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The Voice Top 5 of Jadyn Cree, Renzo, Lucia Flores-Wiseman, Jaelen Johnston and Adam David. (NBC Photo)

Fans of The Voice will select a Season 27 champion following tonight’s show featuring the Top 5.

That Top 5 includes Renzo of Team Legend, Lucia Flores-Wiseman of Team Adam, Jaelen Johnston of Team Kelsea and Jadyn Cree and Adam David of Team Michael.

Each singer will perform a ballad and an upbeat song on tonight’s show.

Fans will be able to vote once per email address via The Voice app and The Voice website. Voting opens at the beginning of the show (8 p.m. eastern time) and closes at 7 a.m. eastern time.

Results will be revealed during Tuesday’s two-hour season finale, which begins at 9 p.m. on NBC.

I’ll be blogging live with song by song grades during Monday’s show.

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Ranking the Top 5 on The Voice

BALLAD ROUND

Lucia Flores-Wiseman, 22, of Maple Valley, Wash., “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd — Love the song choice. And Lucia is showing off that distinct voice of hers to perfection. She made subtle changes to the song that made this work so much better than a straight cover. Wow, The Voice performance finale is off to a great start. And, thank you, The Voice, for not ruining that performance with some nonsensical staging. Grade: A

Jadyn Cree, 23, Lincoln, Neb. “Lose You to Love Me” by Selena Gomez: Wow, I wondered what Jadyn would do for a ballad. I figured she’d do well during the upbeat round. The ballad? I wasn’t so sure. Turned out she did just fine. Better than fine. Thanks to a lovely sweet tone that shined on that song. Grade: A–

Adam David, 34, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Crocker — This song is a perfect fit for Adam’s raspy vocals. Great song choice. That was without doubt Adam’s best vocal on The Voice. He added enough frills to keep the vocal interesting without overdoing it. And John Legend hit the nail on the head: The broken nature of his voice makes it more special. Grade: B+

>Renzo, 33, Philadelphia, Pa. “Lover You Should Come Over” by Jeff Buckley — The Voice switched up the performance order for the second half of the show, giving Renzo and Jaelen the last two spots. Renzo delivers an impressive heartfelt vocal here. I was ready for him to pick a song that really plucked heartstrings after that emotional bio package with his family. This wasn’t that song. In fact, I’m a bit surprised by the more obscure song choice. It might wind up costing Renzo. Grade: B+

Jaelen Johnston, 21, of Derby, Kansas, “Cold” by Chris Stapleton — This marked a great bounce back performance by Jaelen. Combine that with the fact that he was performing last, and it just might propel him to The Voice title. Kelsea Ballerini said she wasn’t sure about the song choice. It turned out to be a very good match for Jaelen’s voice and he belted impressively right down to the final note. Well done. Grade: A–

UPBEAT ROUND

>Renzo, 33, Philadelphia, Pa. “Fly Away” by Lenny Kravitz — A superb opening performance from Renzo, who closed out the semifinals with that rousing version of “Dream On.” Renzo started on acoustic guitar, then stepped into a steel cage and rocked out. If anything, I thought that vocal was a bit more controlled and a bit better than the “Dream On” vocal. Grade: A

Jaelen Johnston, 21, of Derby, Kansas, “What Was I Thinkin'” by Dierks Bentley — Jaelen had a major, major lyric lapse on the second line of the song and it took him a good while to recover. He did recover to deliver a pretty rousing ending. But his voice never really cut through on that song in the way it should have. Grade: C–

Lucia Flores-Wiseman, 22, of Maple Valley, Wash., “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish — Okay, I suppose the singers can chose two ballads if they want because this sure isn’t upbeat. Lucia slips a couple of lines of Spanish into the performance. She delivers impressive power and a tender ending. But that didn’t work quite as well as her first performance. Grade: B

Adam David, 34, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. “Hard Fought Hallelujah” by Brandon Lake and Jelly Roll — Hey, another really nice song choice. And another nice fit for Adam’s voice. For a saved contestant, he’s putting on quite a performance tonight. My only complaint it that his voice didn’t stand out once that large choir joined in. Until that glorious final note. Grade: B

Jadyn Cree, 23, Lincoln, Neb. “Come On Eileen” by Dexys Midnight Runners — The Voice unleashed one of its big production numbers for this song. Jadyn has tons of fun on stage, kicking baloons as she performs. Unfortunately, the vocal wasn’t nearly up to the standard she’d set with her last three performances. I have to think there was another ’80s pop song she would have sounded better on. Grade: B–

HOW THEY SHOULD FINISH

1. Renzo
2. Lucia
3. Jadyn
4. Adam
5. Jaelen