The Voice’s Season 26 winners Michael Bublé and Sofronio Vasquez Talk Win

Another whirlwind season off The voice is in the books! The first time coach Michael Bublé finished his freshman season with thaw of his Team Bublé members – Shye and Sofronio Vasquez – in the Top 5.

In the end, Vasquez won the audience’s hearts and ears and took the Season 26 crown with Shye in second place. Not a bad way for Bublé to close out his legendary first time in action the voice, and he beamed on the red carpet after the finale at Universal Square, when he and Vasquez did their victory lap with press channels, including NBC Insider.

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After speaking via satellite with the local news team from Utica, New York, Sofronio Vasquez’s current hometown, the duo gave us an exclusive interview where Bublé gushed about the global pride Vasquez’s fans have shown for his accomplishments all season. Their vote has made him the only Filipino/Asian winner of the American version of the voice, or any other US-based singing competition show.

“There’s a whole country that sees this as a Super Bowl, no joke,” Bublé said with pride. “And what’s more interesting is that it wasn’t just The Philippines. It was Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, people in China. There were people everywhere who saw themselves in this kid, and that’s very cool. He can’t believe it. He has a hard time grasping it.’

Vasquez and Bublé also touched on the surprising song selections this season and what they envision for the singer’s career going forward.

The song that gave Sofronio the confidence to go all the way

While Vasquez’s last two competition songs were Sia’s “Unstoppable” and “A Million Dreams.” The greatest showman soundtrack, the singer told us that the song choice he was given gave him pause, but then eventually gave him so much confidence after he landed on the classic Roy Orbison ballad, “Crying,” from the playoffs.

“It was really the game changer,” Vasquez said of the song that tested what he was capable of performing. “Everyone was amazed at how the song was (sung). And to be honest, I emailed them like, ‘Why is Michael Bublé picking that song for me for the playoffs?’ I said, ‘Can I just sing his song, ‘Feeling Good’ because I know I’ve been singing it for so long?

Vasquez then looked at his coach and said, “But you think, ‘No, you’re not making that one. You are. this song.’ So I trusted him. And it was great.”

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Of the seemingly risky choice, Bublé said, “Honest to God it was the fact that he could bend the songs to his will as an interpreter. To told me about what kind of artist we had. And that is artistry. There are a lot of people who can sound like everyone they sing a song to, but it’s different when you can make it your own and you can bend it to your will. And that’s when the big ones become them great you. And I knew it.

“There was a reason I wanted to challenge him and I wanted to challenge the audience because I knew he could do it all,” he continued. “Let’s take new modern. Let’s take old school stuff. Let’s take stuff that’s swing and stuff that has more of a bluesy feel or pop. I just knew he could do it the way he did it .But there was more than just What really got me more than anything else was the radiance that came with the God-given talent of, because that’s what I do.I knew what it meant to him, and I could look at the work ethic, the ambition and that God-given talent that this would happen to him.”

What’s next for Sofronio Vasquez? Michael Bublé has plans

On the carpet, Vasquez said in the short term he couldn’t wait to call his mother and family in the Philippines to celebrate the win. But what about decisions about what he and coach Bublé envision for his overall career?

“I put my trust in him,” Vasquez said with a genuine confidence in his coach. “I don’t know where I’m going tonight, but tomorrow I’ll probably just call him and ask.”

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Bublé confirmed that he “definitely” already has ideas to share. “I think it lands a little more in faith,” he said of Vasquez’s future sound. “I honestly think he’s a soul singer. When you go and look at someone like Bruno Mars or Adele, they’re people singing pop music, but it has the edge of a little gospel, a little soul. I think , it’s a really exciting thing for a young guy like this to start finding. And by the way, I’m still finding myself, and it’s such a cool way to grow as an artist.

The entire The Voice season 26 is now available to stream at the Peacock.