# The Voice (American TV series) season 26
Season 26 of *The Voice* was the fall 2024 installment of NBC's singing competition, broadcast from September 23 to December 10, 2024, with [Gwen Stefani](https://www.edgepedia.org/gwen-stefani) and [Reba McEntire](https://www.edgepedia.org/reba-mcentire) returning as coaches and [Michael Bublé](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-buble) and Snoop Dogg joining the panel for the first time. Carson Daly returned as host, and Sofronio Vasquez of Team Bublé won the season.[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Network and run | NBC, September 23 to December 10, 2024; 22 episodes[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26) • [2](https://thetvdb.com/series/the-voice/seasons/official/26) |
| Coaches | Gwen Stefani and Reba McEntire (returning); Michael Bublé and Snoop Dogg (first seasons)[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26) |
| Winner | Sofronio Vasquez, Team Michael Bublé; runner-up Shye, also Team Bublé[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26) • [3](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-12-11/the-voice-season-26-winner-michael-buble-sofronio-vasquez) |
| Prize | $100,000 cash and a record deal with Universal Music Group[4](https://www.thewrap.com/the-voice-season-26-winner-sofronio-vasquez-michael-buble/) |
| Mega Mentors | Sting and Jennifer Hudson[5](https://press.wbd.com/my/media-release/warner-bros-television-group/nbcs-voice-taps-music-icon-sting-and-multi-hyphenate-jennifer-hudson-season-26-mega) |
| Emmy note | The season missed a reality-competition Emmy nomination for the first time since 2012[6](https://apnews.com/article/4ff53ba1291c6689ddb16cdd7d7218b8) |
## Coaches and format
NBC renewed the series for a twenty-sixth season on May 10, 2024, and unveiled the coaching lineup at its upfront presentation on May 13 at [Radio City Music Hall](https://www.edgepedia.org/radio-city-music-hall) in New York.[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26) The season marked the first time since season 23 that two new coaches joined at once.[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26)
The competition followed the show's standard stages: blind auditions, battle rounds, knockouts, and live shows, in which coaches select singers without seeing them during the blinds.[7](https://nbcthevoice.com/about) For season 26, each team consisted of 14 artists, and each coach had one Block to use against another coach during the blind auditions.[8](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/how-to-watch-the-voice-coaches-contestants) In the battles, each coach had two steals.[7](https://nbcthevoice.com/about) Sting and [Jennifer Hudson](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-hudson) served as Mega Mentors across the season, with Hudson returning to the show for the first time since season 15.[5](https://press.wbd.com/my/media-release/warner-bros-television-group/nbcs-voice-taps-music-icon-sting-and-multi-hyphenate-jennifer-hudson-season-26-mega)
The blind auditions ran six nights, from the September 23 premiere through October 15, 2024.[2](https://thetvdb.com/series/the-voice/seasons/official/26)
## Live shows and finale
The live shows began in late November 2024. In the semifinals on December 2 and 3, the Top 8 each performed a solo song and a duet of a Sting or [The Police](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-police) song with a fellow semifinalist, with Sting returning to play bass for the duets; the four artists with the most votes advanced directly to the finale, and the remaining four competed in the Instant Save for the final spot.[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26)
The finale ran over two nights, December 9 and 10, 2024. The Top 5 finalists were [Sofronio Vasquez](https://www.edgepedia.org/sofronio-vasquez) (Team Bublé), Shye (Team Bublé), Danny Joseph (Team Reba), Jeremy Beloate (Team Snoop), and Sydney Sterlace (Team Gwen).[4](https://www.thewrap.com/the-voice-season-26-winner-sofronio-vasquez-michael-buble/) On finale night, Vasquez performed Sia's "Unstoppable" and "A Million Dreams" from *The Greatest Showman*, and sang a duet of "Who's Lovin' You" with Bublé.[3](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-12-11/the-voice-season-26-winner-michael-buble-sofronio-vasquez)
## Winner
Sofronio Vasquez III, a 31-year-old singer from [Utica, New York](https://www.edgepedia.org/utica-new-york), originally from Ozamiz City in the Philippines, won the season on December 10, 2024, taking the majority of America's vote.[3](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-12-11/the-voice-season-26-winner-michael-buble-sofronio-vasquez) • [4](https://www.thewrap.com/the-voice-season-26-winner-sofronio-vasquez-michael-buble/) His blind audition, a rendition of [Mary J. Blige](https://www.edgepedia.org/mary-j-blige)'s "I'm Going Down," earned an instant four-chair turn from all four coaches.[9](https://sofroniovasquez.com/about)
The result set several marks for the series. It was Michael Bublé's first win as a coach, making him the fourth new coach, after [Kelly Clarkson](https://www.edgepedia.org/kelly-clarkson), John Legend, and [Niall Horan](https://www.edgepedia.org/niall-horan), to win in a debut season.[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26) With Vasquez winning and Shye finishing second, Bublé became the first coach to hold the top two artists of a season on his first attempt; [Blake Shelton](https://www.edgepedia.org/blake-shelton) had done so in seasons 3, 18, and 22, and Reba McEntire in season 25.[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26) Vasquez became the show's first foreign male winner and its second winner of Asian descent, after Tessanne Chin in season 5.[1](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26) The Philippine Senate adopted a resolution congratulating him as the first Filipino winner of the competition.[10](https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2025/0120_prib3.asp)
## Ratings and reception
Across the 2024–25 broadcast year, which combined season 26 and the following spring season, new episodes of *The Voice* averaged about 4.95 million viewers and a 0.39 rating in the key demo.[11](https://www.viewingtrends.com/show/39/The-Voice?rtn=%2Ftop-broadcast-shows%2F2020&rtnsection=TELEVISION-WEEKLYRATINGS) Ratings continued to decline after the season: the spring 2025 finale drew a 0.29 rating among adults 18–49, lower than both season 26 and season 25.[12](https://idolchatteryd.com/the-voice-finale-draws-its-lowest-ratings-ever/)
At the [Emmy Awards](https://www.edgepedia.org/emmy-awards), *The Voice* missed a nomination in the reality competition category for the first time since 2012, despite wins in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017 in earlier years.[6](https://apnews.com/article/4ff53ba1291c6689ddb16cdd7d7218b8) Viewer ratings aggregated on Episode Ninja placed season 26 at 6.13 from 8 votes, ranking it 27th among the show's seasons.[13](https://episode.ninja/series/the-voice/best-seasons)
## References
1. [Season 26, The Voice Wiki (Fandom)](https://thevoice.fandom.com/wiki/Season_26)
2. [The Voice Season 26 episode list, TheTVDB](https://thetvdb.com/series/the-voice/seasons/official/26)
3. ['The Voice' finale: Team Bublé's Sofronio Vasquez wins, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-12-11/the-voice-season-26-winner-michael-buble-sofronio-vasquez)
4. ['The Voice' Season 26 Winner Revealed, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/the-voice-season-26-winner-sofronio-vasquez-michael-buble/)
5. [NBC's 'The Voice' taps Sting and Jennifer Hudson as Season 26 Mega Mentors, Warner Bros. Discovery Pressroom](https://press.wbd.com/my/media-release/warner-bros-television-group/nbcs-voice-taps-music-icon-sting-and-multi-hyphenate-jennifer-hudson-season-26-mega)
6. [Emmys show love for 'Shrinking,' Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/4ff53ba1291c6689ddb16cdd7d7218b8)
7. [About, The Voice Official Casting Site](https://nbcthevoice.com/about)
8. [Watching The Voice: What To Know About The Show, Cinemablend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/how-to-watch-the-voice-coaches-contestants)
9. [Sofronio Vasquez, Winner of the Voice S26, official site](https://sofroniovasquez.com/about)
10. [Senate hails Voice USA winner Sofronio Vazquez, Senate of the Philippines](https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2025/0120_prib3.asp)
11. [The Voice TV ratings, ViewingTrends](https://www.viewingtrends.com/show/39/The-Voice?rtn=%2Ftop-broadcast-shows%2F2020&rtnsection=TELEVISION-WEEKLYRATINGS)
12. [The Voice finale draws its lowest ratings ever, Idol Chatter & Voice Views](https://idolchatteryd.com/the-voice-finale-draws-its-lowest-ratings-ever/)
13. [The BEST seasons of The Voice, Episode Ninja](https://episode.ninja/series/the-voice/best-seasons)
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