This season’s Battle Advisors include Jason Aldean (Team Kelly), Kristin Chenoweth (Team Ariana), Camila Cabello (Team Legend), and Dierks Bentley (Team Blake).ĭuring the Battle Rounds, the coaches will pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a live, fully vaccinated in-studio audience, at limited capacity. The coaches enlist music industry heavyweights to prepare their artists for the Battle Rounds. The coaches dedicate themselves to developing their team of artists, giving them advice and sharing the secrets of their success, along with help from their celebrity advisors. Once the teams are set, the battle is on. The blocked coach only discovers they are blocked if they press their button, and though their chair will still turn, their lane lights up with “BLOCKED.” If the coach doesn’t press their button, the block is still available for another audition. The coaches can only use their block buttons on one artist for the entire first round of the competition. The coach chairs each have an extra set of buttons with the other three coaches’ names on them, which prevents a coach from adding a new artist to his or her team. If no one pushes their button, the artist is eliminated from the competition.Īlso returning this season is the block, which adds another layer of coach competition during the Blind Auditions. If more than one coach pushes the button, the power then shifts to the artists to choose which coach they want to work with. At this point, the coach’s chair will swivel so that they can face the artist they selected. If a coach is impressed by the artist’s voice, they push a button to select the artist for their team. The coaches hear the artists perform but they don’t get to see them, thanks to rotating chairs. The show’s innovative format features four stages of competition: Blind Auditions, Battle Rounds, Knockouts and Live Performance Shows.ĭuring the Blind Auditions, the decisions from the coaches are based solely on voice and not looks.

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