Another turbulent season of The voice is in the books! For the first time, coach Michael Bublé completed his first season two of his Team Bublé members – Shye and Sofronio Vasquez – in the top 5.

Ultimately, Vasquez won the hearts and ears of the audience and took the Season 26 crown, while Shye came in second place. Not a bad way for Bublé to complete his proverbial first at-bat The voice, and he beamed on the red carpet in the Universal parking lot after the finale as he and Vasquez took their victory lap, including press outlets 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 two gave us an exclusive interview in which Bublé gushed about the global pride that Vasquez’s fans have for his achievements demonstrated throughout the season. Their vote made him the only Filipino-Asian winner of the US version of The voice, or any other US-based singing competition show.

“A whole country is watching this like a Super Bowl, no joke,” Bublé said proudly. “And what’s even more interesting is that that wasn’t the case Only the Philippines. It was Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and people in China. There were people everywhere who recognized themselves in this child, and that’s very cool. He can’t believe it. He has a hard time understanding it.

Vasquez and Bublé also discussed this season’s surprising song choices and what they envision for the singer’s future career.

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 ultimately gave him so much confidence after landing on Roy Orbison’s classic playoff ballad “Crying.”

“It was really the transformer,” Vasquez said of the song that tested what he was capable of. “Everyone was thrilled with the way the song was sung. And to be honest, I sent them an email saying, ‘Why is Michael Bublé picking this 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?”

Then Vasquez looked at his coach and said, “But you say, ‘No, you’re not doing that. You do.’ The Song.’ So I trusted him. And it was incredible.

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Of this seemingly risky decision, Bublé said, “Honestly, it was the fact that as a performer he could bend the songs to his will.” The told me what kind of artist we had. And that is art. There are a lot of people who can sound like anyone they sing a song about, but it’s different when you can make it your own and bend it to your will. And then the big ones become the big ones Great those. 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 anything,” he continued. “Let’s take new, contemporary things. Let’s take old school stuff. Let’s take things that are swing and things that are more reminiscent of blues or pop. I just knew he could do it the way he did it. But there was more than just that.” What really blew me away was the charisma, the stage presence that came with this God-given talent. I know how much work he put in to make sure every step was thought out. I knew what it meant to him and I could tell by the work ethic, ambition and God given talent that this was going to happen to him .”

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

On the carpet, Vasquez said at short notice 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 entire career?

“I trust him,” Vasquez said, sincerely trusting his coach. “I don’t know where I’m going tonight, but I’ll probably call him tomorrow just to ask.”

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Bublé confirmed that he “definitely” already has ideas to share. “I think it touches on faith even more,” he said of Vasquez’s future sound. “Honestly, I think he’s a soul singer. If you look at someone like Bruno Mars or Adele, they are people who sing pop music, but it has a bit of gospel, a bit of soul. I think that’s really exciting.” I’m still thinking about what a young man like that is. And it’s such a cool way to grow as an artist.

The entire 26th season of The Voice is now available to stream on Peacock.