Jake Hoot

Jake Hoot (born July 7, 1988) is an American country singer. He is the winner of season 17 of the American talent competition The Voice at the age of 31.

Early life
Jake Hoot was born on July 7, 1988, in Texas. Jake is one of nine siblings in his family. He is the second oldest to his parents Aaron and Stacey Hoot, who are Christian missionaries. At the age of nine, he relocated with his family to the Dominican Republic where his parents continued their mission for a full decade from 1998 to 2008. He learned the guitar and began singing there, developed a fluency in Spanish and played in the Dominican baseball league for a year. Upon returning to the States, he was homeschooled, then in 2009 he attended Tennessee Tech University. He had a back-up role in Tennessee Tech's football offensive line during his first season in 2010. He went on to graduate with a degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2013 and found a job at a local media production company, at the same time pursuing his music career with many local gigs that built some popularity for him.

The Voice (2019)
In 2019, Hoot entered the 17th season of The Voice. In his blind audition, He sang "When It Rains It Pours" by Luke Combs. Only Kelly Clarkson turned her chair and Jake was defaulted to Team Kelly. He made it to the finale and won the competition on December 17, 2019.


 * – Studio version of performance was the most streamed song on Apple Music

After The Voice
"Better Off Without You", his coronation-winning song written by Hoot himself, became his first single. Hoot made his Grand Ole Opry debut on February 4, 2020.

Personal life
Hoot married Jessica Lynn Steele, an Emergency Room nurse, in 2013 and had a daughter, Macy, born in 2015. He released some songs on YouTube singing to his daughter. The couple divorced in 2017. On March 7, 2021, he married Brittney Hoyt.