The Voice’s Kelly Clarkson says she ‘fell in love’ after ‘sexy’ performance

Kelly Clarkson Already in love with one of her latest contestants sound.

Monday, February 23, during the season premiere Voices: Clash of Championsintroduced the New York singer to domestic audiences Jonah Mayor.

“I’m known in the band as the sexy, muscular, long-haired, sensitive but determined boy band member,” Mayor, 31, said before performing in Italian. “I took a big risk by auditioning blindly.”

Clarkson, 43, immediately spun her red chair shortly after the mayor began performing “Il Mondo.”

“Can I give you a hug? You’re my favorite show so far,” she said. “You are incredible. What a gift! Oh my god! So sexy!”

Although they are both coaches Adam Levine While acknowledging the difficulty of convincing the mayor to choose his team, he did his best to praise The New Yorker.

“Jonah, I think you’re super awesome and I think you’re going to do great things. I think what you do is so unique and there’s not going to be anyone like you,” the 46-year-old Maroon 5 frontman shared. “As far as a performer and a singer go, you’re absolutely the perfect combo. You have a powerful voice. You have a lot of presence about you.”

Although John Legend Instead of turning his chair toward the mayor, he described the contestant as a “charming, super talented guy.”

“It’s gorgeous, perfect, beautiful,” Legend, 47, added of the audition. “I’m impressed by what you did.”

Before Meyer formally selected the coach he wanted to join for Season 29, he heard one last convincing argument from Clarkson.

“You sang three syllables, I think, and I was like, ‘Choose me, choose me, love me,'” she said, comparing the mayor to Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli. “I’m happy. I won the most.”

After careful consideration, the mayor chose Clarkson, the former american idol The winner went even further to express her admiration.

“I love you. I love you so much,” she said. “I desperately want to help you so everyone can hear this beautiful gift in every language.”

In a tell-all interview, Clarkson added, “I love Jonah. I do like people who can sing opera. I like people who have a full-body voice and just a good glass of wine, a good glass of red wine. This season, I’m really committed to finding a different type of guy, and he’s just perfect for my team. I was scared that I was going to lose him to Adam. I’m going to cry.”

During the season premiere, viewers also learned sound’s new three-round match. During the blind auditions, the coach with the most artists on the team who gets three chairs to rotate will receive a special advantage that can be used later in the competition.

“It really just depends on which artists are coming up and who they’re inspired by and want to work with,” Clarkson said on the show.

Watch as the game unfolds sound It airs Mondays at 9pm ET on NBC. New episodes air the next day on Peacock.