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Season 29 of The Voice<\/a><\/em> premieres tonight with several twists to the new season. One of which is that there will only be three coaches: Kelly Clarkson<\/a><\/strong>, Adam Levine<\/strong> and John Legend<\/a><\/strong>. The reason for it is that the season is being labeled \u201cBattle of the Champions,\u201d and this group of coaches are all past winners.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are all veteran coaches, we’ve all won this show and we’ve all done the show quite a bit, so we’ve all got great experience,\u201d John told reporters in a group interview. \u201cWe all know what we’re doing, so that means the competition for artists was really intense. It was hard to convince someone to join your team when you’ve got these other two amazing coaches.\u201d<\/p>\n And Kelly agrees, \u201cI’ve never been more shocked in the Blinds because I literally thought people were either going to totally go with you [John] and then they went with [Adam], or the opposite. It was weird. That was crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa4\u00a0<\/strong>SIGN UP for our The Voice newsletter to get access to exclusive news, interviews, insider info, sneak peeks & more<\/strong><\/a>\ud83c\udfa4<\/strong><\/p>\n And the interesting thing for all three coaches, who by now have learned what works when pitching artists to join their teams is that this season, those things didn\u2019t necessarily work.<\/p>\n \u201cThe thing is you don’t know what’s going to trigger something,\u201d John continued. \u201cOne artist I lost because he saw Kelly crying to C\u00e9line Dion<\/strong>. Then one artist, I lost to Adam because her kid came out and her kid loved Maroon 5<\/strong> so much. Little things that you just never know what’s going to work with each artist. These two are just excellent choices and so every time I was like, \u2018I could lose to either one of them.\u2019 So, you\u2019ve got to give it your best shot.\u201d<\/p>\n Related:\u00a0Watch Kelly Clarkson Storm the Stage for a Hug in\u00a0The Voice<\/em>\u00a0Premiere: \u2018What a Gift\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Kelly added that she felt it was about connection, but it was a season where it wasn\u2019t obvious what that connection would be.<\/p>\n Kelly ClarksonPhoto by: Trae Patton/NBC<\/p>\n (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cThere were times we were very shocked at where someone went,\u201d she said. \u201cAfter singing with one of us, they picked a different coach. It happened to all of us. We thought they were going somewhere and they didn’t go, so it’s it really is a hard season. There were random connections that we would have with artists this time that I didn’t really see in other seasons quite as much as I saw this season. I really do feel like every artist in our team could have gone with any other coach. I think it was just these small little connections they’d have for whatever weird reason.\u201d<\/p>\n The one thing that was easier in the Blind Auditions was all three coaches had a shot at getting country artists on their teams because neither Blake Shelton<\/a><\/strong> nor Reba McEntire<\/a><\/strong> were options.<\/p>\n \u201cThe distribution to the teams this year was very even,\u201d Adam said.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the absence of the cowboy, it made it so country was more evenly distributed,\u201d John agreed.<\/p>\n Tune in on Monday<\/a> night at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on\u00a0NBC<\/a>\u00a0to find out. Streams next day on Peacock.<\/p>\n Next,\u00a0<\/strong>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0Returns for Season 29 With New \u2018Battle of Champions\u2019 Format and Fan Favorite Judges<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Parade<\/a> on Feb 23, 2026, where it first appeared in the TV<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Season 29 of The Voice premieres tonight with several twists to the new season. One of which is that there will only be three coaches: Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and John Legend. 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