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Following Blake Shelton's upcoming exit from The Voice aft 23 seasons, NBC announced Reba McEntire volition capable his spot arsenic a manager connected play 24, premiering aboriginal this year.
Blake Shelton Reveals Why He's Leaving "The Voice"
The Voice has recovered Blake Shelton's replacement successful different region euphony icon.
Reba McEntire will articulation the singing contention arsenic a manager for its upcoming 24th season, premiering aboriginal this year, NBC announced May 15.
McEntire, who recently served as The Voice's season 23 mega mentor, volition assertion her swiveling seat for the archetypal clip alongside returning coaches John Legend, Niall Horan and Gwen Stefani.
"There's a caller Coach successful town!" the Grammy winner, who archetypal appeared connected the amusement arsenic a mega mentor connected play 11, wrote connected Instagram May 15. "See you each this Fall! #TheVoice."
McEntire's summation comes amid Shelton's exit from the bid aft 12 years. Shelton—the lone manager to look connected each play since the amusement premiered successful 2011—announced play 23 would beryllium his past successful October.
As for wherefore he's walking away, the 46-year-old has been reasoning astir slowing down for respective years now.
"I deliberation I was adjacent to calling it a time close erstwhile COVID hit," Shelton antecedently told the TODAY show. "And then, due to the fact that of COVID, I didn't privation to locomotion distant from the amusement and permission everybody successful a bind. I mean, this amusement changed my life. I'll enactment present until the satellite benignant of gets backmost to mean again."
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The Voice changed his beingness professionally—and personally. After all, helium met Stefani, who helium wed successful 2021, portion they some served arsenic coaches.
"When I came connected arsenic a manager connected this show, I mean, everything successful my beingness was turned upside down," helium said. "And successful a bully way, you know? This has been incredible, but it's time, you know. It's clip for what's next. A small spot of thing would beryllium nice."
The Voice's season 23 unrecorded shows footwear disconnected tonight, May 15, astatine 8 p.m. The apical 8 artists volition execute unrecorded for the archetypal clip successful beforehand of coaches Shelton, Horan, Kelly Clarkson and Chance the Rapper.
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