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Hear Blake Shelton's thoughts connected Reba McEntire taking implicit his spot arsenic a manager connected The Voice, positive the state fable explains wherefore it's the cleanable clip for her to articulation the singing competition.
Blake Shelton Tells Best Thing About The Voice For His Final Season
Blake Shelton is saddling up for Reba McEntire's The Voice takeover.
After NBC announced May 15 that the state fable volition beryllium replacing the longtime manager connected the singing competition's upcoming 24th season, he's is weighing successful connected the Grammy winner's caller gig.
"I'm excited astir Reba coming connected board," Shelton exclusively told E! News connected the May 16 occurrence (airing contiguous astatine 11 p.m.). "It's benignant of meant to beryllium I think. From the versions of the communicative that I've heard, she was the archetypal manager that they wanted present connected The Voice to beryllium the state representation. So, present that I've had my run, for her to yet get the occupation that she was meant to person to statesman with, it volition beryllium fun."
And the "God's Country" singer—who announced helium was stepping distant from the bid successful October—has afloat assurance successful the star's coaching abilities.
"I cognize she's a instrumentality of the show, truthful she's astir apt had ideas of however she would bash this for a agelong time anyway," helium continued. "I can't ideate what it's going to beryllium similar for those kids to get a accidental to enactment with Reba. She's 1 of my heroes, she's an icon."
As for however McEntire feels about facing disconnected against returning coaches Gwen Stefani, Niall Horan and John Legend adjacent season, she told E! News she's "very excited" to instrumentality implicit for her chap state superstar.
She added, "I'm not truly disquieted astir the competition. I'll springiness them immoderate tips each erstwhile and a portion that volition assistance them, but I'll beryllium casual connected them."
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While the Reba prima wasn't acceptable to articulation The Voice erstwhile it debuted backmost successful 2011, she's definite play 24 volition beryllium hers to lose.
"Timing is everything and everything happens for a reason," the 68-year-old explained. "And 15, 16 years agone it wasn't the close clip for maine and present it is. That's astir each I tin accidental and I'm truly looking guardant to it."
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Hear much from Shelton and McEntire successful the exclusive videos supra and tonight, May 16, connected E! News astatine 11 p.m. The Voice airs Mondays astatine 8 p.m. and Tuesdays astatine 9 p.m. connected NBC.
(E! and The Voice are some portion of the NBCUniversal family)
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