Even at his peak, he was underrated.

I swear man. Jessie and Jojo are the artist that people forget about. They sure are the powerful voices.

All 2000 fans could recognize that voice anywhere. I had a toothbrush that sung beautiful soul to me.. never brushed my teeth so much in my life. 😅 I recognized his voice from round 1.

I need a recording of all the songs he did on here. I’m so obsessed.

Jesse McCartney should of won this season he deserved to win this award he has a great voice.

I knew it was Jesse the moment he sung his first song "kiss by a rose". I listened to him over and over growing up as a teenager so i recognized his singing style and tone.

2000s teens : That is Jesse "Beautiful Soul" McCartney.

Departure was an absolute homerun of an album from Jesse McCartney. He was so talented. So sad that lot of people didn't recognize it.

HE SHOULD HAVE WON! PERIOD.

I’m literally gobsmacked that was him, teenage crush making a comeback!

I knew it was him right away! His voice took me right back to my childhood 😭 he did great 💕

"Ridiculously stupidly talented" are exactly the words I would use to describe him.

As a huge Kingdom Hearts fan, i immediately caught his voice, shame he didn't win, i was rooting for him to do so

At 24:32 He got emotional and was holding back his tears when Nichole said "remind everybody"

I could tell it was him when he started singing…. I listened to him so much as a kid, I got soo used to his voice. ❤️

To think I immediately recognized his voice, not just cause of the fact I listened to his music, but also cause he voiced Ventus and Roxas too.

Grew up listening to the guy. Goosebumps all over 😊

I knew it was Jesse from the first song. I remember being so mad that they did not guess him till very late in the season. And then to top it off having Hunter Hayes in the same season! As if! they were always compared in the past also let alone when they had this battle and commenting "We are mirrored to each other" No kidding! I was astounded when the production did that!

I may be a bit biased but I consider him the most talented out of boy bands from the 90s next to Justin Timberlake. There are just so many layers and so much depth to his voice and he uses it so effortlessly. At times it sounds so tender and angelic, and other times hard hitting like a bullet. Very very few artists have a voice and can sing like that. For most singers, even having a wide range, the voice would sound stale throughout the whole song, or let’s say when they switch to falsetto the switch would be like a “jump”-very obvious, not being able to switch between different voices and yet completely connected and wholesome like JM can.

I still go back to this compilation once in a while. His just so good.

I would've lost my ever loving mind in that crowd with the first notes

Say you won't let go makes my knees weak every time 🥰😍

I kept looking and waiting for the Kingdom Hearts clues. I love his music and his voice acting!

Holding me back is the perfect song for him omg wish that was his actual song!

A lot of people say that every song that Jesse sings fits his role as Robin/Nightwing on Young Justice and the ship between him and Zatanna. Well except for two, I think all the songs performed here fit that bill too.

Still so sad he didn't win man I was in love with that turtle. Awesome costume, beautiful voice and come on Jesse is phenomenal.

Never knew how talented he is ❤️

He is just so much better than he is given credit for!🥰🥰

The kingdom hearts clue confirmed it

Such a stellar, versatile talent. The trophy belonged to him.❤ Still my favorite

I’m glad more ppl are finally now appreciating his voice & talents… Jesse McCartney never got the respect since he started w/ dream street

He definitely deserved to win this season

I'm so old I remember him on All My Children before he started singing professionally. Very talented young man!

He gives me CHILLS when he sings! 🤩🤩🤩

I’m still mad because he’s amazing and he’s overlooked constantly. Even when I grew up listening to him. He’s such a crazy talent.

Wow when he started singing Say You Won’t Let Go…tears flowed from my soul!

❤❤❤❤ Your voice Jesse!!!! Such a talented soul! Keep making songs man!

12:52 THAT'S A KINGDOM HEARTS REFERENCE! AND THE CHESS BOARD IS A REFERENCE TO KH3

As a person that played Kingdom Hearts 2 a lot I flipped my shit when I realize it was Jesse McCartney

Omg I instantly had a tear. He is amazing love him since I was a kid

This is my favorite masked singer, he deserved to win, he’s way better than Kandi

This is soo good! There is a hint of Michael Jackson in his voice at his higher register. Phenominal voice!

the frist time I hear him sing and can actually hear his robin/nightwing voice

I love him, start from before you go. but after seeing this I totaly a die hard fan of him.

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE JESSE!! YOU WON THAT SHOW FAIR AND SQUARE HANDS DOWN IN MY BOOK! KEEP YOUR DREAMS ALIVE AND PUSHING WE WANNA HEAR MORE OF YOU! THE FANS KNOW WHO WON. YOU SHOULD BE HOLDING THAT GOLDEN MASK! 🎤 🎭 They voted in our poll and a surprising 57% of our readers say the coveted Golden Mask should have gone to pop star Jesse McCartney, who competed as the Turtle. That's over 20 points more than those who thought Kandi Burruss (Night Angel) was rightfully crowned the winner, which totaled 35% of our respondents.

7:50 Ha! The comic book! Because he voices Nightwing in Young Justice!

Dreamstreet will always be a fave of mine 😩

Is the Heart, Crown, and Chess board a Kingdom Hearts 3 reference?! I doubt the judges would have got it though!

Those songs are really hard to sing he did amazing

My favorite performer from season 3!

Still one of the best. ON THE MASK. HAHAHAHAHA SO ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE VOICE.

He deserved that trophy 🏆

I wasn't really into his music back in the 2000s, I only saw him in 1 episode of Hannah Montana so I knew of him but never knew he was this good. "Kiss from a rose" was his best song on this show, such an incredible voice

Wow... I love him so freaking much!!

Knew this from the first "Baby" then the high note in the first performance. I was one of those fans who clipped every picture of his from magazines. JMac was/ is my first celebrity love.

I’m trying to find any references to when he worked on the kingdom hearts video game franchise and there were a few clues to that

I knew it was Jesse rightaway. He really still have that beautiful and amazing voice ❤️

What a beautiful voice

I don't understand how they didn't know immediately. I knew his voice from the first note of Kiss From A Rose. To any 00s girl, it was obvious.

I've never seen this show before but knew exactly who it was from his first performance based on his song "Beautiful Soul" :O

yep jesse mcartney... hes awesome dont know why he dint win... everybody knows thats jesse the only person can those voice without changing the whole entire singing. his voice are fantastic

Jesse did Seal, Lewis Capaldi, and James Bay, how the heck did he not win?

Out of all the singers his message spoke the most to me. So powerful.

The Turtle got robbed

Who knew Roxas was a good singer?

no way they did not recognize his voice right away 🤣

Forever loved 🥰

thyre like "he can dance!" Yeah baby down on Dream Street

The radiation symbol on the book is a clue to his role in Chernobyl Diaries.

Oh i feel in love with his voices 🥰❤❤🥰☺️😘

I would know that voice anywhere. Big fan going back a long way. What beautiful vocals.

How can they not tell by his voice lmao

When he sang before you go I was saying to myself who hurt you :(

A awesome voice❤️

I love him so much!

I agree with him about music helping you heal

The best versions of every songs he sings@

He should have won. No question.

I loved night angel especially when she was in the group Xscape that was the top 5 of my girls group and Understanding was my fav song omgosh. But I gotta say Jesse should have won that season his voice is still so amazing 🤩😍🫶🏽

So dreamy!❤

Aww, he was talking about all those almosts and now he only almost won. He’s got Leonardo DiCaprio syndrome. He deserves a solid win.

I like back dancers' choreo of "Stay."

HE SHOULD HAVE WON SEASON 3!

A very underrated talent ♡♡♡♡

Lmaoo how could you grow up in the 2000s and not know that voice 😂

that falseto just revealed who he is

1:03 is the exact moment that is possible to see Jesse face behind the mask

i feel like he chose some of the songs from artist that were defiantly inspired by him (shawn, nick etc.)

Sad he did the Almost Got this, Almost Got that speech and then ends up in second place. I'm pretty uncultured when it comes to singers, I grew up spamming linkin park, skillet, 3 doors down, etc ... now it's a lot of kpop, covers of popular songs to the point I don't know what the original song actually sounds like, which is how I got here. It's with great pleasure and shock that I actually recognized his voice. He happened to have my favorited kind of voice to go with an acoustic guitar

I LOVE TURTLE SOOOOO GOOD I AM A BIG FAN OF TURTLE aka Jesse McCartney

i used to remember I had a crush in this guy. Me and my younger me screaming at the top of our lungs.

Love ❤️

I knew it was him as I knew The Dog was Daughtry and how I knew his faulsetto I knew that cute dreamy faulsetto.

He is SO GOOD.

i like how the BBQ autmatically makes me think of Summerland which Jesse starred in

The James Bay cover was 🔥🔥🔥 I love James Bay so much and Jesse did justice to the song❤❤❤❤

One of these days, one of the returning singers should do their own song but different. That would be a huge fun curve.

very good

Dam this turtle has me in 😭 tears..