The Voice is coming back in 2026 — and its bringing some iconic coaches with it. On Tuesday, NBC announced that Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, and Adam Levine will return to their red chairs for Season 29 of the music-competition show, set for next spring.
Season 29 will feature a new format — titled “The Voice: Battle of Champions” — to coincide with NBC Sports’ “Legendary February,” which includes broadcasts of Super Bowl LX, the Olympic Winter Games, and the NBA All-Star Game.
According to NBC, Clarkson will film The Voice and The Kelly Clarkson Show’s seventh season concurrently with a “thoughtfully coordinated filming schedule that has already been worked out” between the production teams.
For the new Voice format, coaches will compete against each other for the “Triple Turn Competition” during blind auditions, with competitors receiving the three turns earning special advantages in the next round.
Coaches with the most three-chair turns will get a “Super Steal” for the Battles part of the show, and during the Knockouts, each coach can bring back two fan-favorites from previous seasons for an “In-Season All-Star Competition.” That special episode will feature original Voice coach CeeLo Green to determine the winner of the “All-Star Showdown.”
Coaches will also enter the competition with 10 artists per team. The top nine contestants will compete in the semifinals, while the final four will advance to the finale.
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Clarkson returns to The Voice after last appearing in Season 23 in spring 2023. Legend and Levine are also back after competing this past spring, which marked the Maroon 5 singer’s first time on the show in six years.
Their return follows a change in Season 28, set for this fall, which features Michael Bublé, Snoop Dogg, Niall Horan, and Reba McEntire as coaches.
