{"id":557,"date":"2025-01-24T09:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=557"},"modified":"2025-01-24T09:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:51:38","slug":"sofronio-vasquez-surprised-fans-with-his-plans-for-the-100000-prize-and-recording-contract-after-winning-the-voice-in-his-latest-interview-michael-buble-would-also-be-moved-to-hear-the-grateful-wor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"Sofronio Vasquez surprised fans with his plans for the $100,000 prize and recording contract after winning The Voice in his latest interview. Michael Bubl\u00e9 would also be moved to hear the grateful words Sofronio sent him \ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sofronio Vasquez revealed that he\u2019s signed with New York-based Republic Records, which seems to be one of his prizes after winning the 26th season of The Voice USA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Republic Records is home to big international acts like Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, and John Legend, as well as K-pop girl groups TWICE and ITZY.<\/p>\n<p>Vasquez said he is \u201cautomatically signed\u201d with the record label in a sit-down interview with Karen Davila, which was uploaded on the latter\u2019s YouTube channel on Thursday, January 16.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aOZBUPMu\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/entertainment.inquirer.net\/files\/2025\/01\/Sofronio-Vasquez-ASAP-1132025-1200x799.png\" alt=\"Sofronio Vasquez performs with OPM artists in guest appearance on \u2018ASAP\u2019. Image: Instagram\/@sofroniovasquez\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am automatically signed with Republic Records. I can\u2019t believe it,\u201d he shared, without disclosing any further details.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look back, I see my colleagues becoming champions. I used to tell myself that I want to be a champion too. And now, this is the moment that has been given to me to be the champion,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27681 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sofroni-vasquez-michael-buble-prize-plan.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sofroni-vasquez-michael-buble-prize-plan.jpg 813w, https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sofroni-vasquez-michael-buble-prize-plan-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sofroni-vasquez-michael-buble-prize-plan-768x415.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When asked about his plans for the $100,000 (approximately \u20b15.8 million) he won, Vasquez said it will be used as an \u201cinvestment\u201d in hopes of taking his budding music career further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will use the money as an investment in my music,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause music is what I truly want to do. Now I\u2019ve been given the chance to break into the mainstream, which is America, and I\u2019m going to make the most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SOFRONIO VASQUEZ: $100,000 o P5.9M Premyo, Anong Plano?! | Karen Davila Ep187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QRXE_A-lKMk?feature=oembed\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"790\" data-origheight=\"444\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The singer said that he doesn\u2019t mind facing rejections at some point in his career, saying he is open to working hard to \u201cproduce\u201d himself or reach out to \u201cbig names.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I have to produce myself, if I have to reach out to people, big names, I\u2019m always open to it. A \u2018no\u2019 is a \u2018no,\u2019 and a \u2018yes\u2019 is a \u2018yes.\u2019 I\u2019ll keep trying. If I receive a \u2018no,\u2019 I\u2019ll just move on to the next opportunity,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Vasquez also spoke about his bond with his The Voice USA coach Michael Bubl\u00e9, likening him to his late father. \u201cI\u2019m blessed. He is just an amazing person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so kind. He\u2019s very genuine,\u201d he continued. \u201cI will forever treasure how he loved me. I see my father in him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27682 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sofroni-vasquez-michael-buble-prize-plan-record-contract.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sofroni-vasquez-michael-buble-prize-plan-record-contract.jpg 813w, https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sofroni-vasquez-michael-buble-prize-plan-record-contract-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/qnewscenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/sofroni-vasquez-michael-buble-prize-plan-record-contract-768x415.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vasquez was named the winner of The Voice USA season 26 in December 2024, making him the first Filipino to win the singing contest. He previously competed in It\u2019s Showtime\u2019s Tawag ng Tanghalan segment and The Voice Philippines, but wasn\u2019t successful.<\/p>\n<p>Following his win, the singer has been gracing several appearances in the Philippines and also received a courtesy call from President Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos Jr. in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sofronio Vasquez revealed that he\u2019s signed with New York-based Republic Records, which seems to be one of his prizes after winning the 26th season of The Voice&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}