Interview: Huntley talks winning ‘The Voice’

Huntley was named champion of “The Voice” Season 24 tonight. Huntley is a 33 year old rock artist from Fredericksburg, Va. Huntley faced competition from the other finalists this season, including teammate Mara Justin from Team Niall, Lila Forde from Team Legend, and Ruby Leigh and Jacquie Roar from Team Reba. All five Season 24 finalists earned a four-chair turn during their blind auditions.

In his blind audition, Huntley earned four chair turns from the coaches with his performance of the Black Crowes’ “She Talks to Angels,” which had coaches fighting for him. He chosed to join Team Niall, where he and teammate Brailey Lenderman performed a duet of Hootie & the Blowfish’s “Hold My Hand” during the battle rounds. For the ultra-competitive three-way knockout round, he did a showstopping performance of Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive”.

On Monday night’s telecast, Huntley performanced “Higher” by Creed as well as a down-tempo performance of “Another Love” by Tom Odell.

Before being crowned the winner during tonight’s finale, Huntley was joined on stage by coach Niall Horan for a heartfelt duet of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” by Bob Dylan.

Huntley was singing and impersonating Elvis by the time he was 4, and at 14 wanted to pursue music. After two years of college, he moved to Nashville but didn’t find the success he had imagined. After falling out of love with the music grind, he moved back home to Virginia. In 2016, Huntley welcomed his daughter and five years later welcomed his son. He never had a relationship with his own father, which motivated him to be very involved in his kids’ lives. Since 2022, Huntley has found success as a booking agent for musicians. Now that music is coming back into his life, he’s been a full-time musician gigging five times a week all over Virginia.

Fresh off his win, Huntley will perform at this weekend’s Buffalo Bills vs. Los Angeles Chargers game, streaming exclusively on Peacock with coverage beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET. He will kick off the game with a rendition of the National Anthem and put on a special halftime performance.

Also performing at during the finale was Earth, Wind and Fire, Keith Urban, Dan + Shay to named a few.

Click on the link to see what Huntley had to say about winning the show and his coach Niall Horan.