LOS ANGELES – Kelly Clarkson can instantly pinpoint the moment she knew Jake Hoot would win Season 17 of "The Voice."
"The Blinds," she said Tuesday, referring to the Blind Auditions, the first time coaches hear the singers in the NBC singing competition.
What still surprises her is that none of the other three coaches - John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani - hit their buttons to spin their red chairs around, leaving the Cookeville, Tenn., country singer to Team Kelly.
"I don't know (why). They had lost their damn mind," Clarkson said, noting the rarity of a "one-chair turn" singer winning the whole contest. "I remember looking specifically at Blake going, 'What is wrong with you? But thank you!'"
Moments after Hoot's victory in Tuesday's season finale, Clarkson, who has had the winner on her team three times in four seasons, listed some of his talents: an ear for music, great song choices and the ability to project. "Like I'm not joking, there's a microphone in his vocal cords."
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A day after the pair sang Sarah McLachlan's "Wintersong" in Monday's competition finale, Clarkson was still bowled over by Hoot's song choice and performance.
"That Christmas song we did, I'm going to be talking about it until I die. It's the most beautiful song. I've done a lot of things in my career (and) that's one of my favorite things I've ever done," said Clarkson, host of "The Kelly Clarkson Show."
Hoot's original song, "Better Off Without You," moved the coaches on Monday's show. He co-wrote the ballad while going through a divorce and he explained Tuesday how life's experiences, good and bad, shape an artist's music.
"I sang songs like 'The Dance' and 'Goodbye Time' for years at shows and they're beautiful songs. But it wasn't until after going through something hard that it actually means something," he said. "Any time you go through heartache and stuff like that, no matter what it is, those lyrics and melodies become real. It definitely changes how you perform them and the emotion you put behind it."
Beyond the music, Clarkson admires Hoot's decency and humility. As "I grew up, my parents told me to have a servant's heart. That's how you should live your life. And like he is a walking, breathing servant's heart. He's such a good dude," she said.
Hoot, 31, returned the praise, which started during Tuesday's live show when he told Clarkson that she had helped him become a better person and parent.
"Having Kelly believe in me from the get-go and to be here tonight is just an incredible thing. … She's helped me get out of my shell on stage," he said, turning to her, "and you're just like the biggest cheerleader and that means more than you know. I really do appreciate it."
When asked what's next in his budding music career, it was clear this is new territory for the 31-year-old dad.
"I mean, I've been working in radio for the past five years as a sales rep. And so now taking that next step," he said, as Clarkson interrupted.
"I didn't know that," she said, explaining she learns new things about Hoot all the time.
"Actually, funny story," he continued. "I worked in a zinc mine for a while. I've done every type of construction, plumbing, HVAC. So, thinking about that next step has been something that's been on my my mind. I write all the time, so hopefully I can get there" in music.
Clarkson briefly became Hoot's cheerleader again when he said he would like to make an album that's country with "probably more of a '90s-ish style."
"I'm so happy," Clarkson said, before pointing out Hoot's versatility and influences, which include the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.
After Hoot performed with Little Big Town on Tuesday's show, just a little bit before host Carson Daly announced him as the winner, some in the studio audience could be heard breaking into what has become a familiar chant: "Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!"
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Clarkson herself was part of that group, affectionately known as the Hooters. "I was hootin'. I had my arm going like Arsenio."
Hoot enjoys that connection with listeners. "The Hooters have been unreal. Back home, you have that same small group of people at your shows and it's incredible. But to see it on the level it got to, it's unreal. People that reached out or commented that I would have never met otherwise, it's incredible that they feel a part of it."
Clarkson seconded Hoot's sentiment. "Music. It brings people together and we're very divided right now as a country. It's cool."
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