“Josh Kaufman, everybody!” Said Carson Daly
Winner of US Voice season 6.
I’m not the biggest fan of this TV show but I often to watch it. This season was quite interesting to me, especially for the winner. Ya, Josh Kaufman wins! At first I saw this person just like a nerd and never thought that his voice will be stunning. He dressed up neatly in every performance completed with his glasses and sometimes added hat as his accessory.
He had to compete with Jake Worthington (who has beautiful country voice at his young age) and Christina Grimmie (who has beautiful and strong pop-rock voice). Josh Kaufman survived by his originality. He was the first stolen artist in the show who won the competition, and it’s also the first winning for Usher as one of the judges in the show. Usher and Shakira were the two new members as judge, formerly were Christina Aguilera and Cee-Lo Green. Usher and Shakira joined as judges since season 5 together with Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.
Let’s refresh the information of the winner of the show:
Season 1 : Javier Colon (represents team Adam Levine)
Season 2 : Jermaine Paul (represents team Blake Shelton)
Season 3 : Cassadee Pope (represents team Blake Shelton)
Season 4 : Danielle Bradbery (represent team Blake Shelton) –the youngest winner ever!
Season 5 : Tessanne Chin (represents team Adam Levine)
As we can see, Blake had win a lot.
Well, for this season, Usher could be proud both as a coach and a friend.
A little information about Josh Kaufman (from some sources)
He grew up in Florida, went to high school in Virginia, and now lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife and three kids. His music is based in soul, funk, rock, and jazz. His musical influences include Stevie Wonder, Prince, D’Angelo, Lenny Kravitz, Jamie Lidell, Marvin Gaye, Take 6, Bill Withers, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Chris Cornell, and Jeff Buckley. In addition to solo projects he also fronts a band called The New Etiquette. (read more at http://www.iamjoshkaufman.com/)
The Voice (Season 6)
On the fifth episode of the Blind Auditions broadcast on March 10, 2014, he performed George Michael‘s song “One More Try.” All four judges turned their chairs and Kaufman chose to join team Adam. Kaufman defeated fellow Team Adam member Austin Ellis in the Battles, Round 1. Kaufman lost his second battle round competition against Delvin Choice but was immediately stolen by Team Usher. Kaufman received the first iTunes bonus multiplier of the season, with his studio recording of “Stay With Me” reaching the fifth position on the iTunes Top 200 Singles chart at the close of the voting window.
On May 20, 2014, Kaufman was announced as the winner of Season 6 of The Voice, beating out runners-up Jake Worthington and Christina Grimmie and making him not only the first artist from Team Usher to win, but the first “stolen” artist to win and the first Caucasian male winner, besides also being the oldest participant to win the competition. (read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kaufman)
You rock Josh! 🙂
duhyta 