As "The Voice" Season 23 comes to a close, so do Blake Sheltons' final days in the show too. Hailed as the longest-running coach of the singing reality competition, the country music superstars is finally departing the show after more than a decade on the red chair.
Country music icon Reba McEntire will be replacing him so fret not, country music fans!
Blake Shelton Details Plan After 'The Voice'
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Blake Shelton said that he would finally want that time away from work and to focus on new things.
"I want to finally have the opportunity to say yes to more stuff in my personal life," he told the outlet, "and not say, 'Let me check,' or just flat-out no."
In October 2022, Shelton announced his departure from the series after Season 23!
Shelton is stepping up on the stepfather role as he becomes a more involved and present stepfather to Gwen Stefani's three kids.
"I think being a stepdad has changed my perspective in that I'm not the first person that I think about anymore. Even to the small little things when you go, 'I think I'll do this,' the very next thought is always,'Well, wait a minute. How's that going work?' Or, 'What will they think?' Or, 'How will that affect a schedule?'" he told Access Hollywood back then.
However, the dynamics in the Shelton-Stefani household will be changing in the coming months too as Stefani returns as a judge on Season 24 of "The Voice" after leaving Season 22. She would be accompanied by returning judges John Legend and Niall Horan.
Aside from Stefani, a familiar face is also returning to "The Voice."
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Reba McEntire Replaces Blake Shelton on 'The Voice'
As announced by Deadline, McEntire will be taking over Shelton's spot on "The Voice" next season. The Queen of Country will finally be taking on the role after passing up the opportunity in Season 1.
For Shelton, he was "shocked" that NBC got the music icon to be a coach for "The Voice." He also agreed that there was no one better to take over the spot than McEntire.
She also served as a mega mentor this season and a guest mentor of Shelton on Season 1. Shelton even gushed about the country icon, attributing her to be the reason why he moved from Oklahoma to Nashville.
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