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"Javier Colon has been named the winner of the first season of The Voice. The 33-year-old Stamford, Connecticut resident scooped the recording contract prize with Universal Records over fellow contestants Beverly McClellan, Vicci Martinez and Dia Frampton in tonight&amp;#039;s live finale of the NBC competition.  Host Carson Daly revealed that Javier and Dia&amp;#039;s votes fell within 2% of one another to determine the winner.  &amp;gt; The Voice poll result: Dia, Javier, Beverly or Vicci? &amp;gt; The Voice summer tour dates announced A visibly emotional Javier said following the announcement: &amp;quot;Wow! Thank you! I don&amp;#039;t even know where to begin other than to say that the three women behind me here are absolutely awesome and it was the best thing to compete with them. &amp;quot;I want to thank everyone at home who believed in me and voted for me every week. Thank you all, really.&amp;quot; Watch Javier&amp;#039;s winning moment:  All four singers had performed two tracks during last night&amp;#039;s show, one with his or her respective mentor as well as an original song which would become the winner&amp;#039;s debut single.  Javier had performed the original track &amp;#039;Stitch by Stitch&amp;#039;, before teaming with his coach Adam Levine for a rendition of &amp;#039;Man In The Mirror&amp;#039;. The finalists had the opportunity to sing with their musical heroes during tonight&amp;#039;s broadcast. Cee Lo&amp;#039;s Green&amp;#039;s musical charge Vicci performed the Train hit &amp;#039;Drops of Jupiter&amp;#039; with lead singer Pat Monahan, while Adam Levine&amp;#039;s representative Javier duetted with Stevie Nicks on a rendition of Fleetwood Mac&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Landslide&amp;#039;.  Christina&amp;#039;s Aguilera&amp;#039;s contestant Beverly also took to the stage with OneRepublic singer Ryan Tedder for a version of the group&amp;#039;s hit &amp;#039;Good Life&amp;#039; and Dia, who was mentored by Blake Shelton, sang with country star Miranda Lambert on &amp;#039;The House That Built Me&amp;#039;.  The Voice will return to NBC for a second season during the second half of the network&amp;#039;s 2011-12 schedule. &amp;gt; Adam Levine: &amp;#039;Javier Colon will win The Voice &amp;gt; The Voice finalists &amp;#039;happy for whoever wins&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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