"The Voice" coach Usher said he was glad to see Josh Kaufman take home the trophy and joked he would have walked off-stage if Blake Sheldon had won again.
"The Voice" coach Usher was in seventh heaven when his team member Josh Kaufman was announced the winner of "The Voice" Season 6. Until now coaches Blake Shelton and Adam Levine have shared all the victories between themselves.
Talking to Us Weekly about the win, he said, ""You want the real thing? Man, it feels good to have a new coach win. I couldn't take another season of that. If Blake won again, I would have walked off the stage."
Though the "Climax" singer will not be returning for the seventh season of the talent show, he did hint to the tabloid that the win may have inspired him to return for Season 8.
"This obviously gives great reason and logic to come back and defend the title, but also to change the idea of what type of winner wins and what it takes to win," Usher said. "Winning was every bit of what I would have hoped for, losing was not an option. I couldn't imagine walking away this season, after seeing season after season of Blake and Adam winning. I think that Josh really put up an incredible performance and fight in this competition."
Kaufman was the dark horse of the competition. Unlike the other two finalists (Christina Grimmie and Jake Worthington), there was no hype about him. It was only after Usher's "steal" that the 38-year-old blue-eyed soul crooner transformed into a contestant of some reckoning. Before he gets down to business, the singer hopes to spend some quality time with his wife and three sons.
"For me it had been such a stressful night and morning, and I don't know what was going through my mind," Kaufman said, according to ABC News, "It was a lot of nerves and heart racing and waiting and it felt like forever and it was great to be up there with the two of them. Both of them are amazing performers as well, so it was mostly anticipation and wondering what was going to happen next."
Only time will tell whether Kaufman will be successful enough to make a mark in the music industry or not. It has been seen previously that the winners of such shows fail to establish a successful solo career after leaving the show. "The Voice" has been an unqualified success right from its April 2011 premiere, besting popular veteran series "Dancing With the Stars" and "Glee." In 2011-12, it even came close to tying "American Idol" for the most popular non-sports show on TV. As a launching pad to stardom for its contestants, though, it hasn't fared as well.
Its winners are less known the winners of "American Idol" and most often than not, contestants of the show seem to fade away into the background. Apart from that "The Voice" continues to give "Idol" a run for its money in ratings. Hence, NBC probably isn't losing sleep over their contestants' lackluster chart showings. While finding the next Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood would be a nice bonus, the network's primary goal with "The Voice" is to generate ratings, and thus revenue. And that it's definitely done.
