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ShowsThe VoiceSeason 22
Aired fall 2022 · Camila Cabello's debut, Blake and Gwen side by side

The Return Pair

Season twenty-two seated Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani on the same panel for the first time since their marriage, with John Legend back and Camila Cabello making her coaching debut. It was the only Voice cycle of 2022, arriving a full year after season twenty-one.

Filmed
Los Angeles
Los Angeles · battle advisors included Charlie Puth and Jazmine Sullivan
Premiered
Sep 19, 2022
NBC · September 2022
Episodes
26
A full fall order, the year's only cycle
Format
Blind audition competition
No Knockouts mega mentor, the first season without one since season twelve
Cast size
4 players
Coaches: Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, John Legend, Camila Cabello
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

Chemistry over urgency.

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

One fall cycle, a year's wait.

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 Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani sharing the panel as a married couple, which generated its own warmth. John Legend steadied the table, and Kelly Clarkson sat this one out. The season didn't find the urgency of a full coaching reset, but it ran with competent mid-run energy and enough chemistry to stay watchable.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #23 slot.

Slot #23 of 30 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 steadied the panel, with Kelly Clarkson sitting this cycle out. 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.