jordan smith from team adam outlasted them all. the 22-year-old from whitley county, kentucky, is your new champion. nbc 10 viewer jimmy smith and a guest were there to take in those festivities. smith won our online contest to go to l.a. for the finale and said he almost missed out on his chance to see it live. >> i looked at the phone said i don't know who that is calling me, that number's not in my phone and almost didn't answer it. but i answered it and she says, james smith, you put in the entry for "the voice"? get ready to go to california. i couldn't believe it. >> good he answered. james is battling lung caption cancer. his message to others in that situation, don't let your illness from stop you from living your life. >> wonder if he was a jordan smith fan. all the judges really were. his voice. >> exciting to be in the crowd regardless of who you're pulling for. >>> sheena, can we get excited about colder temperatures coming? >> if that's what you want, yes. it won't be here until the weekend, though. aside from that, we

. >> and yes it was narrowed down the emily ann and jordan smith. are we watching the finale? and the winner is -- >> hello. >> jordan smith, team adam. >> wa a nighhat a night, what a. >> and he is 4 years old from kentucky and everybody loved him from the beginning, and his version of "somebody to love" ended adele's ten-week reign on the top. >> and the other young lady is go ing to have a tremendous career. she is very, very talent and has the look and very, very marketable, and so it is adam's third the time to win the "voice." had you picked out the one you liked? >> i haven't see th guy was unbelievable. >> and blake still has the most win wins on "the voice" with four. >> and we will have jordan here tomorrow. >> that is big. club" bette midler and diane keaton and goldie hawn? >> yes, i remember it, andm a doing a cameo with those three ladies. >> and look at kathie lee, and turn it up! turn it up! please, please. >> the idea for this whole thing started because each of you have something that makes help you younger women? >> yes. >> let me tell y just the way that fr

and they are from team adam jordan smith. and blake's robert s as and ba ba baber. okay. so then -- >> so there were - t singers we immediately sent home, and three left a that were competing for one final slot. so we will try to figure out t . ♪ live like you were dying ♪ live like you were dying ♪ hey now ♪ hey now the world comes in ♪ they come they go ♪ and just ale wall between ♪ ♪ make it rain ♪ make it rain ♪ make it rain >> i am going with mati the girl in between. >> she was good. bit like shania twain to me. i would go with the last gentleman. >> the female was from team pharrell and the last one was from team gwen. >> the votes have officially closed, co it is jeffrey austin. team gwen is in the finale. so put your harnds together for the players. >> and it is team gwen against team blake. >> we wi sustain this competiti competition. >> pharrell doesn't ha runner-up was jordan smith -- >> and you nknow he sang queen' "somebody to love" and he has dethroned adele at the top spot. ♪ can somebody find me somebody to love ♪ >> oh, my god. >>

. ♪ >> reporter: and many people have team adam, jordan smith, to do that, especially after the version of "somebody to love." >> it's kind of an explosion of what i've been feeling all season. >> reporter: now he feels the love beyond "the voice" stage. >> never imagined to turn a chair in the blind auditions, let alone being here in the fina finale. >> reporter: jeffrey austin squeezed in thanks to an instant save. >> i had prove myself the entire show. >> reporter: now his powerful vocals have him on the verge of something big. >> i don't know how i'll be nerve wise up there ever. >> reporter: nerves give way to celebration for the champion of "the voice." >>> it airs monday at 8:00, tuesday night at 9:00, and on the results show tuesday, catch performances from justin bieber, missy elliot, and cold play. >>> what's not cold these days? the weather, right? i can't believe it. >> it's strange. feels weird. it plays with your head. near 70 today, warm one tomorrow, record breaking temps. >> that's all for now, and "today" is next. >>> good morning. revenge attack? a california mosque f

from team blake, emily ann robert s a roberts and barrett baber, and jordan smith and austin. ♪ if i never get to see the eiffel tower at night ♪ ♪ i wish that we could go back in time ♪ ♪ and i'd be the one that you thought that you'd find ♪ ♪ till you tell me ♪ why don't you get down on my knees ♪ ♪ i'm so tired of being lonely ♪ don't give you what you need ♪ >> isn't it amazing how the world never runs out of incredible talent. >> incredible. so, of those? >> of those four, it is magnificent and i was moved by the --? jordan? >> emily ann and jordan. >> if you had to pick between emily ann who is blake's guy, and jordan, the guy with the fwlaszs, who would you pick? >> i would go with emily ann. >> i am going with jordan smith, and they are all credible and i love the song that barrett sang thomas rhett song. >> who told you about that? >> cassidy told cody and cody told me, but then he was mad from cassidy who was mad that he took krcredit. >> welcome to my world. >> and fantastic. >> all star wars all over the world, but the premier was in hollywood last n

. >> the winner of the voice is -- jordan smith! >> jordan smith is here. good morning and congratulations. >> congratulations. >> i have to tell you, i have a friend who is a super fan of the "voice" and told me nine weeks ago, i predict it, jordan smith goes all the way. >> that's so kind. >> did you feel good or were you sweating it? >> this show has been fun and i had a great time working with adam and the other contestants. it's a creative atmosphere. it didn't hit me until i was on the stage at the finale. i'm in the finale. we were taking it week by week. >> gwen stefani said you don't look like your voice. is that a good thing? >> i think so. i think this whole time, i've been proving that. those things aren't really what happens. last tuesday night, whenever i won the show, it was kind of a big moment for me. i proved to myself, what's on the outside doesn't matter. it's what's in your heart and what you love to do and doing those things. >> we've had front runners on the show before who, you know, were strong all the way down. they've grown fatigu

. >> the winner of "the voice" is -- >> reporter: for fans who watched all season -- >> -- jordan smith, team adam! >> reporter: -- the choice was hardly a surprise. the 22-year-old from kentucky beat out 17-year-old country singer emily ann roberts for the season nine crown. >> it was incredible. i never in my wildest dreams expected to be here experiencing this and having this moment. it was overwhelming. >> his falsetto stunned all four coaches in his blind audition. he made his mark throughout the competition. several performances topped the itunes chart. ♪ climb every mountain >> it was strangely effortless and harmonious the whole time. we really just had a good time. >> the teen runner-up had nothing but praise for the winner. >> it was such an honor to be up there with him. jordan deserves it more than anyone else here and i'm so proud of him. >> reporter: third place went to country singer barrett and fourth to power vocalist jeffrey austin. >> i knew right away the moment jordan sang his first note on the show that he was something special. >> he was one of the most insane v