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Blake Shelton's Replacement on The Voice Is Announced

Reba McEntire will be a coach on the show next season

(Newser) - Blake Shelton is leaving The Voice when the current season of the reality singing competition wraps, and his replacement is none other than Reba McEntire. As People explains, the country music icon has a long history with the show; she said in 2020 that she was asked to be a...

Nun Who Won Italy's The Voice Is No Longer a Nun

Cristina Scuccia may also continue to pursue music career

(Newser) - The so-called "Singing Nun" who stunned The Voice of Italy, winning the reality TV singing competition in 2014 , is no longer a nun. Cristina Scuccia was a member of the Ursuline Sisters of the Holy Family convent in Milan when she auditioned on the Italian version of the popular...

Blake Shelton Is Growing a 'Symbol of Hope' Amid Virus

'Or some s--- like that,' star noted in decision to bring back his mullet during the age of coronavirus

(Newser) - It's not the beacon in the darkness we were expecting, but it's the beacon we've got. Blake Shelton, celebrity judge on The Voice, has apparently been thinking long and hard about how to help during the novel coronavirus outbreak, and Fox News notes the 43-year-old country star...

Coach's Run on The Voice Ending After 16 Seasons

Gwen Stefani will take Adam Levine's chair

(Newser) - The Voice will go on, but without Adam Levine. The Maroon 5 singer and three-time coaching winner of the NBC singing competition will not return for the show's 17th season, he announced Friday. Levine and friendly nemesis Blake Shelton have been in their chairs since the first broadcast in...

Celine Dion's Next Gig: The Voice
Celine Dion's
Next Gig:
The Voice

Celine Dion's Next Gig: The Voice

She'll act as Gwen Stefani's adviser

(Newser) - Celine Dion is joining The Voice. The 48-year-old French-Canadian singer will act as adviser for Gwen Stefani, who is returning as a coach on the show, during season 12, which debuts on NBC Feb. 27. "To get like the prize right here, everybody’s going to be so mad—...

Miley Cyrus: I'll Never Walk Red Carpet Again

And she admits she doesn't know how to use Snapchat in 'Elle' interview

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus never wants to be accused of "doing it," by which she means not what you think, but rather being a suck-up or otherwise pretentious person, she tells Amanda FitzSimons during a two-day dish session for Elle magazine. The new judge for The Voice, which starts its...

Gwen Stefani: How My Life Went From 'Hell' to 'Hopeful'
Gwen Stefani: How My Life Went From 'Hell' to 'Hopeful'
'harper's' interview

Gwen Stefani: How My Life Went From 'Hell' to 'Hopeful'

She opens up again about divorce, new romance

(Newser) - Gwen Stefani is once again opening up about the end of her marriage to Gavin Rossdale in a new interview with Harper's Bazaar . "It was the beginning of hell. Like six, seven, eight months of torture, trying to figure out this big secret," Stefani says of her...

Singer on Mexico's The Voice Dies in Chicago Shooting

'Jano' Fuentes competed in 2011, was celebrating his birthday when gunned down

(Newser) - A Chicago singer who appeared on the Mexican version of The Voice in 2011 has died after he was shot in an ambush while celebrating his birthday with friends. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office confirmed that 45-year-old Alejandro "Jano" Fuentes died on Saturday. He was shot three...

Voice Singer's Killer Got Hair Transplants to Woo Her

Kevin Loibl's former co-workers say he was obsessed

(Newser) - Kevin Loibl was obsessed with The Voice singer Christina Grimmie before he murdered her last Friday, multiple co-workers of Loibl tell TMZ . The Best Buy Geek Squad employee claimed he met Grimmie at one of her shows in March and played online games with her, though a source close to...

Adam Levine: I'll Pay for Voice Singer's Funeral

Christina Grimmie's brother says Maroon 5 singer has reached out

(Newser) - Adam Levine was Christina Grimmie's coach during her time on reality competition The Voice—and now the Maroon 5 singer has offered to pay for her funeral, Billboard reports. Grimmie was murdered after a concert Friday night; her brother, Marcus, wrote on Facebook Sunday night that Levine "personally...

Cops Identify Man Who Killed Christina Grimmie

He drove to Orlando with two handguns and a hunting knife

(Newser) - Police have identified the man who shot and killed singer Christina Grimmie after a concert Friday night in Orlando as 27-year-old Kevin Loibl, the AP reports. Police chief John Mina says Loibl drove from another city in Florida with two handguns, two loaded magazines, and a hunting knife to confront...

The Voice Singer Shot Dead After Concert

Florida gunman killed himself during struggle

(Newser) - A gunman opened fire at a Florida concert venue as singer Christina Grimmie signed autographs for fans after a show, killing the onetime star of The Voice before shooting and killing himself, officials said Saturday. A publicist for Grimmie, Heather Walsh, said in an email early Saturday that "we...

Rumors of Romance on The Voice Are True

Shelton, Stefani are officially an item

(Newser) - In true celebrity romance style, rumors that Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are now a couple have been confirmed by reps for both stars. The pair, both coaches on The Voice, were spotted together at several Halloween parties over the weekend, though Stefani didn't give everything away when she...

Nun Who Won Italy's Voice Covers 'Like a Virgin'

Cristina Scuccia won Italian version of hit TV show—now she's channeling Madonna

(Newser) - How can a nun who's already won a huge singing competition outdo herself? How about by taking a steamy song by a controversial artist, releasing a cover of it, and putting out an accompanying music video? That's exactly what "Singing Nun" Cristina Scuccia —who won The ...

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