'The Voice Australia' Winner Found Out She Won While Watching at Home; Finale Was Pre-Taped with Different Outcomes!

The Australian edition of The Voice ended this week and we learned something surprising about how the show works!

Winner Alyssa Delpopolo took home the grand prize, but she didn’t know until the show aired on television for everyone to see.

Alyssa took to social media to share a video of herself sitting on the couch at home with friends and family, reacting to the news that she won the show.

A lot of fans were confused by the video, wondering how she could be at home when she seemingly was also on stage in the studio. Let’s explain!

Keep reading to find out more…

The Australian edition of The Voice was fully pre-taped, with each finalist filming a winner reaction moment. After fans voted, the producers played the finale moment for the actual winner!

Former contestant Chris Sebastian once told News.com.au that it was “definitely awkward” to film different versions of the finale.

“You’ve got to understand, by that point of the day we were so tired,” Chris said. “We hadn’t had a day off for two weeks and we were physically drained. I think some people acted better than others. I definitely tried to exaggerate as much as I could because I wanted it to be like how it would be like if I actually did win. It’ll be interesting to see who wins and which one they play.”

“Obviously they do the confetti, the sparklers up the back, it’s quite a spectacle and we had to go through that four times,” he added. “It was definitely awkward … it was a test of everyone’s acting abilities.”

There have been some changes for the American edition of The Voice this season.