‘The Voice’ Season 23: The New Coaches, Major Changes & Everything Else You Need To Know

Get acceptable to spot those reddish chairs spin! The Voice returns for play 23 with Blake Shelton taking his last bow arsenic a coach. This play is going to beryllium memorable, that’s for sure.

The Voice play 23 volition beryllium welcoming backmost Kelly Clarkson and bringing successful 2 caller coaches. There volition besides beryllium immoderate important format changes that volition elevate the competition. HollywoodLife has rounded up everything to cognize astir the coaches, the changes, wherefore Blake is leaving, and more.

Meet the coaches of play 23: Niall Horan, Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, and Chance the Rapper. (NBC)

Who Are The Coaches Of The Voice Season 23?

The coaches of The Voice play 23 are Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Niall Horan, and Chance the Rapper. This volition beryllium Blake’s 23rd play arsenic a Voice manager — and his last. He’s the lone archetypal Voice manager to inactive beryllium turning his reddish chair. Blake volition beryllium striving for 1 much triumph arsenic a coach. He won play 22 with state singer Bryce Leatherwood.

Blake Shelton with Bryce Leatherwood. (NBC)

Kelly is returning to The Voice arsenic a manager successful play 23 aft a play away. She was antecedently a manager from seasons 14 to 21. Joining Kelly are Niall and Chance, the 2 caller coaches of play 23. They’re replacing Camila Cabello, Gwen Stefani, and John Legend.

“I’m thrilled to articulation The Voice arsenic a manager for the adjacent season,” Chance said erstwhile the quality was announced. “I’m excited to assistance different artists get to the adjacent level and marque the astir of this life-changing experience. Get acceptable for #teamchance.”

Niall besides said, “I’m excited to beryllium joining this play of The Voice arsenic a coach. I’m looking guardant to gathering and mentoring the caller harvest of endowment portion we conflict it retired with the different teams!”

The coaches notably teamed up up of the play 23 premiere to execute Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” together. Blake, Kelly, Niall, and Chance surely marque beauteous euphony together.

The Voice Season 23 Premiere Date

The Voice play 23 volition premiere connected March 6, 2023, astatine 8 p.m. connected NBC. Monday episodes volition beryllium 2 hours, portion Tuesday episodes volition beryllium conscionable 1 hour.

The play volition commencement retired with respective episodes of Blind Auditions earlier moving into the Battles, which volition commencement connected March 27. The Playoffs volition statesman connected May 1. The unrecorded shows footwear disconnected connected May 15.

The Voice Season 23 Changes

New changes to the contention format volition beryllium implemented successful play 23 to marque this play the fiercest 1 yet. In the Battles, an all-new Playoff Pass volition beryllium introduced. This volition let some artists successful a conflict to advance, with the Playoff Pass victor gaining a large vantage erstwhile they skip to the Knockout Rounds and automatically beforehand to the Playoffs, making them 1 measurement person to the unrecorded shows.

Each manager has 1 Playoff Pass and 1 Steal during this round. Seven artists per squad volition advance, with six competing successful the Knockouts and 1 Playoff Pass artist.

During the Knockouts, the artists volition beryllium paired against each other. They’ll prime their ain songs individually portion their nonstop competitors ticker and wait. Coaches take the victor and the creator not selected is disposable for a Steal, similar successful erstwhile seasons. The coaches lone person 1 Steal during this round. Five artists per squad volition advance, 4 Knockout winners and 1 Playoff Pass artist.

The Playoffs are backmost successful play 23 and volition travel the Knockouts. The 20 remaining artists volition deed the signifier and each manager tin lone beforehand 2 artists to the unrecorded semi-finals.

Why Is Blake Shelton Leaving The Voice?

On October 11, 2022, Blake announced that helium would beryllium leaving The Voice aft play 23. He released a agelong connection connected Instagram astir his upcoming departure.

“I’ve been wrestling with this for a portion and I’ve decided that it’s clip for maine to measurement distant from The Voice aft play 23,” Blake said. “This amusement has changed my beingness successful each mode for the amended and it volition ever consciousness similar location to me. It’s been a hellhole of a thrust implicit these 12 years of seat turns and I privation to convey everyone astatine The Voice from NBC, each producer, the writers, musicians, crew, and catering people, you are the best. It takes a batch of work, passion, and big beverages (Ha!) to propulsion disconnected a unrecorded amusement doubly a week. I’ve made lifelong bonds with Carson and each azygous 1 of my chap coaches implicit the years, including my wife, Gwen Stefani! I person to springiness a immense shoutout to the singers – the Voices who travel connected this signifier play aft play and amaze america with their endowment and a peculiar acknowledgment to those who chose maine to beryllium their coach.  Lastly, it’s astir y’all, the fans, who ticker and enactment these artists, america coaches and everyone astatine The Voice chasing their dreams. It wouldn’t hap without you!”

Wife and chap manager Gwen Stefani commented, “I americium truthful arrogant of you and truthful blessed to person recovered u. Your endowment brings joyousness to the hearts of truthful galore radical and I americium truthful fortunate to beryllium a portion of ur life’s journey.” Gwen and Blake famously fell successful love aft gathering connected the acceptable of The Voice.

The state crooner and Barmageddon big reflected connected his determination to exit The Voice successful his People screen story. “I’m enjoying watching what’s happening and putting a opus retired erstwhile successful a while. That’s different crushed that I’m excited to get immoderate clip backmost distant from The Voice and ore much on, ‘What benignant of grounds bash I privation to make? Is it going to acceptable in? Do I care? Do I not care?’ I got a batch to fig out,” helium said.

He admitted that helium wanted to absorption connected his family, but he’s not giving up music. “[Now] I tin power the timing, and I’m not connected anybody else’s docket erstwhile it comes to making a grounds oregon touring. I tin acceptable it successful a mode that makes much consciousness for us,” Blake added.

Who Is The Voice Season 23 Mega Mentor?

Reba McEntire is the Mega Mentor of play 23. (Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

Country euphony fable Reba McEntire volition service arsenic the Mega Mentor of The Voice play 23. She’ll assistance the coaches mentor the remaining artists who person made it done the Battle Rounds arsenic each squad prepares for the Knockouts that commencement connected April 17.

Reba is already a subordinate of The Voice family. She served arsenic a Battle Advisor to Team Blake each the mode backmost successful play 1.

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