The Voice airs its season finale next Tuesday, which is also Blake Shelton’s last episode as a coach on the singing competition after 23 seasons.
So that means we need a coach of his magnitude for next season. Who is it going to be? Today, NBC revealed who it is. Reba McEntire, who has previously served as a mentor, will be sitting in the red hot swivel chair for the first time. She will be joined by EGOT-winner John Legend, who is returning for his 9th season. One Direction’s Niall Horan will be vying for his second season. Shelton and Kelly Clarkson, who is leaving Toluca Lake for NYC, will not be back. But for some reason, they thought that we wanted Gwen Stefani. Besides Blake, who else wants her? She is so last century.
Gwen Stefani has had several hits with No Doubt and as a solo singer. So does she think the coaches would turn their red chairs for her if she were a contestant on The Voice instead of sitting in one of those magical chairs?
“I would never get a chair turn. There’s no way,” the singer tells Drew Barrymore tomorrow on the daytime talk show. “Because this is the thing about ‘The Voice,’ the whole thing is just, it’s very different than watching someone sing a song and that’s the whole point. That you’re eliminating any of those other sensory things. You’re just hearing the voice. And I feel like my voice has been, it’s like a character voice. Some of these singers are so technically incredible that come on the show. They’re so gifted as singers. So I don’t know if a show like ‘The Voice’ I would get a chair turn. Like, I feel like I could get someone to listen to it on the radio, but it’s just different.”
I have to admit, she is right. The few times I have heard her sing on the singing competition, I couldn’t get over how bad her voice is. It works well for what she does, and that is all she can do. Sorry Mrs. Blake Shelton, but you said it first.
The Voice is coming back in the Fall, and they are changing up two of the coaches. Blake Shelton and John Legend will be sitting in the red chairs, and Gwen Stefani and newcomer Camila Cabello will be sitting next to them.
Hopefully, the four of them will be better at coaching than they are at harmonizing. What? You totally thought the same thing.
On a Mika note, if they are going to use his song, Grace Kelly, for their announcement, then they have to have him on the singing competition to promote his new song Yo-Yo. To see the lyric video for it, then click here!
Gwen Stefani changed up her blonde locks to dark red, and she looks like a completely different person. So much so, I think she should do it for real because it really works on her.
Does Mrs. Blake Shelton’s new hair color make you Hollaback?
ICYMI Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani got married at the beginning of this month. Carson Daly, who officiated the wedding, revealed that the Country singer sang his vows to his now-wife.
Shelton was on The Highway, and he explained how it all happened. The reason why he wrote her a tune is because he knew she was not expecting it from him. That is because he doesn’t like to write songs anymore, and she has nagged him about it for a long time. Therefore, he sat down and started declaring his love for her.
He hit a bump in the road, so he called his friend Craig Wiseman to help him out. The Voice coach didn’t want it to just be about that day. He wanted it to be bigger, so that is why he asked for help. Together they wrote something that surprised Mrs. Shelton.
Will it surprise us? Shelton revealed he recently recorded it in Nashville, and they are just figuring out how and when to release it.
Why would he go public with such a sentimental song? This is something that made me love the big lug even more. He explained why he wants to share the love song. “I think it is something I want to share because I am really proud of it. To me, a marriage ceremony, you are not keeping it private when get married to somebody. You are announcing to the world, ‘This is my wife.’ Just so everybody knows. That is why we wear these rings. We are together now,” he said. “And I feel that way about the song…It is something I want people to hear and know. Because I am proud to be married to Gwen and so proud of that song.”
I hope they last because he really seems to love her.
