‘The Voice’ winner Jordan Smith met Henry Winkler on the show

• Jordan Smith was the winner of season 9 of The voiceAnd make a victory for Team Adam.
• Henry Winkler and his wife, Stavey Weitzman, visited Smith Backstage during The voice.
• Winkler has supported Smith’s work since his time on the show.

The voiceWinner of Season 9, Jordan Smithreveals some never before seen moments from their time on the show.

“Sometimes it feels like it’s just yesterday that I was at the show and then other times it feels like it has been a lifetime,” the singer, 31, told People. “So much has happened just in the last ten years. I have had so many squeeze me and so many dreams have come true. ”

The voice Fans will remember when singer belt IsS “Chandelier“Under his blind audition. The jaw-release performance turned all four judges’ chairs: Gwen StefaniThe Pharrell WilliamsThe Blake Shelton and Adam Levine. In the end, Smith went with the forces with Maroon 5 singer.

“It was such a gift to work with Adam,” said the gospel singer. “He really made room for me on the show to be myself. And he was very stuck with me that represented my artistry through the songs I chose, through the stylistic choices we made. “

Smith’s music and vocal chops quickly got him a large subsequent fans, including some known. While the former competitor stood backstage during a section’s banding, a producer informed him that some audience members were hoping for a meeting and greeting.

“Right now, if I even have a fan that is so cool,” he said. “I’m standing in this room and on walks this couple. They just approach me and I realize that I’m looking at Henry Winkler. ”

It turns out that Happy Days actor and his wife, Stacey Weitzmanwere huge fans of the future artist. Before Smith could realize that he was in the presence of Fonz, the actor had contacted him, his arms out.

“He took me in his hands and he began to cry,” Smith remembered. “I was just so blown away that someone as gifted as him, someone with so much celebrity and notority as Fonz – Henry Winkler – said these words to me.”

After the season, Winkler remained a strong supporter of Smith. After the news The voice winner commitment to Now Mrs. Kristen DennyWinkler is celebrated by writing ”@Jordsmithlive long live the blacksmiths, ”on X.

Another moment behind the scenes shared Smith with people who happened during the final, when the role and crew “run around like crazy crazy.” When he changed clothes, tilted his hair and put on different shoes, he went back and heard a “crunch” under his foot.

“When I looked down, my in-ear Monitor had fallen off and was on the floor and I completely crushed it,” he remembered. “It was the only way that we could even hear any of the music, everything we did on stage.”

Smith had to use a generic in-ear screen without audio control to escape.

“It didn’t affect too much the performance, but I always think about that performance and wonder if people could see the panic in my face as I struggled for my life,” he laughed.

To mark 10 years since he won here the NBC show, Smith releases its fifth studio and the sixth total album. People’s hymnThrough Gaiter Music Group, Smith’s “Fresh and New” Take On Song’s fans “All Know and Love while still paying honor and reverence for them.” The album is included in “Oh Happy Day”, “How big you are” and “The Blood.”

“They are songs that connect and have linked so many people throughout history,” he said. “And there are some newer songs there that I think is just a general part of our universal experience in the world.”

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He added: “It’s another project for me. I get to sing on this project in a way I haven’t sung before, and I get to explore my artistry, my creativity (and) explore my voice in a way that I have not really used it even since then The voice. “

Jordan Smith’s album, People’s hymnis available now.