"Awful": The Voice Season 26 fans divided over Coach Gwen Stefani and Sydney's duet

The Voice Season 26
The Voice Season 26 Coach Gwen Stefani with finalist Sydney Sterlace | Image Source: Instagram/ @gwenstefani

The much-awaited The Voice Season 26 Finale aired in two parts and was released on NBC on December 9 and 10, 2024. After quite the journey, the singing reality show had five finalists: Danny Joseph, Jeremy Beloate, Sofronio Vasquez, Shye, and Sydney Sterlace.

Fans witnessed various performances from the finalists, guests, and former participants. Some of the performances involved Coaches and their team's finalist contender. Sydney Sterlace and her team's Coach, Gwen Stefani, performed one such duet.

They performed Wild World by Cat Stevens during The Voice Season 26 finale. While many fans shared appreciation for the performance, some felt otherwise. Some took to social media platform X and reacted to Sydney Sterlace and Gwen Stefani's finale performance.

One of the fans shared on X:

"Are you kidding me?!? That was awful!"

Another fan wrote:

"Sydney and Gwen!! Killing this duet!! #TheVoice."

One more fan commented:

"Sydney and Gwen sounded so good together! Loved that duet #thevoice #voicefinale."

A netizen reacted to Gwen and Sydney's performance:

"They butchered that song!! It was awful!"

An X user wrote:

"#TheVoice It really shows how much talent Sydney has when she's actually outdoing Gwen on the vocals. Of course, Gwen is more of a showman than a great vocalist so I don't know if that is saying much."

A person commented:

"Sydney Sterlace singing a duet with Gwen Stefani, them trading off lines, so cute, and a good fit for their voices, enjoyable. #TheVoice #VoiceFinale."

An X user wrote:

"#TheVoice This is a great song. Sydney sounds better than Gwen. Gwen is making this a happy song, which it is not."

Another X user commented:

"I wanna say this team gwen fans and fans of the voice show I wanna say sydney sterlace performances tonight were not bad but I wanna say they were sydney sterlace normal performances and the way she sing the songs shouldn't matter #TeamGwen #TheVoice."

A person commented:

"A duet to remember by #TeamGwen Amazing perfect vocals delivered by @gwenstefani while also letting Sydney shine."

The Voice Season 26: Gwen Stefani and Sydney Sterlace performed Wild World by Cat Stevens

NBC aired The Voice Season 26 finale in two parts on December 9 and 10, 2024. The finale episodes featured performances from finalists, former contestants, former winners, artists, coaches, and more.

The Coaches, including Michael Bublé, Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, and Reba McEntire, also performed with various artists and their team's finalists. One of the performances was from Coach Gwen Stefani and Sydney Sterlace. The duo performed Wild World by Cat Stevens.

However, The Voice Season 26 fans were divided into two groups for the performance. While some applauded it, a few disagreed. An X user mentioned it as "enjoyable," whereas another fan called it "awful."

The Voice Season 26 fans took to X and shared their views on the duet performed by Gwen Stefani and finalist Sydney Sterlace.

Further, on the finale episode of the singing competition, Team Bublé participant Sofronio Vasquez won the show and took home the trophy and prize money. The coaches and fans praised the winner's performances before the winner's announcement.

Sofronio's coach, Michael Bublé, was proud of Sofronio's performances during the show's finale episodes.


Fans can stream The Voice Season 26 Finale episodes on Peacock and get to watch their favorite artists' performances.

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Edited by Sarah Nazamuddin Harniswala