Oh so close to being 'The Voice'

"THE VOICE" announced the winner of its sixth season last night and, alas, it was not meant to be for Marlton, N.J.'s Christina Grimmie.

The honors went to the soulful Josh Kaufman, who also beat out country crooner Jake Worthington for the title.

But Grimmie, 20, has a bright future ahead of her.

Grimmie, who finished third, immediately made a splash on the well-rated singing competition during her audition when she caused all four judges - Maroon 5's Adam Levine, Usher, Shakira and Blake Shelton - to turn their chairs and vie for Grimmie to be on their team after hearing her rendition of Miley Cyrus' epic "Wrecking Ball." Grimmie eventually chose Levine. She became a front-runner with performances ranging from Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home" to Elvis Presley's "Can't Help Falling In Love."

Grimmie, who attended Cherokee High School until her sophomore year, was known before "The Voice" for her YouTube covers, amassing quite the social-media following. She and her family moved to Los Angeles in 2012 after Grimmie was chosen to open for popstress Selena Gomez.

Kaufman takes home a recording contract as his grand prize.

V. Stiviano

, the woman who outted noted racist and L.A. Clippers owner

Donald Sterling

, is getting into the local celebrity-boxing game.

Stiviano will get into the ring to fight an as-yet-determined opponent for Damon Feldman's first Las Vegas showdown. That was a fast 15 minutes for Stiviano, wasn't it?

Here's the kicker: That as-yet-determined opponent could be you! Feldman wants an unknown to fight it out with Stiviano, and you can apply for the chance. All you need is to be 18 and have the $10 entry fee. The lucky fighter gets $1,000 for the cause. Check out the aptly URL'd fightacelebrity.com for more info.

In

Any Given Number: Who Wore It Best, from 00 to 99

, the editors of

Sports Illustrated

took the long view of sports history to decide who is the best by the number. So who makes it from Philly teams? We represent with four, including

Wilt Chamberlain

(#13),

Curt Schilling

(#38),

Reggie White

(#92) and

Jeremy Roenick

(#97).

Producers/songwriters

Ivan Barias

and

Carvin Haggins

will receive the inaugural Gamble & Huff Award for Excellence in Songwriting at the Art Sanctuary's 30th annual Celebration of Black Writing on May 30. Barias and Haggins have worked with artists such as recent Temple honorary-doctorate recipient

Jill Scott

,

Justin Timberlake

and

Rick Ross

.

Receiving this year's Lifetime Achievement Award is writer Ernest Gaines, author of perennial classics such as the A Lesson Before Dying and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

Two-time Olympic-medalist bobsledder

Elana Meyers

visited Northwood Academy Charter School in the Northeast yesterday as a prize for winning a "Classroom Champions" competition. Fun fact: Meyers' uncle is CBS3 cameraman

Jim Sperings

, who attended the event in an uncle, rather than professional, capacity.

The sixth episode of

Sam Katz

's documentary series "Philadelphia: The Great Experiment" will air tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. on 6ABC. This episode goes old school, covering 1600 to 1682.