The twenty-eighth season of the American reality television series The Voice premiered on September 22, 2025, on NBC.[1] The season is hosted by Carson Daly who has hosted every season of the show. The coaching panel consists of Michael Bublé, who returns for his third consecutive season; Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg, who both return for their fourth and second seasons after a one-season hiatus; and Niall Horan, who returns for his third season after last coaching during the twenty-fourth season.[2]
Overview
Development
On April 23, 2025, it was announced that Snoop Dogg would return to the panel, after a one-season hiatus, for the twenty-eighth season.[3] On May 12, 2025, NBC announced that The Voice was renewed for a twenty-eighth season to air in the Fall of 2025.[4] The lineup of coaches was revealed on the show's website.[2]
Of the four coaches from the previous season, only Michael Bublé returned, marking his third consecutive season as a coach. Coaches John Legend, Kelsea Ballerini, and Adam Levine all left the panel. Former coaches Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg[3] return to the show following their absence in the previous season, marking their fourth and second seasons as a coach, respectively. Former coach Niall Horan also returns to the show after a three-season hiatus, marking his third season on the show as a coach. This season is the first since season 20 in which no new coach is introduced to the panel.
Carson Daly returns for his twenty-eighth consecutive season as host.
Marketing and promotion
Ahead of the season's premiere, the show, via its online media platforms, released a cover of the 1973 Steve Miller Band single "The Joker" performed by the coaches.[5]
Shortly prior to the season premiere, the blind audition of Jazz McKenzie, performing Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It", was released online.[6] Later episodes saw the auditions of Max Cooper III and Cori Kennedy released online as a sneak peek for their respective episodes.[7]
Note: Italicized names are artists stolen from another team during the battles or the knockouts (names struck through within former teams). Underlined names are artists saved by their coach in the knockouts.
The show began with the Blind Auditions on September 22, 2025.[8] 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. Each coach has one "block" to prevent another coach from getting an artist. This season, each coach ends up with 12 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 48 artists advancing to the battles.[9]
This season, a new feature was introduced, dubbed the "Carson Callback." This feature allows Carson Daly to select one artist to audition again after previously failing to make a team.[10]
Blind auditions color key
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Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button
Artist defaulted to this coach's team
Artist selected to join this coach's team
Artist received the "Carson Callback" and was able to audition again later on
Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button
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Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist
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