The Voice 28 Finale: Poll Results and Final Predictions
The Voice season 28 reaches its grand finale tonight (Dec 16) on NBC at 9–11 pm ET/PT. Host Carson Daly will reveal the winner at the close of the live broadcast. The champion will take home a cash prize and a recording contract with Republic Records.
The official results are announced only at the end of the show, but ahead of that moment fans and readers have been voting in our polls all day. Coaches this season — Michael Bublé, Niall Horan, Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg — will perform duets with the finalists. Notably, Niall Horan is on vocal rest for the finale, so Reba will step in to duet with DEK of Hearts and Aiden Ross.
Tonight’s broadcast also features a slate of guest performers, including XG, Riley Green, Zac Brown, Noah Cyrus, Khalid, Season 26 winner Sofronio Vasquez, Neal Schon and members of Journey, among others. An hour-long recap of Monday’s performance episode airs at 8 pm ET/PT, and the finale will be available to stream the next day on Peacock.
Your The Voice 28 Finale Poll Results
Fans cast thousands of votes in our final polls to indicate their favorite performances and who they want to win. The voting trends are decisive in some categories and more divided in others. Below are the results for “Favorite Finale Performance” as tallied from our readers, followed by the community’s view on who should win and who they think will win.
Favorite Finale Performance
Aiden Ross dominated the “favorite performance” poll. His closing song, a cover of “The Winner Takes It All” by ABBA, earned the largest share of votes, while his second finale performance, “Golden Hour” by JVKE, also ranked highly. Combined, Aiden captured a majority of the votes for favorite performances, signaling strong fan momentum heading into tonight’s finale.
- Aiden Ross – Team Niall – The Winner Takes it All by Abba – 37.22%
- Aiden Ross – Team Niall – Golden Hour by JVKE – 15.00%
- Ralph Edwards – Team Snoop – I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner – 13.33%
- Jazz McKenzie – Team Bublé – Against All Odds by Phil Collins – 6.67%
- DEK of Hearts – Team Niall – Fishing in the Dark by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – 6.67%
- Ralph Edwards – Team Snoop – Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars – 5.00%
- Max Chambers – Team Bublé – Your Way’s Better Than Mine by Forrest Frank – 5.00%
- Max Chambers – Team Bublé – One Moment in Time by Whitney Houston – 2.78%
- DEK of Hearts – Team Niall – Let it Go by James Bay – 2.78%
- Aubrey Nicole – Team Reba – Until You Can’t by Cody Johnson – 2.78%
- Aubrey Nicole – Team Reba – The Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia by Reba – 2.22%
- Jazz McKenzie – Team Bublé – drivers licence by Olivia Rodrigo – 0.56%
Who SHOULD Win The Voice 28?
When asked who readers believed should win the season, the results were clear: a substantial share named Aiden Ross as their top choice. This reflects both his performance popularity and the connection he’s built with viewers throughout the shortened season.
- Aiden Ross – Team Niall – 58.86%
- Ralph Edwards – Team Snoop – 11.39%
- DEK of Hearts – Team Niall – 10.13%
- Jazz McKenzie – Team Bublé – 7.59%
- Max Chambers – Team Bublé – 6.96%
- Aubrey Nicole – Team Reba – 5.06%
Who WILL Win The Voice 28?
On the question of who will actually win, readers leaned even more heavily toward Aiden Ross. That gap between “should” and “will” can reflect factors such as fan engagement, streaming behavior and late-night voting patterns that tend to influence live results. Regardless, Aiden held a commanding lead in this prediction poll.
- Aiden Ross – Team Niall – 65.44%
- Ralph Edwards – Team Snoop – 11.03%
- DEK of Hearts – Team Niall – 10.29%
- Max Chambers – Team Bublé – 5.88%
- Jazz McKenzie – Team Bublé – 3.68%
- Aubrey Nicole – Team Reba – 3.68%
Grade the Season
Readers graded the season overall as above average, with the plurality assigning an A or B. The final distribution shows a range of opinions about the format and pacing, and while this season received decent marks from voters, some criticism remains about structural choices.
- B – 31.37%
- A – 31.37%
- C – 22.55%
- D – 8.82%
- F – 5.88%
Predictions
The six-way finale in a shortened season makes outcomes harder to predict than usual, but the poll data is compelling. Based on reader sentiment and voting trends, the prediction leans strongly toward Aiden Ross winning The Voice season 28. That said, live voting can bring surprises, and any of the finalists with devoted fanbases could pull off an upset on the night.
The Voice season 28 finale airs on NBC tonight from 9–11 pm ET/PT, with an hour-long recap at 8 pm ET/PT. The full finale will be available to stream on Peacock the following day.