The Voice Season 26 Finale Part 1 featured finalists, coaches, and guest performers on the December 9, 2024 episode. Fans are eagerly waiting to witness the winning moment, which will be aired in the upcoming Finale Part 2 of the show.
The finale episode featured additional performances from guests and coaches in addition to the finalists'. It included Coach Michael Bublé's performance with his playoff advisor and friend Carly Pearce. The duo performed their newest holiday single, Maybe This Christmas.
NBC describes the single as:
"Set against an evocative piano backdrop that evokes the chime of Christmas bells, "Maybe This Christmas" blends Bublé's mastery of traditional pop songcraft with Pearce’s yearning country sound. It’s an effortless genre mix that feels perfectly natural, and — perhaps most important of all — it just sounds like Christmas."
Additional guests on The Voice Season 26 finale were 24th season winner Huntley, who performed his newest single, Skyline Drive. Martha Stewart, who supported Coach Snoop Dogg, was also one of the guests on the singing competition's finale.
The Voice Season 26 Finale Part 1: Michael Bublé and Carly Pearce's performance
Finale part 1 for The Voice Season 26 aired recently on Monday, December 9, 2024. The segment featured the Top Five Finalists, including:
- Danny Joseph - Team Reba
- Jeremy Beloate - Team Snoop
- Shye - Team Bublé
- Sofronio Vasquez - Team Bublé
- Sydney Sterlace - Team Gwen
In addition, another duet was performed by Coach Michael Bublé and his playoff advisor, Carly Pearce. It's called Maybe This Christmas.
Viewers must remember how Bublé himself debuted as the coach on the singing reality show while Carly was his playoff advisor. With two finalists hailing from his team, Coach Bublé also performed a "Christmas Classic" during the show finale.
Referring to how the song came into existence, NBC shared:
"Pearce entered the picture this season as the Playoff Mentor for Team Bublé, leading to a fast friendship between a pair of musical A-listers that, fortunately for fans, has yielded the duo’s first (but hopefully not last!) song collaboration."
While revealing the song, Michael and Carly shared a post via Instagram stating how "fate" played a hand and things worked out. The post mentions:
"Sometimes the best things happen when you least expect them. This collab fell into place so seamlessly it feels like fate had a hand in it. We’re so proud of this song! We hope you love it as much as we do."
As for The Voice Season 26 finale episode, Michael and Carly performed their Mabe This Christmas and shared the holiday vibes across the stage. He also shared a separate Instagram post along with the poster with Carly, mentioning their performance during Part 1 of The Voice Season 26.
Michael and Carly's Maybe This Christmas - Song explored
NBC shared interesting details about the latest song by Michael Bublé and Carly Pearce. According to NBC, the song is divided into two verses, each sung one by one before merging into a chorus.
The song talks about the idea of:
"Spending Christmastime alone first with reluctance, then with empathy, and finally with just a twinge of holiday optimism, as the emotional ballad concludes on a musical motif lifted from Christmas classic Silent Night," shared by NBC.
The opening verse for the song starts with Michael singing, "Sentimental ain't a thing I do well" / "But it’s Christmas time again / And I'm missin' all my friends / a million miles away… " which later turns into a merged chorus between the two. Then the lyrics mention how during the "Christmas time", one "shouldn't be alone."
NBC will release The Voice Season 26 Finale Part 2 on December 10, 2024. Viewers can witness the epic competition's end, with one winner taking home the prize pot and the title.