Hutto singer places 5th on ‘The Voice’ 

Source: kxan.com

A Central Texas man placed 5th on the 23rd season of NBC’s “The Voice” Tuesday night. 

Hutto singer Savion Wright — whose stage name is NOIVAS — earned a 4-chair turn with his blind audition. He immediately blew the judges away with his rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come,” a song Wright said deeply resonated with him, specifically with the loss of his brother, Alfred. 

NOIVAS is part of Blake Shelton’s team and was one of five finalists. He was joined in the finale Tuesday night by Team Blake’s Grace West, D.Smooth with Team Kelly, Gina Miles of Team Niall, and sister trio Sorelle on Team Chance, per NBC. 

Ultimately, Gina Miles was named champion. 

To Wright, though, he said before the finale that he was already a winner, he explained in a tweet Tuesday morning. 

 “Thank you so much everyone for the love and support throughout this journey. The only reason I even did this show in the first place was to prove to my daughters that you cannot give up on something that you truly love and believe in. And I truly believe I succeeded at that. I’ve already won, because they will watch this one day and hopefully be proud of what I’ve accomplished. God bless you all” the tweet read. 

Wright took a six-year hiatus from music before auditioning for this season of The Voice. In a conversation with KXAN in March, he said returning to music was a homecoming of sorts after he’d placed it on the back burner for several years. He said becoming a parent led to all the pieces clicking and inspiring him to pick up a guitar again. 

“This whole thing for me is really just a parenting moment because I want to prove to my children that you can take a break from something that you love and you can find your way back to it,” he said at the time. “You never know how you can find your way back to it and what you can do with it.”