Jake Hoot (born July 7, 1988) is an American country singer. He is the winner ofseason 17 of the American talent competitionThe Voice at the age of 31. He competed on the team coached byKelly Clarkson, giving her third win as a coach on the show. Hoot was the second one-chair turn fromThe Voice U.S.'s blind auditions to win his season, after TeamAlicia'sChris Blue, the final contestant to audition onseason 12, and the first to do so outright (minimum two coaches eligible to turn).^[2]

Jake Hoot was born inCorpus Christi, Texas on July 7, 1988.^[1] Jake is the second oldest of nine siblings born to Aaron and Stacey Hoot, both of whom areChristian missionaries. At the age of nine, he and his family relocated to theDominican Republic where his parents lived and worked as missionaries from 1998 to 2008. He learned the guitar and began singing while in the country, became fluent inSpanish, and played in the Dominican baseball league for a year. Upon returning to the U.S., he was homeschooled; in 2009, he attendedTennessee Tech. He had a back-up role playing football on Tennessee Tech's offensive line for his first year in 2010. He graduated with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2013 and found a job at a local media production company. At the same time, he pursued a music career and built his popularity by performing in many local gigs.^[3]

In 2019, Hoot entered the 17th season ofThe Voice. In his blind audition, he sang "When It Rains It Pours" byLuke Combs. OnlyKelly Clarkson turned her chair; thus, he was on Team Kelly by default. He advanced to the finale, and won the season on December 17, 2019.^{[citation needed]}

  – Studio version of performance was the most streamed song onApple Music

"Better Off Without You", his coronation-winning song written by Hoot himself, became his first single. Hoot made hisGrand Ole Opry debut on February 4, 2020.^[3]

Hoot married Jessica Lynn Steele, anemergency room nurse, in 2013. The couple had a daughter, Macy, born in 2015. Hoot released some songs on YouTube singing to his daughter. The couple divorced in 2017.^{[citation needed]}

On March 7, 2021, he married Brittney Hoyt.^[4] They have one daughter, born July 24, 2022.^[5] In January 2024, they announced they were expecting their second child together.^[6]

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