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)