The Voice (American TV series) season 29
| The Voice | |
|---|---|
| Season 29 | |
_29_poster.jpg) Promotional poster featuring coaches Legend, Clarkson, and Levine | |
| Hosted by | Carson Daly |
| Coaches | |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | February 23, 2026 |
| Season chronology | |
The twenty-ninth season of the American reality television series The Voice will premiere on February 23, 2026, on NBC. Dubbed as the "Battle of Champions" season, this season features a panel, for the first time, of three coaches, all having previously been a winning coach. The season is hosted by Carson Daly, who has hosted every season of the show. The coaching panel consists of John Legend, who returns for his eleventh season after a one-season hiatus; Kelly Clarkson, who returns for her tenth season after last coaching in the twenty-third season; and Adam Levine, who returns for his eighteenth season, also after a one-season hiatus.[1]
Overview
Coaches and host
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On July 22, 2025, during the filming of the blind auditions, it was announced that the twenty-ninth season would feature only three coaches for the first time in the show's history. Branded as the "Battle of Champions", all coaches are previous winning coaches. Season 16 winning coach John Legend returned for his eleventh season after a one-season hiatus, four-time winning coach Kelly Clarkson returned for her tenth season after last coaching in the twenty-third season, and three-time winning coach Adam Levine returned for his eighteenth season also after a one-season hiatus. The lineup of coaches was revealed on the show's website.[2] Coaches Michael Bublé, Reba McEntire, Niall Horan, and Snoop Dogg all left the panel for this season.
Carson Daly returns for his twenty-ninth consecutive season as host.
In-Season All-Star Competition
In the knockouts round, for the first time in the show's history, two contestants from each coach's former teams will compete in a separate round dubbed the "In-Season All-Star Competition", for a total of six former artists. Each artist is paired with an artist from an opposing past team. Former coach CeeLo Green will decide which artist from the pair wins the matchup. The coach that receives the most All-Star wins in the round is guaranteed a second artist in the finale.[3]
The All-Star artists are season 16 winner Maelyn Jarmon and season 27 third-place finisher Renzo for Team Legend, season 17 winner Jake Hoot and season 21 winner Girl Named Tom for Team Kelly, and season 1 winner Javier Colon and season 9 winner Jordan Smith for Team Adam.[4]
Marketing and promotion
Shortly prior to the season premiere, the blind auditions of Alexia Jayy, performing Carole King's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", and Lucas West, performing Elton John's "Benny and the Jets", were released online.[5][6][7]
Teams
| Winner | Eliminated in the Semifinals | ||||||||
| Runner-up | Eliminated in the Knockouts | ||||||||
| Third place | Stolen in the Battles | ||||||||
| Fourth place | Eliminated in the Battles |
| Coach | Top 30 Artists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | |||||
| Kelly | |||||
| Adam | |||||
| Note: Italicized names are artists stolen from another team during the battles (names struck through within former teams). | |||||
Blind auditions
The show will begin with the Blind Auditions on February 23, 2026. In each audition, an artist sings their piece in front of the coaches, whose chairs face the audience. If a coach is interested in working with the artist, they may press their button to face the artist. If only one coach presses the button, the artist automatically becomes part of their team. If multiple coaches turn, they will compete for the artist, who will decide which team they will join. For the first time since the feature was introduced, the "block" buttons were removed this season. This season, each coach ends up with 10 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 30 artists advancing to the battles.
This season, the coach that receives the most three-chair-turn artists on their team receives an advantage in the battles: the "Super Steal", allowing the coach to override other steals in the round to acquire the artist.[8]
| ✔ | Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button |
| Artist defaulted to this coach's team | |
| Artist selected to join this coach's team | |
| Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button |
Episode 1 (Feb. 23)
| Order | Artist | Age(s) | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Kelly | Adam | ||||||
| 1 | To air | |||||||
Episode 2 (March 2)
| Order | Artist | Age(s) | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Kelly | Adam | ||||||
| 1 | To air | |||||||
Episode 3 (March 9)
| Order | Artist | Age(s) | Hometown | Song | Coach's and artist's choices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Kelly | Adam | ||||||
| 1 | To air | |||||||
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Timeslot (ET) | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Blind Auditions Premiere" | February 23, 2026 | Monday 8:00 p.m. | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [9][10] |
| 2 | "The Blind Auditions Part 2" | March 2, 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [9][10] | |
| 3 | "The Blind Auditions Part 3" | March 9, 2026 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [9][10] |
References
- ^ "The Voice Season 29 Coaches Have Been Revealed, and They're All Show Legends". NBC. July 22, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ^ "The Voice Season 29 Coaches Have Been Revealed, and They're All Show Legends". NBC. July 22, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ^ "The Voice Will Have Some Major Format & Rule Changes for Season 29 (DETAILS)". NBC. July 22, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ^ "'The Voice' Season 29 Returning Artists Revealed: Who Did Kelly, Adam & John Invite Back?". TVInsider. September 8, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
- ^ "'The Voice' Offers First Look At Season 29 With Audition From 'One Of The Best' Singers In Its History". Country Music Nation. February 17, 2026. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
- ^ "Contestant Earns a Triple Turn with Aretha Franklin Cover in The Voice Premiere Episode Leak: 'This Is Who Has to Win' (Exclusive)". People. February 12, 2026. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
- ^ "Adam Levine is 'Blown Away' by Elton John Cover in Blind Auditions Preview". People. February 19, 2026. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
- ^ "Everything to Know About The Voice Season 29: Premiere, Coaches, More". NBC. July 22, 2025. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ^ a b c "The Voice Episode Listings". The Futon Critic.
- ^ a b c "The Voice – Music". TV Passport.