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First season without Blake Shelton — Reba McEntire makes her debut

The Reset

Season twenty-four arrived as a genuine reset: the first cycle without Blake Shelton or any founding-era coach. Reba McEntire debuted alongside John Legend, Gwen Stefani, and a returning Niall Horan, and a new Super Save let coaches bring eliminated artists back for the playoffs.

Filmed
Los Angeles
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Premiered
Sep 25, 2023
NBC · September 2023
Episodes
26
A full fall order with prerecorded playoffs
Format
Blind audition competition
The Super Save debuts, returning eliminated artists to their teams
Cast size
4 players
Coaches: Reba McEntire, John Legend, Gwen Stefani, Niall Horan
Host
Carson Daly
Carson Daly — twenty-fourth season at the helm
On this page5 sections
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 04Adjacent in the canon
  5. 05Also appears in
01The take

The panel without its founder.

No founding-era anchor left — the format starting a new chapter around a country legend.
02The shape of the season

A new anchor, a second chance.

Season twenty-four was the cleanest break the format had made since its debut: no original-era coach, no founding anchor. Reba McEntire brought a country credibility distinct from Shelton's, and she arrived into a panel that already knew how to compete — Legend and Stefani with long résumés, Horan in his second cycle. The Super Save gave the playoffs a new wrinkle. A transitional season that earned more attention than it received, carrying the charge a genuine reset produces.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #20 slot.

Slot #20 of 30 in the Voice Editor's Canon. Season twenty-four was the cleanest break the format had made since its debut: no original-era coach, no founding anchor. Reba McEntire brought a country credibility distinct from Shelton's, and she joined a panel that already knew how to compete in John Legend, Gwen Stefani, and Niall Horan. The new Super Save, which returned eliminated artists to their teams for the playoffs, gave the back end a fresh wrinkle. A transitional season that earned more attention than it received, carrying the charge a genuine reset produces while still finding its footing in the new configuration. Twentieth slot.

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05Also appears in

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