Reba McEntire Returning to ‘The Voice’ as Mega Mentor

Reba McEntire is bringing her coronary heart of a fighter to The Voice Season 23. The nation music star will lend her abilities to the NBC competitors sequence as a mentor when the brand new episodes kick off on March 6.

McEntire joins The Voice Season 23 coaches Likelihood the Rapper, Kelly Clarkson, Niall Horan, and Blake Shelton on the hunt for the subsequent large singing sensation, Variety reviews, giving an additional dose of Nation for this ultimate season with Shelton.

This isn’t The Hammer star’s first time at The Voice rodeo. In 2011, she appeared within the very first season of the Emmy-winning actuality competitors sequence as a Battle Advisor to Group Blake, making her return a full-circle second for Shelton, the one coach who has been with the sequence since its inception.

McEntire can be a “mega mentor” this season, popping in to help the contestants who make it previous the Battle Rounds and into the Knockouts. Count on some modifications to the present’s format when these Battle Rounds start.

Season 23 will introduce the brand new “Playoff Move.” Every coach can use their Playoff Move as soon as within the Battle Rounds. Once they use it, it means each singers within the battle can advance and permits the winner of the spherical to fully bypass the Knockouts, snagging them an computerized spot within the Playoffs earlier than the reside reveals beginning on Could 15. The Steal transfer continues to be in play for all the coaches, which permits them to save lots of a singer who loses a battle.

Every coach has one Playoff Move and one Steal. Seven rivals per staff will advance from the Battle Rounds, with one among them utilizing the Playoff Move as their ticket handed the Knockouts. The Battle Rounds begin on March 27, the Knockouts on April 17, the Playoffs kick off on Could 1, and the reside reveals begin on Could 15.

The Voice Season 23 may even be a reunion for McEntire and Clarkson, who was previously McEntire’s daughter-in-law when married to Brandon Blackstock (McEntire’s former stepson). The Massive Sky star is a Nation Music Corridor of Famer with 35 No. 1 singles beneath her belt.

The Voice, Season 23 Premiere, Monday, March 6, 8/7c, NBC