This was one the greatest finale performances in the history of ‘The Voice,’ and the producers had to slot it last, because no one could have followed it.

(Photo : NBC) Team Reba’s Asher HaVon gives one of the best ‘Voice’ finale performances of all time, covering “I Will Always Love You.”

The “most important night of the season,” as host Carson Daly put it, took place Monday on The Voice, as Season 25’s top five finalists competed for America’s votes one last time. Each contestant delivered two excellent performances, a ballad and an uptempo number, and it seemed like Tuesday’s finale could go any which way. Throughout Monday’s two-hour episode, I frequently rethought and overthought my predictions.

But then Team Reba’s Asher HaVon closed the show with the tour de force that just might have sealed his deal. If Asher wins Tuesday, it will be because of his epic ballad, “I Will Always Love You.” Asher incorporated all the regal grandeur of Whitney Houston’s Bodyguard version, all the tenderness and intimacy of Dolly Parton’s original, and the superstar power of both divas, on a song that is not easy for any man to sing. This was, simply put, one the greatest finale performances in the history of The Voice, and the producers had to slot it last, because no one could have followed Asher.