Chris Blue wins Season 12 of 'The Voice'

May 24 (UPI) -- Chris Blue was named Season 12 champion of NBC's musical competition series The Voice Tuesday night.

The 26-year-old, Tennessee resident earned the grand prize of a recording contract. He was a member of Team Alicia.

"Coach @aliciakeys!!!! We did it!!!! We did it!!!! We did it!!!! Ahhhhhhhh thank you @NBCTheVoice!! Thank you America!! thank u GOD!!" Blue tweeted, along with a string of crying emojis.

"From the moment I heard your blind audition, I knew you could go all the way!!" Keys said in her own Twitter post.

"Blue grew up in a family of seven in a tiny house," the network said in a press release. "His mother decided to put the family in a band called the Blue Family, where they sang at local churches. The band later became known as the Blue Brothers and performed across the Midwest. For the past six years, Blue has worked as a worship leader, where he met his fiancée, a cancer survivor."