Alexia Jayy Takes The Voice Season 29 Crown—Meet Team Adam’s Breakout Star

The Voice just wrapped its first-ever Battle of the Champions, and yes, they actually crowned a champ. The short version: Team Adam is back on top.

And the winner is...

On the season 29 finale Tuesday, April 14, host Carson Daly announced that Alexia Jayy from Adam Levine's team pulled the most votes. Levine, 47, did not undersell it:

"There is no one more deserving of this honor."

Jayy, 31, is an R&B singer from Alabama who has been performing since she was eight. In the semi-finals, she tore into Aretha Franklin's 'I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)' and basically owned the room.

How the voting worked (it was different)

No live shows. No at-home voting. Instead, the winner and the Top 4 were picked by an in-studio audience packed with the show's biggest fans and former contestants. They set the Top 4 during the semi-finals on Monday, April 13, then chose the winner in the finale the next night.

Meet the Top 4

• Alexia Jayy (Team Adam Levine) - 31, R&B singer from Alabama, performing professionally since age 8. Semi-finals song: Aretha Franklin's 'I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)'.
• Mikenley Brown (Team Kelly Clarkson) - 19, powerhouse from New Castle, Indiana, previously on American Idol. Semi-finals song: Sam Smith's 'I'm Not the Only One'.
• Liv Ciara (Team Kelly Clarkson) - 16, singer-songwriter and high school student from St. Peters, Missouri. Fun twist: she got zero chair turns in season 28. Semi-finals song: a stripped-down 'What a Feeling' by Irene Cara.
• Lucas West (Team John Legend) - 20, singer-pianist from Fairport, New York, and a SUNY Fredonia student. You might know him from singing the National Anthem at Buffalo Bills games. Semi-finals song: Paul McCartney's 'Maybe I'm Amazed' — and judging by the crowd, the title fit.

Season 29 was a shake-up

Instead of the usual four coaches, this season went with three returning heavyweights billed as all-star coaches: Kelly Clarkson, 43, John Legend, 47, and Adam Levine, 47. Quick refresher card: Levine was an original coach from seasons 1 through 16 before stepping away in 2019; Clarkson exited in 2023 after nine on-and-off seasons; Legend last showed up in season 27 in 2025.

The Battle of the Champions theme came with new wrinkles:

- A Triple-Turn Competition in the blinds: with only three coaches this season, a 'three-chair turn' meant every coach hit their button. The coach who pulled in the most of those won a 'super steal' for the Battles.

- An All-Star Showdown: returning artists from past seasons came back to compete on behalf of the coaches.

Kelly Clarkson won both of those mini-competitions, which meant two perks: she grabbed the super steal during Battles and, more importantly, she could send two artists to the finale instead of just one.

Alumni rolled through

The show brought back a few familiar faces from The Voice past, including Jennifer Hudson, Michael Buble, and CeeLo Green, just to keep the nostalgia faucet open while the new format did its thing.