Warning: Contains spoilers from The Voice Australia 2025 grand finale.
After weeks of epic auditions, battles, knockouts and showdowns, The Voice Australia has crowned its winner for the 2025 season.
In a first ever all-female grand finale, Australia voted Alyssa Delpopolo as the winner, and thus won herself a life-changing $100,000 cash prize.
Host Sonia Kruger announced Aylssa as the last woman standing in a thrilling finale that aired on Sunday night, after the 19-year-old from Team Kate Miller-Heidke wowed with a stellar rendition of It’s All Coming Back To Me Now as other coaches Ronan Keating, Melanie C and Richard Marx watched proudly.
“[It feels] amazing. It feels… It doesn’t feel real at all,” Alyssa told Sonia after her historic win.
Her coach Kate was beside herself with excitement for what lies ahead for the rising star.
“I want to say, I can’t believe it, because of the incredible depth of talent that’s on this stage,” an emotional Kate told Alyssa. “But I can believe it. Australia loves you as much as I do, and I’m so thrilled.”
The finale marked the first all-female final in The Voice Australia history – fitting really, as the epitome of Girl Power, former Spice Girl Mel C, was one of the coaches this season.
“I feel so proud. It’s a historic night,” said Mel C, who was part of one of the biggest girl groups of all time. “An all-women final and they are all superb.”
“It so beautiful to see all four women up there on that stage,” added Richard. “To see where they started, to where they are tonight, it’s just goosebumps.”
In the exciting finale, Alyssa beat out the other female finalists: Team Mel C’s Cassie Henderson, 26; Team Ronan’s Cle Morgan, 44; and Team Richards’ Bella Parnell, 21.
The top four each performed twice during the grand finale: once in a duet with their coach, and again solo.
Cle and her coach Ronan kicked off the show with their duet of I Knew You Were Waiting as made popular by George Michael and Aretha Franklin.
The high-energy performance set the tone and the vibes for the rest for the finale, with the pair receiving a standing ovation from the crowd.
Next up was Alyssa, the eventual winner.
The Sydneysider was given the power ballad It’s All Coming Back To Me Now by Celine Dion – and she was worried she wouldn’t do the song justice.
“It’s not a Celine Dion song, it’s the Celine Dion song,” Alyssa said on camera as she prepped for her performance.
But she was spectacular and hit all the big notes, causing Mel C to conclude, “With a voice like that, I think Alyssa was born ready” for the big stage.
Next up, viewers were treated to duet of Mel C and her protégé, 26-year-old Cassie from New Zealand, who sang a pop version of Bittersweet Symphony.
“I don’t think I could’ve wished for anybody better in every way,” Mel C said of Cassie after their performance wowed the audience.
“Her voice is so commanding, the way she moves. I’m in awe of this girl. She’s brilliant.”
Sydneysider Bella was up next for Team Richard. The 21-year-old rocked a pink powersuit as she belted out the power track Ain’t Nobody by Chaka Khan for her solo performance.
She nailed the vocals and dance moves with Richard calling her a “Grammy worthy” artist who is ready to go from singer to star.
Cle returned to the stage for her second performance, this time solo. The artist from Melbourne took to the stage for an awe-inspiring rendition of Pink’s What About Us, which happened to be her late wife’s favourite song.
“There is something in Cle that nobody else has,” her coach Ronan said after she brought down the house. “I get goosebumps in every performance.”
The spotlight was again on Team Kate and Alyssa, who wowed in red ensembles as they sang Selena Gomez’s haunting hit Lose You To Love Me.
“I loved her from the first moment I heard her sing in the audition,” Kate told host Sonia after the performance, before telling Alyssa directly, “I can’t believe the journey you’ve been on and I’m so proud to be a small part of that.”
Cassie was again called on stage for her final act: a solo rendition of the Wheatus anthem Teenage Dirtbag. The coaches called her a “little dynamo” and a “superstar” after she brought all the feels with the noughties song.
“[What a] world-class badass she has been from day one,” Richard added.
Perhaps the most outstanding duet for the evening was from Bella and Mr Right Her Waiting himself Richard Marx. The duo sang John Farnham’s cover of the Beatles hit, Help, pairing it back to a slower version of the classic single, which Sonia described as “effortless and elegant”.
But it was Richard who was most proud of the up-and-coming star.
“We watched her get up and sing for the first time in front of anyone on this show and look at her now,” he said of Bella. “It’s just stunning what she’s been able to do.”
But the night clearly belonged to the winner, Alyssa. Along with the $100,000 cash prize, she wins an all-inclusive recording development package including, production, recording, mixing, mastering and access to Australia’s leading ANR and label services.
