What Is the Coach Replay Rule Change on The Voice?
The Coaches have a new way to snatch up their favorite Artists early.
For the second season in a row on The Voice, the Blind Audition phase comes with a rule tweak known as the Coach Replay button, which allows a Coach to snag an Artist even after initially not turning their chair.
Here's how it works:
What is the Coach Replay rule change on The Voice?
As Host Carson Daly outlined to the Coaches during the Season 26 premiere, "When the Audition is over, you have a second chance to go back and get that Artist by pressing your button.” Here's how this will work in practice:
- An Artist performs their Blind Audition, and a Coach doesn't turn for them.
- All chairs turn to meet the Artist. The Artist shares a little of their story. If a Coach who didn't originally turn feels compelled by the Artist after meeting them, they can use their Coach Replay button to try and get them.
- Coaches only have one Replay button each during the Blinds.
- Unless surprises are in store later this season, the Coach Replay button seems to only be available during Blind Auditions and not later stages of the competition.
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“Use it carefully!” Daly cautioned the Coaches, though there’s probably no need to pepper Adam Levine with advice, since he’s a red-chair veteran with 16 straight seasons of experience. (He was a Coach from Seasons 1-16 and took a hiatus until Season 27.)
On why he left after Season 16 (in 2019), Levine told Howard Stern, "I was ready to not be doing it anymore ... for a little bit. When it all naturally happened, I was like, 'OK, this feels right.' For better or worse, the moment in which we decided to walk away felt really good. This was the right time for me to go. For eight-and-a-half years, I was so busy — [I] had the band, [I] had The Voice. I was beyond fortunate to go through all of it because it was a life-altering experience being on that show ... and then it got to the point where I got married, I had two kids, and I wanted to spend time with them."
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So, who will win this season? Will Michael Bublé win two seasons in a row? Or will returning Coaches John Legend and Levine emerge victorious? How about this season's Coach newbie Kelsea Ballerini? Anything can happen!
