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ShowsThe VoiceSeason 22
Blake and Gwen back together — Camila Cabello makes her debut

The Return Pair

Season twenty-two reunited Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani as coaches while Camila Cabello made her debut alongside John Legend. The familiar pairing gave the season personal chemistry, though the competitive dynamic settled into a recognizable late-run pattern.

Filmed
Los Angeles
Los Angeles · Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani's reunion on the panel
Premiered
Feb 28, 2022
NBC · February 2022
Format
Blind audition competition
Camila Cabello's debut; Blake and Gwen together for first time since S19
Cast size
4 players
Coaches: Blake Shelton, John Legend, Camila Cabello, Gwen Stefani
Host
Carson Daly
Carson Daly — twenty-second 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. 05In this canon
01The take

The Return Pair.

Familiar faces, a fresh one — the format running at its streaming-era middle register.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season twenty-two offered the mild novelty of a new coaching debut — Camila Cabello's pop instincts gave the blind auditions a different angle — alongside the reunion of Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, which generated its own warmth. John Legend's return steadied the panel. The season didn't find the urgency of a full coaching reset, but it ran with competent mid-run energy and enough personal chemistry between the coaches to stay watchable throughout.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #23 slot.

Slot #23 of 29 in the Voice Editor's Canon. Season twenty-two offered the mild novelty of a new coaching debut — Camila Cabello's pop instincts gave the blind auditions a different angle — alongside the reunion of Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, which generated its own warmth. John Legend's return steadied the panel. The season didn't find the urgency of a full coaching reset, but it ran with competent mid-run energy and enough personal chemistry between the coaches to stay watchable. A solid streaming-era cycle that ranks just behind the seasons animated by a single arrival with genuine cultural weight. Twenty-third slot.

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05In this canon

Its Editor's Canon entry.