaming band.

I wished Kelly Clarkson could have performed her song without sharing the stage with Cassadee and Terry. They added nothing to “Catch my Breath”.  Also, I would have enjoyed The Killers much more without Cassadee’s inexplicable contribution.

The crowning of Cassadee was beyond anti-climatic. They didn’t even go over a bit to allow her to finish her winner’s performance!

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OMG Cee Lo’s outfit is…really something. Adam looks very handsome in a tux and white tie. And Christina is dressed to the nines. No tiny hat tonight, though. sads. She is cooling herself with a bejeweled fan, however.

Carson introduces the Top 3. Rihanna, The Killers, Kelly Clarkson and Bruno Mars will perform. The Top 3 will duet with Avril Lavigne (Cassadee), Smokey Robinson (Nicholas) and Peter Frampton (Terry). Plus the coaches will sing together for one last time.

Last night’s vote totals were the highest in The Voice history, according to host, Carson Daley.

First up, Rihanna takes the stage to perform “Diamonds”. Gosh. I really needed to hear that song sung live one more time. Zzz.

Now for some blah blah with the coaches. We’ve got a lot of time to kill tonight!

Next, Rudy Paris, Michaela, Amanda Brown and Bryan Keith join Terry McDermott for a performance of the Kiss song, “Rock and Roll All Night”. Well. That was fun. RIP Amanda Brown! Girl, YOU SHOULD BE IN THE FINAL.

Oh Christina Millian! I’m going to miss your scintillating interviews. Hm.

Now, Nicholas David joins Smokey Robinson to sing the legendary soul singer’s  80′s era hit, “Cruising.” Smokey’s sweet falsetto doesn’t blend very well with Nicholas’ baritone. On paper, it looks good, but the two aren’t really a great match.

More filler: The coaches goof on Adam Levine.

Now, the Killers take the stage to sing “Here With Me.” Wait…Cassadee  is singing  with Brandon Flowers? WHY? Get off the stage girl. I want to hear the band.

Here’s the cast of The Biggest Loser talking about The Voice.  As if we care what any of them think, we here predictions of  Cassadee’s imminent win.

Oh Carson, slow down…a bunch of contestants…Diego, that geeky guy with the glasses, Bam Bam, the Hispanic dude…gosh I’m sorry. I don’t remember the names of ANY of these people. They’re all guys! And sing “Stacey’s Mom” at the “Voice Diner”. I guess they’re going for a Grease vibe? Although I love Fountai’s of Wayne, I have to admit that this song pick is pretty random.

The coaches share their thoughts on Blake Shelton. He’s a nut! And mostly drunk.

Oh. an EXCLUSIVE PEEK AT THE NEXT SEASON OF THE VOICE. Usher and Shakira will be joining Adam and Blake on the panel. There’s a cute little bit with the four judges arguing over what to play in the car. They wind up singing along to “Total Eclipse of the Heart.”

Christine chit chats with the Top 3 for the last time in the skybox. Sads. Lots of “love yous” all around. EVEN MORE FILLER. The Top 3 reveal what they will do if they win The Voice.

Casadee Pope and Terry McDermott join Kelly Clarkson on stage to sing “Catch My Breath”. NOT WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. Allow Queen Kelly to sing on her own, please. Casadee and Terry’s voices sound so thin next to Kelly’s. Cassadee sounds reed-thin. Hm. Terry is a better singer than Cassadee, if I’m being perfectly honest. Too bad his taste in music is so dire.

Melanie Martinez, Liz Davis and De’borah join Cassadee Pope on stage to sing “It’s Time” by Imagine Dragons. RIP De’borah. You were gone too soon.

Terry McDermott joins Peter Frampton for a performance of the classic hit, “Baby I Love Your Way.” Peter still sounds pretty good. Frampton had one HUGE album in 1976…and then he dropped out of sight for years. It’s nice that he’s been able to make a comeback on the nostalgia circuit. Nice acoustic vibe! The best duet so far, by a mile. The duo blend well together.

The judges, contestants, and SO MANY MORE wish Christina Aguilera a HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

A bunch of the girls are back to sing the disco classic, “Best of My Love”. Again, I didn’t quite get their names, and I don’t really remember them, sadly. All 4 look and sound kinda cloney. Not necessarily a bad thing. They all have big boomy voices, perfect for some old school disco.

FINALLY SOME RESULTS. Terry, Cassadee and Nicholas take the stage. OK. Maybe not. Cee Lo takes the stage in a sleigh. He’s St. Cee Lo! Oh look. EACH OF THE FINALISTS WILL GET A NEW KIA CAR. That’s TOTALLY NEVER BEEN DONE ON A SINGING COMPETITION BEFORE!

Here comes Bruno Mars in FULL AFRO to sing a beautiful rendition of “When I was Your Man.” He’s not forced to sing with anyone. I’m guessing his reaction to the suggestion was HELLS NO. Thank God, because that was beautiful.

Christina interviews Kelly Clarkson and calls her the “biggest artist on the planet.” Kells laughs as if to say “WTF?”

Trevin Hunte, Dez Duron and Amanda Brown join Nicholas David to sing “End of the Road” by Boys II Men. “I feel all these people went too soon,” says Nicholas on why he picked the trio. The man speaks the truth! That performance was pretty much THE BOMB.

Cassadee Pope joins Avril Lavigne to sing “I’m With You”. I totally forgot that Avril Lavigne is a pretty terrible live singer.  PITCHY. Unison singing for the win! It doesn’t appear that Cassadee and Avril had much time to rehearse. Avril is like a total turn of the century relic. It’s amazing that she has not changed her look in 10 years.

Now, for the Cee Lo Green video package.  The Voice coach by way of the Animal Planet! Hopefully, this video is the last bit of filler.

The 4 coaches sing one last song together–Green Day’s ” Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)”. Cause Christina and Cee Lo will be leaving the family. At least for now. Sans over the top antics, the coaches perform beautifully together! Kudos on the harmonies. Look at Adam strumming an acoustic guitar… Balloons fall from the ceiling. Byyyeee!

FINALLY THE RESULTS. Who will win The Voice?

3rd Place – Nicholas David
2nd Place – Terry McDermott
WINNER – Cassadee Pope

THE END. Until….March. Sigh. Groan. That’s it for The Voice!

 
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  • Valentin432

    You define the casual voter by someone who is likely to vote more than ten times for a contestant?
    Because a couple of hours ago, the casual viewer was someone voting a couple times?

    To me limiting the number of times you can vote for a contestant is a way to deacrease the power of a rabid fanbase, the way you argue this, Idol is favoring casual voters by letting people vote tousands and tousands of times by text when buying ten songs on Itunes is what’s the big deal.

    Simple math.
    Let’s say you have a Cassadee fan that buys ten itunes song, that counts for 100 votes (and again that’s not a sure thing, you don’t know wheter a song is going to go top 10 just because you buy 10 of those), since you hang out long enough around idol boards, you known that 100 votes means roughly 10 minutes of power voting (and that’s not even doing the power texting methods that can send 10 votes texting once), so now you choose to think that Cassadee vote was rigged because of rabid fanbase but that Kris Allen vote is legitimate.

    THat’s some interesting logic and a creative way to look these things.

  • http://twitter.com/alienlifeform2 Diablo

    I miss the days when a waitresses or a farm girl that never had been in a plane or a single mom could really go from rags to riches abs when winning really meant something and truly changed their lives overnight

    Are we talking the same farm girl who’s never been on a plane because she spent a considerable amount of time on a tour bus instead? Let’s be real, people who have entertainment and singing as they calling will try to make their dreams come true before going on the Voice or X Factor or American Idol (unless they are kids). Kudos to them because they stand a better chance staying on the radar than the real country bumpkins and give the viewers a better show in the meantime.

    Congratulations to Cassadee by the way. After Melanie of the tambourine got kicked off, Cassadee was the only one deserving the win.

  • fantoo1

    They are wrong.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    I agree with you, she shouldn’t go country or strictly pop either. Cassadee should go “Taylor swift”. Pop balads who slightly resembles country music. Taylor is so big now that there’s a small space for someone who’s like her. And her singing abilities are comparable with Taylor, if not worse, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

  • Kirsten

    You define the casual voter by someone who is likely to vote more than ten times for a contestant?
    Because a couple of hours ago, the casual viewer was someone voting a couple times?

    Perhaps I should use a more precise term than a couple of times. I think a casual voter cast anywhere from 1-50 votes on Idol. I would guess a casual person spends seconds to 15 minutes to vote. Most know (because Ryan tells them) that they should vote more than once and they probably do. There is a range for all voter classifications and off course we can disagree.

    I also suspect that most casual voters use one tool to vote with. If you are a texter, you text in your votes. If you are more of a land-line person, you’re dialing. I don’t think most casual voters use several voting options. For Idol voters, where there is no limit, I think even the semi-rabid voters stick to one style of voting.

    I have no facts to back any of this up. Yes, it  is pure speculation (and speculation is something I enjoy). I figure that most people have lives and really aren’t that invested.  They think it’s fun to vote, but quickly tire of it. Texters are fast, so they can send in a bunch before they are distracted. Land line users probably vote a bit less since per person since it takes a little longer and you get busy signals.

    My speculation is that the casual Voice voter votes 1-10 times using one media. You are silencing the top range of the casual votes.

    Meanwhile, the rabid voters, the ones most likely to buy an iTunes song, are rewarded with the potential of “weighted” votes (some votes are more equal than others) which are also combined over the entire season. I think the rabid voters behaved exactly as the producers planned.

    so now you choose to think that Cassadee vote was rigged because of rabid fanbase but that Kris Allen vote is legitimate.

    I think you have mentioned Kris Allen directly and indirectly in this thread more often than the average casual voter votes.

  • http://twitter.com/alienlifeform2 Diablo

    By limiting the casual voter vote on the Voice and rewarding the rabid by multiplying their votes by 10, I think the rabid voter starts to have more of an impact on results

    iTunes buying fans are the rabid ones? It takes way longer to buy 1 song than to vote 10 times.

  • Kirsten

     

    iTunes buying fans are the rabid ones? It takes way longer to buy 1 song than to vote 10 times.

    I think only the most devoted will pay to vote (and make no mistake, that is what it is).

    Sure, some will buy ONE copy of the song because they like it. But, if you buy more than ONE copy, I think it is time to admit you’ve reached a new level of commitment.

  • Valentin432

    Voting 50 times a night isn’t what a casual viewer would do by any definition, that’s something you just made up to justify your argument.

    I use Kris Allen because it’s one exemple and that I know you were arguing exactly the opposite in his case, meaning the power voting wasn’t the reason he won.

    I find that a strange logic to argue that the Voice system is favorable to power voters when common sense says that in the time you spend buying 10 itunes song you could voten 100 times without paying anything on Idol, not mentioning that you have to spend 10$ every night you do so.

    And furthermore you say that you can use other ways to vote for The Voice but they’re are all limited to 10 when with Idol you also have multiple ways of voting but they are unlimited.

    Trying to argue that results on The Voice are more influenced by power voters than Idol just doesn’t make sense because a rabid fan can vote many more times in one night on Idol than on The Voice.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/XDQP2Y46M5B3OHOKALDDGDHQCM Leandro

    I didn’t expect amazing performances at the finale. Even with strong singers like Terry and Nicholas. They needed weak performances in order to save Cassadee. Nicholas was acting last weeks like he was completely defeated. He and Terry knew the producers won’t let them win.

  • http://twitter.com/alienlifeform2 Diablo

    Sure, some will buy ONE copy of the song because they like it

    Actually, I’ve always assumed that’s what people do. Buy one song. The hype surrounding the fact that those sales count into the final vote being the reason that more people do it than on other shows. I admit I haven’t followed all the voting/buying hoopla, but in my non-reality-show-connected iTunes experience, it’s rather hard to buy the same song twice. 

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “I admit I haven’t followed all the voting/buying hoopla, but in my
    non-reality-show-connected iTunes experience, it’s rather hard to buy
    the same song twice.”

    Normally, iTunes notifies the buyer if they are trying to purchase the same song twice, but in the case of the Voice contestants, the buyer is charged for each copy of a song (someone on the blog reported this).

  • http://twitter.com/eilonwya10 Eilonwy

    Voting 50 times a night isn’t what a casual viewer would do by any definition

    Naaahhh, 50 votes is reasonable as the top end of “casual.” With minimal busy signals and quick-fingered use of redial, 50 votes takes 20-30 minutes. I wouldn’t use it as the average number of votes from casual fans of the show, and indeed, it wasn’t used that way. The middle of the 1-50 range is probably also about the average for a casual voter, as 10 minutes of voting would seem like a big contribution. 

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/PVEFG2TOUIXSROKUSO2O2DOWWE Taylor

    Sure, some will buy ONE copy of the song because they like it.

    MOST will buy ONE copy of a song because they like it. The same thing happened with the iTunes songs from season 1 and season 2 of The Voice.
    The overwhelming majority of viewers aren’t going to spend $60 in the month of December to support some contestant on a singing show.

  • Kirsten

    Voting 50 times a night isn’t what a casual viewer would do by any
    definition, that’s something you just made up to justify your argument.

    I believe that reasonable people can differ on classifications (I might call people over 6 feet tall, but others may think they need to be at least 6 foot six to be called tall).

    I was simply defining my terms because I recognize that.

    I can’t force anybody else to use the same definition of casual voter that I do (I think it’s fast and quick to vote 50 times via text and I don’t even text. Just from watching others. You type it once and hit re-send while you are watching the next program. Thumb tired? Stop).

    Naturally, my definition justifies my argument. That’s WHY I am arguing it. Why on earth would I argue something if I don’t think I have a basis which I think justifies it?

    I find that a strange logic to argue that the Voice system is favorable
    to power voters when common sense says that in the time you spend buying
    10 itunes song you could voten 100 times without paying anything on
    Idol, not mentioning that you have to spend 10$ every night you do so.

    Limits only truly affect the casual voter. Rabid voters have endless ways of defeating the rules. We’ve seen that time and time again. Casual voters reach the limit and stop voting. I would not define anybody who figures out a way to vote beyond the limit to be a casual voter.

    I don’t for a minute think that rabid voters are deterred by a $10 WEEKLY charge to vote. Casual voters will have nothing to do with that, but $10 to a dedicated voter are a few lotto tickets, a movie or a couple of days skipping Starbucks. They are having fun voting. This is their entertainment. I just spent $100 bucks for a few hours of Cirque de Soleil. If somebody gets more joy helping their horse win then watching a bunch of people in tights, then goody for them. And it lasts an entire season!!!!! You don’t know anybody who wastes $10 a week on something frivolous? Tickets to a sporting event? Booze for the weekend? Pokemon cards? Outlet store shopping? Chia Pets?

    Heck, in the UK, doesn’t Simon charge everybody to vote?

    I hate paying to vote. I think it sucks and I don’t want it to take hold. And the only show I ever voted for a contestant in was cancelled (and I only voted three nights for about 10 minutes in total) so it’s not like I think it’s going to personally impact my pocketbook.

    I don’t like making people pay to vote
    I don’t like corporate efforts to get people to bulk buy things they can only ever use one of.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    “I think you have mentioned Kris Allen directly and indirectly in this thread more often than the average casual voter votes.”

    I find that curious, and don’t understand the reason for the repeated reference to Kris.

  • fuzzywuzzy

    I think that the fans who buy 10 copies of a song are the rabid ones, and they have already maxed out their votes by all other methods as well. lol

  • ohreli

    “Oh look. EACH OF THE FINALISTS WILL GET A NEW KIA CAR. That’s TOTALLY NEVER BEEN DONE ON A SINGING COMPETITION BEFORE!”  

    -Didnt they start giving Fords to both of the 2 American Idol finalists, starting with  David and David?   MJ, did you mean they have never given THREE cars to THREE finalists before-?

  • Jordana33

    I find that a strange logic to argue that the Voice system is favorable to power voters when common sense says that in the time you spend buying 10 itunes song you could voten 100 times without paying anything on Idol, not mentioning that you have to spend 10$ every night you do so.

    Both systems are favorable to power voters in different ways. Idol favors the power voters with a lot of free time. Voice favors the “power” voters with enough money to throw away. However, a devoted Voice fan could text, call and vote online the maximum allowable number of times and only get 30 votes. Compare that to the  devoted Idol fans who are known to vote 1000 times because the voting is unlimited. In the Idol setting, 10 itunes downloads would carry little weight. In the Voice setting, 10 downloads carries a lot more weight, especially if the contestant makes the top 10 and the downloads become 100 votes.  

  • blackberryharvest

    The winners not doing well may not have an effect on the ratings, but the same can be said for idol and the WGWG winning-people don’t care after the show is over.

  • poipugirl

    I hope that both Cassadee and Terry are extremely popular and sell records after the show!

  • poipugirl

    oreli, I believe that mj was being sarcastic in her ‘finalists getting a new kia car’ remarks.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/PVEFG2TOUIXSROKUSO2O2DOWWE Taylor

     If somebody gets more joy helping their horse win then watching a bunch of people in tights, then goody for them. And it lasts an entire season!!!!! You don’t know anybody who wastes $10 a week on something frivolous? Tickets to a sporting event? Booze for the weekend? Pokemon cards? Outlet store shopping? Chia Pets?

    Sure, everyone spends money for tickets, trinkets, drinks or food for themselves. Spending $60 a month, or $120 a month when their fave was performing two songs, is some serious dedication.

    I never really looked at it the way you described it, as giving joy to the fan when they help their special snowflake. That’s just like those gifting campaigns where fans spend $100 to buy 10 albums. I always thought that was cray, but it really is about giving joy to the fan. It’s the same as buying a starbucks or spending money on tickets to a concert or sporting event. It’s not cray at all!

  • http://twitter.com/cheeseE1 EH

    I love the Voice voting system. It pretty much forces everyone to be a “casual voter” because of the long voting window and limits on votes.  I haven’t voted on Idol for years, but I found myself voting on the voice during the last few weeks of the competition. It takes like one minute to max out on votes per phone line/e-mail. And I love that you don’t have to use Facebook to vote online and risk accidentally revealing to your friends and family that you actually vote on the The Voice.

    That being said, I didn’t do much iTunes purchasing. I bought one copy of the songs that I actually thought I would listen to again. Unfortunately, the contestant I liked (Terry) kept singing songs that I hate. I mostly supported him because I like (and bought) his bands’ stuff.  

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