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This is such a special special moment for us. We got Jake and not smell. What The Hoot is cooking. It's right. Oh my gosh. We're so excited to have you here. I think so much. Yes. Thank you so much for being here with us. Gosh. What a Well when you've been through yeah, it's been it's been wild. I'm still trying to process everything right now. So first thing besides processing it tell us how do you feel I feel great. I mean, I'm still in shock. I've been telling everybody I thought anyone else but me would win so, you know, I'm just like when they called my name, I I'm still kind of like, oh my gosh, is this real? You know, what's going on sale feel great though. Yeah collapsed on stage there. They said, you know what happens if you win. Pass out when they said my name and I lost my breath. I was like, oh God don't pass out. Yeah. It was it was an incredible moment. That's amazing. Well, of course, most people think well you were born in Texas, but when you know that you spend a little bit time in Dominican Republic. He's also a little bit more about growing up in Dominica. Yeah, so my parents were missionaries and so I grew up over there for I think I live there by almost 11 years. They live there 14 before they moved back, but it was just A great way to grow up. I was I'm the second oldest of nine kids. So we had you know, we had our own baseball team, you know when we were down there but it was it was a great way to grow up. We didn't go to any kind of language school before so we learn Spanish just kind of playing with kids out in the street and then her acting and stuff and just a great way to grow up. That's so cool. So do you think you'd ever put Spanish into your music? I actually tried as hard as I can as hard as I couldn't sing La Bamba the the music Guy or whatever his name is Clyde great dude, and he would come and talk to us before the shows and be like, you know, okay what song you want to sing like because they have it's a whole process to get a song approved to sing it and I said, well this one's way out there. I said, you know, he goes no nothing's way out there like go into this I said, you know growing up in the Dominican this and I said, I like to sing a little bomb, but he goes that is way out there. And I told him The Story Goes man. I would have even come out there and saying the on that was like but it's not too late. You could still sing a song in Spanish is true or mix it up, you know a little bit in there. Absolutely. You said on the show that you also like Opera? Just so interesting because I didn't expect that. Honestly, would you mix that into your music? So I just found out I think it was last night. Maybe I think I've yeah it was last night. So the song that kid Kelly and I did a duet. It's called winter song. I loved that amazing. Oh my goodness. It was originally the Sarah Mclaughlin McLachlan song and she read it another version with at the time. They were the Canadian Tenors, but now they're The Tenors and that's the version. That we based it off of was the one with the tenors and we posted everything else and they recently as of last night sent a message to me and Kelly saying that they wanted us to come and record with them at any time. I think that could be where we bring in Opera. That would be so cool. Then I'll actually be a history maker. Yeah, so we can expect a cover of Ave Maria, right? I would like to know of course, you know, we we've seen your process on the voice, but how slice before you even got to the voice. How was life before I got to go? Well, I was I am working at a radio station. I was a sales rep so went out and you know visited local businesses on a daily basis and what not. Of course, I'm a dad so, you know going home and getting may see from school and then going home and cooking dinner. Whatever. But you had no idea this was about to happen and even like somebody asked me today, you know, what was your life a year ago like and at that point I hadn't even been invited to come audition for The Voice said I was just, you know, living life and playing shows on the weekend when I could so definitely a drastic change and I haven't even been home yet since all this happened so I have no idea what it looks like after this. Yeah. I have you been here. Sorry. I've been here since October. Well this round I've been here since October 31st. So wait you said this round? Was there another recent? Well, I'm We came out earlier on in the year and pre-taped guys with the blinds and then we did battles and Knockouts and then we went home for a couple minutes and then came back out and did live shows. Yeah, I love to take it back to when you were. So were you recruited for the show? Correct? Yes. They had found a video of mine on Instagram and reached out and asked me to come to the auditions in Nashville. So I went out there and somehow made it through what happened at the Nashville audition and then you came out here to LA and then from there it just started steamrolling for you. Absolutely. Yeah. I mean you go through different processes in different. Steps to get to even the blind auditions and even if you make it to the blind audition part, there's no guarantee that you'll even get an audition on the stage because they got forty eight slots to fill and you know, depending on how many people and how quick they fill up. So the entire process like start. I think the audition Nashville's back in February, so it's been a it's been like wow. Wow, it's been half a year here. Yeah. I think I was telling somebody I've been out here like collectively about four months this year because I ever see you possibly moving to Los Angeles. Proud, I will never say never right but I love living in Tennessee. I love my mountains and you know, I'm living where could bills at. There's all these hiking trails and waterfalls and just beautiful and it's like La absolute just like but no I love where I live and you know, if the opportunity ever arose, you know, I'd have to think about it pretty hard, but I've enjoyed my time out here regardless. Yeah. I'm an East Coast girl. I'm from South Carolina, so Yes, that's right and go Gamecocks, but they're not that good. I'm a Nashville girl so I can say that it has its own charm and beauty and very different than La so salute. Yes what went into your decision to actually auditioning for the boys because that must have been a big decision right? You have to come and spend happier year here. Yeah, honestly when I had finally decided to go do the the first audition I had no idea what it would look like after you know, I don't know. I had watched, you know parts of the show, but I never watched an entire season. So I didn't know what the process was. I didn't know how can you know the different steps were but you know, I when I first got it, I thought it was fake was the first thing when I got an email saying we watched your video on Instagram and we'd love for you to come, you know to Nashville an audition. I'm like, okay. Yeah. Talking to you know, we're supposed to keep it under wraps, but I had asked, you know advice of multiple friends of mine and family was just like what do y'all think and ultimately I just came to the station. I mean what is there to lose? All right, let's go out and try it and see what happens and you know never expected to be, you know, make the blinds much just get a chair turning then, you know when the thing so I had no idea. What was what was happening. Now, let's go to that chair turn because yes, come on one chair turn has won The Voice and that has never happened in the The history of the boy 3 and yeah, it's crazy Blake wanted to turn but he thought he was blocked by Kelly. Let's go back to that. Right? What do you think like was lying or do you really think it was blocked? I don't think he was lying. I think like that whole thing was legit because I was there in the argument went on a lot longer than what they showed they kept going back. After watching it, you know Blake had blocked Kelly before in John had bought Kelly before so Kelly was just you know, you know, she was waiting to see like yeah. Yeah. Yeah, but yeah definitely glad Kelly turned around people have asked me whether or not you know, I was kind of salty towards Blake but absolutely not like I mean, I've talked to him a couple times. He's a great dude and I was happy to get one chair, you know and know they had it been Kelly and Blake. I mean, I know that's lame. It was great that it was just because it ended up working out perfectly. Yeah and how okay. I really want to know how much time do you actually spend with Kelly did increase over time? How did that work? Yeah, definitely increased over time especially during battles and knock out. I think we only saw her like once or twice. Oh, wow. Okay, because there's 12 people per team and you've got so much stuff that goes into getting ready for those right and then as time progressed I saw her more and more but even with that, I mean she's busy doing her show. She still doing black music thing, you know, so and being a parent so I saw her more and more especially there towards the end. You know, I got multiple times to sit down with her and talk and kind of figure out what we were doing as far as our arrangements and whatnot. But yeah, she's just a great person. I know you had said I thought this was really beautiful when you said Kelly really did help you a lot. Especially she's a working mother juggling so many jobs and you contemplated whether you could even have a career in music because you didn't even know if you could give that time that you really wanted to do your family. And so what else besides that have you learned from Kelly. Do you think her drive is when you know one thing that's incredible because I mean she is working mom and you know her her advice to me was just be present and wherever I'm at. Whether I'm working whether I'm with family no matter what just be present be in the moment and I don't know how she does it because I mean, I think she's going on tour soon. Wow, so between the voice Kelly Clarkson show tour. She told somebody the other day. She had been christened the ship in the middle of what she came in and she was like, oh, I'm going to Christen the ship tonight. I'm like, what the heck? But she's just all over the place and somehow she still makes time for her family and kids and wow. She has her dress, you know contestant. Yeah, actually. That she wasn't happy with something or you know, she was worried about something that working out for me and she like step in was like no he's going to be taking care of this way this and that like she really does like care about not just me like she I mean she's given open invitations to people from all the other teams to come to her shows and you know be a part of it so she's just she's just a great person. So is that anything that she can share with us that happened on on the show behind the scenes that was memorable to you? Oh golly why I was saying earlier now all of a sudden in all the everybody's posting a bunch of videos behind the scenes of me that I didn't realize they were taken because I always act like an idiot, you know, there's just so many things like you become family with everybody and not just the contestants like, you know, the contestant Department the got the camera goes the sound guys everybody like you just become a big family and I was always cutting up like and always given, you know, making people work harder than they should have. You know, there's there's one story where I guess he's still he's nice. The stage manager he may be like the assistant or something, but he was in charge of like coming and getting me to take me on stage to rehearse and one time. He wasn't watching and I accidentally started walking up towards the stage and he freaked out. He's like no you can't go on stage whether moving pieces around, you know, so I realized how much that bothered him. So the next time I waited till he turned around and acted like I was going to walk on stage and I started walking slow and look back at it because Jake know I'm like, you know, almost had a heart attack. I'm looking forward to staying in touch with everybody and hopefully come back out and visiting soon. So do you think you will stay in touch with the contestants and the crew? Yeah, absolutely. I mean they're already planning all these different shows. I know Alex Guthrie who was originally on team Kelly. Yeah, right. Yeah great dude. He was actually my roommate for most of it, but he's already started and I think they've got a show on the 26th. Yeah. Got you know will going out there Cali Max. I can't remember who all this they got going out there, but we're all trying to plan stuff where we can all play shows together and collaborate. Are you going to be doing that show? I'm hoping so I told him but I mean when it comes to the contracts and stuff and what all comes with winning, I don't know anything yet. Everybody's kind of Taken like a vacation, you know for the holidays and I guess I'll figure out what's going on beginning of January. Yeah. What can we actually expect from you like music any collaboration? Asians well, I mean definitely hopefully you kept collaboration with The Tenors at some point, but I tell everybody, you know, like my main focus right now is just going home spending the holidays with the family and then I do have an EP that was completely done right before the show started. So I wasn't able to release it. And so that I'm going to bring that to the table when we come back and be like, all right, can we use this or can we at least take some songs from it? But definitely start writing that's going to be amazing what you come out with your EP is like look like you already. Fan base that is absolutely amazing. She's crazy because like, I mean, I feel like most artists and of course, you know this like it takes time to build a fan base, but I feel like you being on the voice and it gave me so much exposure like you can actually cut through some of those layers and just be able to present your music and just kind of go from here absolutely well and that's one great thing that you know, the voice provides is not only a fan base but also your social media numbers go through the roof and like I think I checked today and I'm at like 52 thousand followers on Instagram and I was at like less than a thousand I think when I started yeah, so now I can I used to get so excited like like when I do bad things and stuff and that's how they recognize me as I would sing and the bathroom, you know to my daughter while she was taking a bath so cute and you know those kind of blew up and whatnot, but I was excited like a hundred people just watched it and now I'm posting things and like there's over 20,000 likes on him like what? Yeah, you know, I can't handle that, you know, so knocking on changing the way I pose because I still like act like an idiot when I post things but it's just been a huge blessing but like you said, I mean you You jump, you know so far ahead of so many other people by having the platform and go ahead and build your fan base that I was like you basically would like gone viral pretty much. Yeah, I guess so, I mean, that's scary to think that I'm going by everywhere. I'm very grateful for it. It's been it's been an incredible thing. So there any opportunities that have presented itself to you just like maybe outside of the voice that you know, you would love to kind of take on well, um, I don't know. I mean, I honestly the last the last two days last day and a half since since the final finale. I've been so busy just running all over the place. I haven't really had a little check. I'm sure you know, there will be some things but obviously with the contracts and stuff that I'm under like I don't know how much I'll be able to do but, you know, hopefully like a Hooters thing or something like that right now. So we're some yeah, that's scary. All right here. Can you smell what The Who's Cooking? Oh, I'm telling you watch it. If the rock comes out, what would you say was the most challenging part of being on The Voice the whole journey, um being away from my family is probably the hardest thing like, I mean you go through a lot of Of stress it's a lot of anxiety. It's a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of you know, I think one day we were on set for like 16 17 hours doing different stuff. But despite all that just being gone and I just learned what fomo was a couple serious fomo when it comes to my girl's back home because I'm like man, I'm there for their learning so much stuff and I feel like I'm missing out and they were taking family pictures with with my family and you know and all these other things and I miss Thanksgiving and so I'm just like God Singing I'm missing out on so much. So that was that was probably the hardest thing that you have to deal with. But thank God for FaceTime. Oh my God. SpaceTime is a godsend. No, sir. Um, so I wanted to ask you, you know, other than the contestants. What will you miss most about the show? Mmm, well honest, I mean probably everybody behind the scenes. Well, I'm getting to put my own spin on and getting to work with the voice band is probably well. Okay, cool, you know the voice fan they are. I'm laying credible is an understatement. I mean, they literally play, you know 90s country song and come back and play hip-hop. And then I mean, it's just all back-to-back and they're on it all the time all the time. They don't make mistakes. Yeah, so, you know getting to work with them every week was really special that you know, you just go in there and you're like you're like, alright what you want to do? And you say Okay. I want to do this and I like okay, we're on it and change it and be like, oh no I want to do this and they change it on the fly like that. So working with them was definitely a highlight. That's so cool. Because now Now you kind of have to start collecting other people to create your own band, right, do you already have an idea who you're going to recruit for that? I've played some shows with some guys back home that could you know, definitely be a part of it. Okay, and a lot of that I guess depends on what comes with you know, either label signing or whatever else I don't know what all that looks like, but I've got a couple guys back home that I played shows her that I think the world of and I love playing with it. They know they know how I play already. We've been playing together for years and so Maybe maybe looking at using some of those guys to learn. Uh, maybe yeah, you know, I think I think I start off with just writing some more and getting some more singles under my belt before but you know, definitely hopefully open up for some people in the near future. Yeah. I want to get into also because you saying you are a beautiful song writer. I loved your song better off without you. Thank you and co-wrote. That was such such a great song and I love how Kelly said. It is such a relatable song. I mean you wrote that. I'm sure during a very hard time for you. So go back to that. When did you write that? How was that for you? And how did how was that the one you picked to sing on the boys? Yeah, so that was the first co-ed I ever did and I wrote it with a guy named Ava Hanish incredible songwriter out of Nashville, and I had just gone through a divorce and he had gone through divorce years prior is happily married now with a couple girls. And so I had I'd gone to write with him with all these different song ideas and he just wasn't he wasn't feeling any of he's very, you know, eccentric and just you know, he knows how to write. I mean, he's just brilliant and then I said, well I've had I've got this this line that I can't get out of my head and it's I can see the Thunder and here the dark because in my darkest moment you can cut through Darkness, you know, I mean, I just you can feel it and he goes, oh, I like that and at the time when I we're talking I was just like nonchalantly unconsciously playing this this Riff on my guitar and he goes keep that and keep the line. Okay, let's let's Something and then we just wrote the song in less than two hours. Wow with the Rhythm and use the line the first verse and you have the truth. I was crazy. Yeah, it just it just kind of flowed out, you know, and sometimes when you write, you know songs Just flow out of you got that right jobs, it takes like multiple days and you're coming back and right and so it just it was never any kind of smear campaign. It was never to bash. Anybody was just literally feelings that we were having that we just wanted to get out like, yeah, and the reason that I used it on the show was because I had already released the song prior. Okay, and it really wasn't doing much and so I pulled it back down and the people who had heard it loved it. And so I was just like well, you know, so I submitted a couple songs and I wrote another song called love at a time and I submitted both of those and Kelly love both of them. But she thought for the show, you know that better off without you maybe receive better and it's been it's been incredible. I mean, I've had so many people reach out and say that they relate to it which as a songwriter. That's your dream. Yeah, you know, so it's you know, it's done way more than I ever thought it would and so I'm very grateful. Have you had any father's reach To you know, I know you love your daughters so much and you know, you pretty much done so much for them. It has it been any fathers that actually reached out to you to say. Hey, you've been an inspiration to me. I see the love that you have for your daughters. Yeah, there's been a couple there's been a couple of single moms to that that reached out and said, you know, I've gone through a rough divorce and you know, it's really inspirational that you're doing this and then there's also the people that are saying, you know, as far as like getting on The Voice, you know, they're like man, I've you know, I've always wanted to sing and you know, I'm a single parent and you've kind of given me that Inspiration to go out and try this stuff now so you know, no matter what area, you know, no matter who it is, like even if one person reached out, you know, that's that's special to me. And so it's been really cool to think that somehow I helped somebody out somewhere. So it's been really special now. Is there anything in particular that you know looking at the voice from TV? Like we seen one thing with is there anything in particular that you say actually being on the voice that people out there? Just don't see Oh, I think you know honestly this goes back to you know, the Friendship aspect it is a it is a singing competition and you know, we're all very aware that but none of us approached it as a competition like even in battles on we're literally going against each other on stage everybody approach those as we're going to create something beautiful on that stage one of us is going to win and the other one's going to get stolen or say that's how we all approached it. And so there was no Like okay I'm singing with you. I'm about to beat you, you know and like trying to out, you know outshine and then even as it the competition went on, you know, we had sitting at the artist hint why somebody was performing and then they would come in and we'd all give them, you know, Applause and standing ovations because we were all just so encouraging of everybody and you know supportive so it wasn't ever a competition like feeling even though it is a competition but just the camaraderie and you know, you just build that you know your family essentially so that was that's probably one thing that you don't get to see a whole lot of that. Booted out of you like out of everybody when I would watch the show. I'd be like everyone loves each other and you can tell and that's what's it's so beautiful that you could be in a competition like the voice you're competing for what $100,000 that you want and mean there's so much on the line, but yet the end of the day, it's still just this great camaraderie between all of you which was very beautiful to watch especially you you're such a humble. I don't think just just very loving I do. The question though just curious icing to so I get in I can get extremely nervous. I don't know about you. I like might throw like tighten up and I just can't get any notes out. Sometimes I'm so nervous. So was there anything you did pre rituals or anything just to get the nerves out or did you ever go? I don't know if I can hit that note. I don't know if I can do this. Do you ever have those type of moments? Absolutely. Yeah. I didn't have a pre pre ritual until I did the Desperado cover. Oh, wow, getting ready for our you know, and we'd go in and out only rehearse Our Song and make sure we were hitting everything but also had a change that because it's the same competition. If you sing a song the exact way, it was recorded prior. People are gonna be like, okay, you know not changing it. So we had to figure out ways to create an we change it and so I would focus so much on like okay. I've got to hit this note and then I got to come down here and Bali back up here and I've got to do the growl right here, and I've got to do this. Yeah, and so when I go out on stage, I wasn't fully letting go because I have so many different things. I was thinking of yapping and then we got our in ear monitors and I hate in your monitors, but we couldn't have four monitors my so I had to get to had to get used to him and then after I try to remember what song it was, maybe it was Danny Danny song or or that ain't my truck, but I walked off stage. Agent in a hearse and I said, I'm cheating these things out so I can actually hear what's going on and screw whatever. Like I've been putting in my head, you know, sorry not almost also the Posse that forget whatever but when I go out there, I'm just gonna let it flow out rather than think of all these different things and so my ritual and it's stupid, but I just used to do this with my arms just to like throw out anything that was in you know, and just try to Tune out the world and when I did this for auto it was like everything around me stopped and that's when that was the first performance that I was not nervous at all. I was just like I'm doing what I know to do. You know, we're here. Yeah, and so everything past that I just had a good time. I just went out there thinking, you know what I practice practice the song enough and it should come natural and whatever happens out on stage just rock and roll with it. Well jumping off of that which was the hardest one that you sing on the show. Oh you lie. Oh, Irina I had never heard that some bleep. Yeah, and that was probably one of my worst performances Kelly had actually picked that one and she actually brought it up and she said no male country artists are trying to cover this song because it's I mean you're down here and then you jump way up here. Yeah, so I said, all right. I'll try it, you know and I got out there in my nerves got the best meet up that was when we didn't have our actual custom-made ear monitors, which sets out. Is really bujji. It was just like a stock, you know, like normal ear monitor and none of us could hear right? That's I was going to actually like because I've heard sometimes even when other guests have come on, they're like you really can't hear no and that's why it's so important like to get the mix, right? Yeah. I don't even use floor monitors at my shows at home. So now I'm going into these things that are just isolating sound and I just couldn't get my levels, right? Yeah. I've worn it in years before and that's a whole different Beast. Beast because you're really only just hearing your it's very strong self, you know by me you have the bands and mix in it, but it's way different than having monitors. Yeah, and if you don't know what to listen for get that many times to like, I mean, we got rehearsals every week, but we get like three rehearsals with our in years on stage. So you basically got to know like the Melt like you have to know what you're doing for the absolutely. So this is the first time you're using it like it's hard to get that mix just right. So that's why I started cheating it out so I could actually hear what was going on. I do that all the time. Yeah first time on National Television in Is oh God, that would not look good. Yeah, I think she's no time. It was very nerve-racking and that and that was another thing that I went out just in my head about like, okay can't messes up, you know, because I've got these in here so when it was the Desperado, like I said, all right, I'm just letting loose on this one. And you know, I wasn't nervous. I had a good time it showed and I love when said just from your whole journey how at the end. I re-watched your finale performances before I came here, so So before but coin had said that you just your journey from how just comfortable you are on stage and I was watching it. I was like, hey looks like a winner. Yeah. Yeah, you just on stage just owning your moment and it was great you seemed so relaxed and so at ease and just like I'm here whatever is going to happen is going to happen and I'm just doing what I love. Yeah that came through. Yeah, and I know that, you know do to Kelly, you know coaching me along the way. Her telling me no act like you belong out there, you know rather than going out there and being timid like just believe that you're supposed to be here and you're here for a reason. And so and you did that. Yeah, which a lot of times people thought, you know before this brought everybody was like man, you look so calm and confident. I'm like, I'm terrified of looking around at the crowd like maybe should be an actor. That we talked about before which is the hoot session the session questions from our fans of like to ask you specifically about all about you Jake. Yeah. So I posted on my Instagram I posted if anybody had any who questions and then you shared it and when you did that I got a lot of responses. Yeah. Okay, cool. Just have a couple so MMC to a 5-2 asks, who is your dream singer to duet with nice the Eagles the Eagles not just to so yeah, that's my all-time favorite band. So yeah, it's probably the Eagles. I mean you fun with big little town. So yeah little big town. I'll tell him you said that no. Yeah, they were they were one of my all-time. It means to and that was a dream come true. Not only getting a Singleton but getting to meet them. They're the nicest people you ever had. Everybody seems like the nicest person. I know I know I just want to let you do with everybody. Well, yeah, like William came, you know, because that Black Eye Peas. Yeah, they are so it's sort of a bow or something. Anyway, they bury and all them. Yeah. Well Fergie wasn't there yet, but I'll yeah and they came outside afterwards and they were the nicest people to I was like, this is so nice here, you know. The thing is is the imagine you're getting plucked from just your ordinary life does I'm in the bathroom singing them a daughter you can and then all of a sudden. Whoa. I'm eating all of these famous people and there's like hey, what's up Jake? Yeah, exactly and again and then they're like fans of you. Yeah, which is crazy because I like when I was rehearsing with little big town they were like I said, you know, I was trying to find their harmonies because they've got all the harmony Parts figure it out, you know, and I was trying to figure it out and I one point Jimmy was just like, hey, I'll just I'll just back off you go and take the part or somebody was Like you just take most of the song and we'll just feel I was like wow, they sent a tweet or something like a video afterwards in there and they're playing or whatever. Just going. Whoo. Thank congratulations. I love it. So the Eagles if you're watching I'm sure they're watching. So if you're watching Jake who all right? Yeah. It's got to happen. Put it out in the universe. Yeah. Next question is from I don't know if I'm gonna mispronounce this Called EMC 1 4 0 5 7 said what was the first thing your daughter said to you after you want that's good one. Both of the girls came up screaming Daddy. I instantly went to picking up confetti and trying to find any place that they could stuff it like they were like because they cut our pockets out on our pants. And so they were trying to put in my pocket or my daddy. We can't put in your pocket house. That's how I was I mean, I was stuff in my coat pocket full. Oh, oh, yeah, I think you know being four years old with the confetti falling from the sky and the lights and music going off. You know, they were just there caught up in the moment. So they didn't say father. Thank you one time. We're so happy for you. Do you actually get any say in your clothing or the way that the stage is set up? My as far as how the stage is set up we get we get some they already have that kind of planned out and sort of the clothing. We do have a say like we sent in like, you know ideas early on what we wanted to wear and I back home. I just wear flannels and jeans so I got to wear that for my blind but past that they're like really fancy enough. So I sent him some ideas and you send just like pictures of like different, you know outfits or whatever. Okay. I sent them one with a suit jacket just one. With a sports coat. That was my MOS arrested. Thanks Pat. It's fine. Yeah, so but I will say this leather jacket. I've been wearing the crap out of it the last couple days but this is what I wore on stage with little big town and they actually let me wear a flannel in jeans underneath it. And that was like I was like going back to keep the clothing. Yes. Well, that's one that's one positive to being a big guy I guess is like they tailor it to you and I like well nobody else is going to fit in this thing. So, you know, I mean, you're not that tall no no no. Yeah, and she says what was your last chance song you never saying a last chance song? I did you did wait, you can't for the finale? Oh, okay. So amazed was actually my last chance. I know there was a moment after one of the The review and review one of the results nights and they called my name, you know, I got voted through whatever and I walked off and Kayla came up and gave me a hug and we talked for a while and everybody was asking like, you know what she say and it was actually she said I think it was like top 10 or some she goes I heard she was we need to be thinking about a finale song for you. I heard your version of amazed is really good. So you need to be considering that and so when finale week rolled around and I needed a song they contact me and they're like, I think we're going to go with, you know, amazed if you're Good with that. I was like let's rock and roll is that all right, then practicing it for weeks. Yeah. Yeah, that's amazing. My favorite country song all time. That was like the song when I was in high school with my boyfriend of this is our song. Great song. I love Lonestar. Love Richie McDonald. But yeah, that was that was a song that I had been already practicing for weeks. I kind of looked at with that one. Wow, okay, but you love that you never have to do it until the time. Absolutely. Yeah. I mean, do you are already ready to go? I felt bad for the people who had to sing her last chance song and then made it through like Shane. I think Rose had to and then hello Sunday did because they had to turn around and not only learn the song for that week. But then also learn a new Last Chance song to perform so they were learning to songs while the rest of us. Just learning one and getting to practice what we had already had. So alright the next one. I'm going to ask you is you're just going to have to guess who said this. Oh will comfy and cozy reunite future for some tunes and wings. Yeah. Yeah. That was a that dude is an incredible guy. Yeah, Shana - he's really sweet. Oh, he's so sweet so funny and I'm so glad towards the any kind of like actually showed who? As on camera because there for the longest time any time a camera come on Isaac. Yeah, he finally decided to let loose and you know people fell in love with them because I mean, he's a hilarious guy. He's so talented he would do all these runs all the time, you know, like know, you know, yeah. Yeah, we were called comfy and cozy and a few people had the pleasure of sitting in between us in like a minivan. Oh my God, because you know that was Interesting, right your shoulders disappear behind us. But a good thing is they don't have to wear a seatbelt. They were going nowhere. That's awesome. Okay, just three more Nina Christina says, what are your goals for 2020, um, hopefully to open for some people on tour and out with an album and I don't know just hopefully go full time and music at some point. You know, you have to be for sure. Well, yeah. And then going right off of that red loves orange 13 said what's next at or who decides? This is an album. I think that's a conversation that I have with. You know, I guess Kelly when we get back and then and some other people I guess that are involved in like the label process and all that kind of stuff and honestly, I have no idea what any of that looks like. I'm just like has Kelly went last time. I saw her she said, you know, she said well, we'll talk about, you know more stuff when we get back and everything. We got some ideas and obviously When it comes to an album, you don't want to rush an album. So, you know I said it's a goal for 2020. But at the same time like you don't want to rush it actually created. Absolutely. Yeah, so but I really cool thing is the voiceband Paul who's the band leader whatever came up to me the night like right after the results or whatever and he had told me he said man, we'd love to work with you in the future if you ever decide to do something and so that's cool. Get those guys to come in and do the yeah Stefan listen, it sounds like The universe set you up it really did. You literally don't have to worry about anything at this point. Yeah, and I mean it, you know against my will I was stubborn, you know, and it still is just like nope. We're going to set you up. Do you well Kelly's be helping you then throughout the rest of the next step the next stage think she will I mean she said multiple times she wanted to and that, you know, she was very invested from the get-go with me. And so especially now, you know after winning and stuff. I think she and her Her husband are definitely going to be helping me out. Hopefully please Kelly. Yeah, come on Kelly. She seems like a nice enough person my God shout out from one instagram account homegrown underscore design. So homegrown underscore design. They build custom pieces of furniture and they sent me a message and said that they want to send you something. So, I don't know we're talking about things that they have and it was really cool and something your daughter we could get something for her build. So oh, yeah. Yeah, so I'll definitely have to yeah, maybe that content from yeah, exactly. Well we'll work. Do you have any advice for your creative fans? Also looking to pursue a career in music as cliche as it sounds just get out there and do it, you know. I was nervous for a long time being a dad wanted to do music full-time and leaving a consistent paycheck and I'm still kind of nervous about that. But I was also very skeptical and nervous to do a singing show. And so, you know with a good support system behind me that encouraged me and pushing me and basically kicked me in the rear end out the door. You know, it just go ahead and do it. Like why not? What do you have to lose? You know for it? Yeah go for it. Just have a good time. I mean if you are absolutely passionate about it and go out there and do it. I mean, you can't go wrong if you love what you do. What were you skeptical of about doing a reality show versus just doing music on your own? I don't know like I felt like there were a lot of stigmas we have really I mean, there's not I think I created a lot of those stigmas. Yep, and you know the whole idea of competing against other incredible singers and being on national television and doing interviews and stuff. Like I was just like no, I mean it's amazing. Absolutely. And so, you know, it was just something that I had to just go. Okay, no matter what happens. I'm going to go have a good time and you know and then coming out and meeting everybody I was like, oh man, this is really cool. And so, you know, if anything if I took anything away from it, you know, just the family that you create and get to meet cool people. Yeah. I mean it just it's all just a been a cool experience and definitely glad that I just kind of force myself to go do it. I think it's really easy for us to talk ourselves out of situations that seem a lot greater and a lot bigger. Than what we think we can accomplish absolutely a lot of the time so that's really cool that you were able to kind of break through that barrier get a little nudge from family and friends and being reached out. So, that's really awesome. You took that leap. I would like to know of course. I mean you've been on the voice and you've accomplished so much, you know, just by going through all the competitions and actually winning. What more do you feel that that you actually have to accomplish with overcoming Oh, I still need to work on my confidence a lot, you know, but as far as like other things that I want to accomplish in life, you know, I've already done way more than I ever thought I could do the Grand Ole Opry back in Nashville is my dream stage to play on so people can relate to and that help people and that I mean, that's basically why you do it. I feel like you know You love music. You want to create something that you know other people can fail and sing back to you know, and just honestly playing the song and listening to people sing it back at my shows back and back home that was already like I was on a high like main people in other words to one of my songs. That's cool. And so moving forward and I just want to be able to write and perform and just get out there and have a good time and definitely first and foremost be a dad and be you know present back home. But yeah just challenge myself to get out there and there's still a lot of things. I'm nervous. I talking on stage. Really. I mean, I feel like you're doing great. Yeah. So are you interested in taking any like Toast Master classes now? I'm definitely going to have to have help with public speaking or something is actually interesting because you know you two ready. All right, I sell it. I don't want to I do a lot of white creative commercials and slogans and jingles and stuff like that. I did interview some before I came back out here, but as far as like doing any kind of shows or something, I don't know if I could do it, but I think I also I feel like that's different, you know doing a radio show them it is like, you know talking because because clearly, you know, like nobody really sees you but but you're still touch don't pressure like yeah, I feel like so the way I Works in my brain is singing covers or even singing an original song. I've already got the map for where I'm going. Hey, I know every yeah, I know everything when it comes to talking it's all improv. So my God It gets in my head. I'm like, I don't know if I could improve in front of a bunch of people or what. I feel like you're going to be doing a lot of speaking. So I'm curious because during during this process. It's so awesome. It's so amazing, but you're also being judged on something that you love so deeply and you care about so deeply and I know you said something about with your confidence and stuff. How is it for somebody when you get people that are that are naysayers or say? No, I don't think so. No, he shouldn't have one. No, this isn't like what do you say to those people and does that affect you and how do you build from that to go? You know what I'm not going to let this affect me. I'm going to keep on going up to the top. Well, I mean, I'm sure there were a bunch of naysayers throughout the whole competition, but I just didn't care. I didn't look but I would say to a lot of those people, you know, if they were to say, you know, Well, Ricky or Katie or Rocha to one or Alex or Shane or whatever. I'd be like, I agree because everybody that was a part of that competition should have one. Everybody was incredibly Don't want it but moving forward. I mean, there's always music in a competition like that is so subjective. Yeah, you know, I could be, you know, the greatest R&B singer the best vocal and I could be Steve Perry on there that you know, it's one of the greatest vocalists of all time for Journey and somebody could like country music and Bash it Steve Perry who could out sing just about anybody or Freddie Mercury people who like, you know, I don't know rap could hate Freddie Mercury because he's not you know, so it's all subjective and I and there were many people that so many contestants that got so disheartened by it, but people are just I mean a lot of people can just be mean social media. Absolutely. Yeah, I would try to go by just be like don't listen to them like you got for one hater. You've got 50 people there love you, you know, and so it's so subjective, but I told myself earlier and I was like, I'm not going to read comments. I'm not going to read, you know, these people who just want to go out and you know bash and stuff because at the end of the day if I met them in person, they would never say that to my face they wouldn't Just so true sit behind a computer sometimes and that's all that they know to do because they have nothing else going for them and a lot of those people and and one thing to give those haters are naysayers or whatever some credit a lot of those people don't know the person that they're bashing. Okay, and I think if they were to meet all of us and get to know who we are as people like they wouldn't be saying a lot of those things sure people have off nights. I don't care who you are. You won't get on a live. I love it, you know live television on a stage in front of all these people and you've got one chance to improve impress everybody. You know, you're going to have an off night. Oh, yeah and people judge you so much on your off night go we are not good. That's not true. Like your ears could be off, you know something else and so yeah. I just I would just say, you know, don't pay attention to it. Well, I don't let them hate. You know, they're obviously, you know, I'm in a great place in life and even if I didn't win I'm still in a great place in life. I'm happy with it. So who cares what anybody else has to say about and I love that. So I was that and you 100% did so amazing and deserved it from so so so much that classic country voice like yeah Timeless Timeless. They literally just Timeless country voice. So pure I'm not to put you on the spot, but would you mind singing a little bit for us? Yeah halal. Thank you. Thank you so much Jake. Thank you and congratulations on everything beautiful and awesome. You're going to have such an amazing career and we cannot look forward to we're looking forward. We cannot look for we cannot look for when we are looking forward to your journey and your music and to see where all this goes. So much for having me. Congratulations. You're amazing some where can we find you on social media Facebook? It's Jake hoot and then on Instagram, it's Jake dot hoot dot music. And then I think on Twitter, it's Jacob music. So yeah, okay nice and you can find me on social media at Rachel swimmer on Instagram or a tray Chiefs win on Twitter. You can find me at Mema Sky Andy EMAs Kye on all social media platforms. You can find me on all social media. Dia platforms at I am Bali girl. Thank you so much everybody for tuning in. Thank you so much again to Jake hoot graduations. We love having you in here the voice panel after show. We'll see you next time. Thank you. Who knows would like to thank you for tuning in to AfterBuzz TV. Remember? We're not just the first were the biggest in the world and were the only destination for all your favorite TV shows whatever your grave we've got it. So go to a AfterBuzz tv.com and check out our lineup buzz you later. 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Jake Hoot came to our studio and dished about his time on the voice! He talked about all the advice kelly gave him, behind the scene stories, and even sang for us in spanish!! Join Hosts Rachel Swindler (@rachelswindler), Neema Skye (@neemaskye) and Shiksha "Bollygirl" Mahtani (@iambollygirl) . as they interview Jake! ABOUT THE VOICE:  The Voice is an American reality television singing competition broadcast on NBC. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, the concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or duets) contested by aspiring singers, age 15 or over, drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by television viewers voting by telephone, Internet, SMS text, and iTunes Store purchases of the audio-recorded artists' vocal performances. They receive US$100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group for winning the competition. The winners of the nine seasons have been: Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery, Tessanne Chin, Josh Kaufman, Craig Wayne Boyd, Sawyer Fredericks and Jordan Smith. The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances and guide their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. Members of the coaching panel include Adam Levine (season 1–present), Blake Shelton (season 1–present), Christina Aguilera (season 1–3, 5, 8, 10), CeeLo Green (season 1–3, 5), Shakira (season 4, 6), Usher (season 4, 6), Gwen Stefani (season 7, 9), Pharrell Williams (season 7–10), Miley Cyrus (season 11) and Alicia Keys (season 11). 