Mo Adeniran, 21-year-old Nigerian
singer has emerged the winner of the 2017 edition of The Voice,
United Kingdom.
“After months of stellar
performances, battle rounds and public votes, Mo Adeniran was crowned
the winner of The Voice UK during Sunday night’s live final,”
according to Dailmail UK.
Flabbergasted as the result was
announced, Adeniran looked on in shock whilst his mentor, singer and
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson, immediately burst into tears
of happiness.
Adeniran who worked night shifts at a
hotel prior to the show, came to the show with his best friend, Max
Vickers, who made it through to the semi-finals.
He beat other contestants with his
rendition of Iron Sky which had the judges turning their chairs. His
victory left him in shock while his mentor, Hudson, burst into tears
of joy.
Adeniran who scooped the title with
winning performances of Paolo Nutini’s Iron Sky and Unsteady by X
Ambassador looked stunned as host Emma Willis announced his name.
He thanked his mentor, Hudson, for her
support.
“An amazing thank you to the most
phenomenal person I have ever met, thank you Jennifer,” he said.
Adeniran’s stirring performance of
“Unsteady” had Hudson struggling to contain her emotions.
Blinking back tears, she told him: “Mo,
we feel your heart.
He won praise from all the coaches,
with Gavin Rossdale gushing: “You have the voice of a generation.”
Adeniran was adopted into a family at
the age of three – only to be taken away again at the age of eight
after it was discovered his adoptive mother was abusive.
The star was then placed back into
social services and his turbulent family life led him to go off the
rails as a teen.
This came to a head when Mo lost his
close pal in 2015 after he died from a drug overdose.
Mike Carter, who was one of Mo’s band
mates, battled with an addiction to painkillers which he was taking
for chronic back pain. Tragically, Mo suffered another
personal loss when his friends from the band Viola Beach died in a
car crash last year.
The band were to play at a tribute
concert for Mike before the accident in Sweden which killed Kris
Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe, and Jack Dakin.
Adeniran was congratulated by his
fellow contestants, Jamie Miller and duo, Into The Arkas as confetti
fell on the stage.
(NAN)
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