The Voice Season 28 is currently in the midst of the Battle rounds. That’s when Artists from Team Reba McEntire, Team Michael Bublé, Team Snoop Dogg and Team Niall Horan pair themselves up and are assigned songs by their Coaches, then perform duets. One Artist will win, advancing to the next round; the other is sent home. However, each Coach has one Steal and one Save for the Battles.
If they do make it past the Battles, they then have to survive the Knockouts. The Knockouts are also head-to-head competitions within the teams, but instead of duets, each Artist chooses their own song to perform solo. This year, competitors who make it to the Knockouts have the chance to win the “Mic Drop” competition; the winner will perform at the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day!
The Voice is shaking things up for Season 29.
The new cycle, dubbed The Voice: Battle of Champions, arrives spring 2026 and will introduce some exciting format changes to the Emmy-winning singing competition.
The Voice: Battle of Champions will feature three Coaches, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, and John Legend: all beloved veterans (and past winners) returning to the red chair. For the first time in the show’s history, longtime fans will see the Blind Auditions, Battles, Knockouts, and Live Shows revamped to turn up the heat.
Below, read more about the exciting changes ahead of The Voice: Battle of Champions.
The Voice Season 29 (Battle of Champions) format and rule changes, explained
Season 29 introduces a high-stakes, three-Coach face-off where strategy, risk, and legacy collide. Each of the competition’s four rounds will deliver a first-ever element, so there’s something to love for fans old and new.
The Triple Turn Competition in the Blind Auditions
Our three Coaches will compete against each other in a Triple Turn Competition, in which they’ll attempt to score the most 3-Chair Turns, with the winner gaining a special advantage in the next round. (More on that below.) Coaches will end the Blind Auditions with 10 Artists each.
The Battle Rounds will feature a new Super Steal
Whichever Coach wins the Triple Turn Competition will earn a Super Steal for the Battles. This game-changing prize can only be used once and negates any other Coach’s attempt to Steal, guaranteeing their win.
CeeLo Green and former Voice Artists are returning for the Knockouts
For the Knockouts, each Coach will bring back two Artists from their former teams for an In-Season All-Star Competition. The selected All-Stars will represent their Coaches in head-to-head sing-offs, and the Coach with the most sing-off wins is guaranteed two Artists from their Season 29 team in the Finale.
Season 1 Coach CeeLo Green will return to the show to judge the In-Season All-Star Competition.
More Voice Artists will return to vote in the Season 29 Semi-Finals and Finale
The Season 29 Semi-Finals will kick off with the Top 9 performances and culminate in the Top 4 Finale. For the first time ever, a new voting block comprised of super-fans and past Voice Artists will have the opportunity to weigh in firsthand. They’ll experience the competition as part of the in-studio audience voting for their favorites in real time during the Semi-Finals and Finale.
on’t change that channel, but do adjust your schedule. The Voice has an upcoming schedule adjustment you need to be aware of. So far for Season 28, the show has aired twice a week, on Monday and Tuesday nights. Things will be slightly different going froward, but we have all the details here.
What’s the new schedule for The Voice Season 28?
Starting this week, The Voice airs only on Mondays at 8/7c on NBC. As always, episodes are available the next day on Peacock. There are no new episodes on Tuesdays.
The next new Tuesday episode will be on Tuesday, December 16. Mark your calendars!
The Voice fans are vocal online, and the Coaches notice
During a recent candid moment between performances on The Voice, Coach Bublé opened up about the can’t-win dilemma of choosing between the insanely talented Artists. You always end up sending a great singer home! “You know what’s amazing, you guys?” the reigning champion Coach told the in-studio audience. “That online, no matter what I choose, we’re gonna get killed for making the wrong choice. There’s gonna be 50 percent of the people that say, ‘You idiot!’”
Still, Bublé sees no downsides to the show, for him or for the Artists. “There’s literally not one negative part [of the show],” Bublé told NBC Insider after his first season. “This is about the Artists, for the Artists. It’s not about us…There’s a reason why we’ve come and gone, and the people in the red seats change, but the show stays successful. It’s because they’ve made sure that they are so protective of the Artists.”
“My favorite part about it,” he added, “was when I had to let people go for the first time, I was upset about it. Until I realized that their lives had changed. Until I realized that their careers had started. They started to create a business that could go on…just from being on this massive TV program that has 7 to 11 million people watching all over the planet.”
McEntire has a similarly positive attitude. “Every day that we’re working on The Voice, I’m learning more from [the Coaches] how to let [Artists] down easy if they don’t get picked up,” she told Newsweek during her first season. “Like, if none of the Coaches turn around, they’re going home immediately. And so it’s good just to say, ‘If you want to come back again, try it again next season, maybe a song that suits you, one that you’re really comfortable with and that really shows your talent.’”
