Tell us about your musical background.

When I was growing up I wasn’t really involved in music, all I really wanted to do was hang out with my buddies. I was a skater for a long time. After I got bored of skating I decided to put a garage band together. Since my father was a professional drummer in Hungary, and like all kids I wanted to be like my father, I started to play the drums. We started fooling around with everything from punk music to classic rock; we did a lot of Van Halen and stuff like that. 

When I moved to Hungary when I was 16, I still didn’t sing, I was still a drummer and I was still in a garage band and we had a few gigs. One of the rehearsals the singer got sick, and I think the bass player said, “Vik, why don’t you try singing, because you’re always humming around.” And I said okay, I’ll try one song, and the rest of the band said “Okay, you’re going to be the singer from now on.” 

It was a surprising Phil Collins type of thing. Once I started singing and I got a little bit better I fell in love with R&B and soul music.  That’s when I fell in love with music, and I started writing music and people started listening more. And then I won a show in Hungary, and things have been up ever since then. 

What was the show in Hungary?

It was called “Megastar.” It was a similar talent show; there were very different rules. They weren’t really interested in if you were a soul singer; they were interested in any genre. So I had to sing everything from rock music to classical music. It was kind of weird, but it was good experience. I felt that I was still amateur in the sense that I didn’t know who I am musically so after the show I started really digging into composing music and ever since then I’ve been doing well in Hungary but I was always afraid to try in America. 

What’s the biggest difference you’ve noticed between Hungarian and American audiences?  

I have to really compliment the American audience, they’re so much more open to new things, new ideas, new people. What I’ve come to realize that, Hungary in a way, it’s a small country, you know there’s only 10 million people in the country, and they’re no that open. It takes time for them to really digest something new. It took me years to recognized in Hungary because I’m an English-speaking artist in a Hungarian-speaking country, so it took years for them to accept me. In America, after blind audition, it took them one day. So it was crazy. 

What has had a bigger influence on you as a musician, your upbringing in New York, or your formative years in Hungary? 

I don’t even know if I can answer that. I think it’s my sister to be honest. She’s an amazing singer, and she heard me sing, and she was like “Alright Vik, I’ll teach, I’ll show you music," and she was the reason why I started listening to R&B and soul music, and she basically pampered me through this whole situation. 

What made you choose Adam Levine? 

I was almost 100 percent sure that I was going to pick Pharell Williams. I write music also, and the reason I started singing was because I was writing and it was working. So for me to pick Pharell was just the obvious logical choice. But I went out on stage and sang my song, and I was amazed that he was so enthusiastic and so excited after hearing me on stage. He really put passion and emotion into the whole process of it and I was just mind-boggled, I was like I can’t believe Adam Levine is saying these things about me, you know. And I thought that Adam is the kind of person who can really help me in the future and in the moment. He’s a really emotional singer, he really loves what he’s doing and you can tell he loves it so I was like you know, right now my best choice is to go with Adam Levine. 

What would you say in your biggest challenge as a singer? 

I have a big lack of self-confidence. I don’t know why. My sister was the person who actually pushed me to audition for The Voice. I was like, I don’t want to audition, what if I fail, what if I don’t do well, I don’t believe in myself that much. In New York every other singer sings just as good as me, you know? That’s how I go living my days. But I have my sister, and my family behind me saying no, you’re better than that and you have to go try yourself. So I really have to learn how to respect what I have, and just try to build my self-confidence. I’m really hoping Adam is going to teach me these traits to build self-confidence on the stage, because when I look at Adam I see he has that healthy confidence, not the bored, the healthy confidence. 

You’re a very talented singer, with a very nice head of hair too, what’s your secret behind the hair? 

That’s so funny because everyone always say, he’s the guy with perfect hair but I don’t even spend that much time on it when I’m getting ready in the morning. I don’t know, I guess I’m lucky with the head of hair.

(metro.us)

Az �nekes hamarosan visszautazik a tengerent�lra, hogy az itthon is nagy sikerrel fut� The Voice c�m� m�sor amerikai verzi�j�nak k�z�pd�nt�j�ben szerepeljen. A mesterek, �l�k�n Gwen Stefanival nem gy�ztek �radozni Viktor tehets�g�r�l, akinek m�r t�bb ezer amerikai rajong�ja van.

− A t�v�s fell�p�s ut�n szinte felrobban a Twitterem �s az Instagrammom. Tizen�ves l�nyok csin�ltak rajong�i oldalt nekem a legnagyobb k�z�ss�gi oldalon, de van egy 800 anyuk�t sz�ml�l� rajong�i k�z�ss�g is – lelkendezett Viktor.

A hazai rajong�k mellett egyre t�bb amerikai h�lgy is odavan a jelenleg szingli Viktor�rt. Mint mondta, szexu�lis t�ltet� aj�nlatokkal nem bomb�zz�k, viszont a tengerent�li rajong�k sokkal szemtelenebbek, mint a magyarok.

− A magyar rajong�k sokkal tisztelettud�bbak. Kint az�rt m�s a helyzet, sokkal extr�mebben rajonganak egy-egy �nekes�rt. Nekem is m�r van egy-k�t tapad�sabb rajong�m, de konkr�t probl�m�m m�g nem ad�dott ebb�l – mes�lt lapunknak az �nekes.

(lokal.hu)

Q) For those who got multiple chairs turn, what is that feeling like when more than one judge turns around for you? And as they’re all begging you to join their team, how do you really make that decision in that moment?

Viktor: I mean, for me to decide between four chairs was in itself totally a surreal situation and I was totally in awe that I was standing, on the stage with all four of them looking at me. For me, I mean, it was all about gut decision. So I mean, I was on stage and I got an overwhelming amount of positive criticism from Adam and he was just – he was overwhelmed with my performance. And he was really, really, really I guess lifting me up in some way and so it was very easy for me to decide even though I was originally going to go with Pharrell Williams if he would have turned around. So but I’m totally comfortable with my decision because it’s really, really a good feeling when you have someone like Adam Levine really wanting to be by your side and helping you out as much as possible.

Q) Viktor, obviously you’re a little more seasoned than everybody. I mean, you’re big in a country in Europe. But how does that play into what you do now? I mean, do you feel like you’re seasoned or do you feel like you’re starting all over again?

Viktor: It’s a very good question. I’ve been thinking about this a lot, I mean, especially when I decided to audition before. It took a lot of guts, it took a lot of sleepless nights for me to decide because it’s a really risky situation because if I don’t do well, if I don’t get any chairs turned then it might be embarrassing to go back to a country where people already somewhat know my name. But I’m the type of person, I’ve always been this type of person that I do it for the music. I don’t do it for the fame, I don’t do it for the radio plays or anything like that. Of course if it comes with it, it’s fantastic and you’re respected for what you do. But I do it for the music so it’s not at all one problem for me to get back to the roots, start down start on zero and build myself up because I have no American audience, like zero. So for me to go to The Voice it’s actually a liberating feeling that I’m working really hard just as everyone else is to find a spot on the show.

Q) They sort of tell us that they don’t remember the blind auditions because it’s sort of just like a blur for them. So I’m assuming that you all watched the show last night and I’m wondering, you know, what does it feel like to watch coaches, these, you know, highly successful, highly popular musicians fight over you and say such impressive things about you? I mean, win, lose, or draw, what does that do for your confidence and what does that do for you, you know, starting out as a performer in the country?

Viktor: Well I mean, first of all, I mean, I was watching last night the show and I think I was more nervous watching the show than actually being on the show. It was incredible. My fingers were shaking. I don’t even know why, I mean, like I kind of knew what happened. But for example to answer your question, yesterday was the first time I actually heard and understood what Gwen Stefani said to me on stage. So I was in a total blackout on stage so I had no idea what she was saying to me. I was just, you know, left out into the blue. So it’s an incredible feeling, it really is. I mean, it’s ridiculous. I mean, you’re on stage, you’re a singer, you’re trying for years to make it, and all of the sudden you’re on a stage with four super megastars really, really, really fighting over for you. And you don’t even have a chance to actually comprehend it because it’s so weird and out of this world. Did it build my confidence in one way, yes. In one way yes, you get four chairs, you get all this positive criticism, it does. But it also builds my wanting to give more. So when I got off the stage all I was thinking about is how am I going to give more, how am I going to prove that I’m even better than this blind audition. So it kind of brings out the maximalist in me.

(starrymag.com)

 Sim�n lehet, hogy egy �v m�lva Kir�ly Viktor nemcsak itthon, hanem Amerik�ban is ismert lesz. M�r majdnem egy hete, hogy leadt�k a Voice-ban, ahogy mind a n�gy zs�ritag – Adam Levine, Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani �s Blake Shelton –  megfordult a sz�k�vel. Miel�tt m�g j� hossz� id�re elvesz�ten�nk Kir�ly Viktort, le�lt�nk vele besz�lgetni, hogyan tov�bb, mivel j�r egy�ltal�n ez az eg�sz felhajt�s. Egy sz�val is �ssze tudn�nk foglalni: stresszel, nagyon sok stresszel: 
"El�g nagy stresszben vagyok. [...] �gy kell gondolkozni, hogy k�sz, m�r megvan, vil�gszt�r leszek, �s helyes �ton haladok, csak �gy tov�bb. Mert ha az ember ezt elk�pzeli, akkor �gy is lesz. Ezt f�lig �gy gondolom. "