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Experience beat out youth on the Season 6 finale of “The Voice.”
The NBC singing competition show crowned 38-year-old Josh Kaufman as its new winner in its two-hour finale on Tuesday night. He beat out Christina Grimmie, 20, and Jake Worthington, 18, in the viewer vote.
View videoKaufman marked the first winner from Team Usher, breaking a series-long win streak by coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton (Grimmie was on Team Adam and Worthington on Team Blake).
An SAT tutor and married father of three from Indianapolis, Kaufman was joined on stage by his family after the win.
“I can’t even talk,” he told host Carson Daly just after the announcement. “I’m overwhelmed, I’m surprised, I’m happy, I’m relieved. This has been so much more of an experience than I ever could have imagined. I’m just feeling great.”
Tuesday’s finale featured performances by OneRepublic, Coldplay, Tim McGraw and Ed Sheeran. Each finalist also performed with a guest artist — watch Kaufman with Robin Thicke below.
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