Adam Levine Returns to 'The Voice' for Season 27

The Maroon 5 frontman exited 'The Voice' in 2019.

By Anna Rumer

Adam Levine is returning to The Voice following his 2019 departure from the NBC competition show. Wednesday, the network announced the Season 27 coaches lineup, which includes Levine returning alongside returning coaches John Legend and Michael Bublé as well as newcomer Kelsea Ballerini.

This will be the first time the Maroon 5 frontman, 45, has returned to the show as a coach following his Season 16 departure. (Levine previously returned to The Voice stage in May 2023 alongside Maroon 5 to perform their single "Middle Ground.") The "Payphone" singer was one of the original coaches of The Voice, debuting the hit show alongside Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green.

Following 16 consecutive seasons on the show, Levine announced he had decided to leave his red chair behind, penning a lengthy and emotional note to his fans and fellow coaches in May 2019. "About 8 years ago, Mark Burnett convinced us to sign up for this show where you sit in a big red chair with your back turned away from the singers on the stage. First thank you must go to Mark. We had no idea what we were doing or where it was going," the musician began

"After the first day of shooting, I sat there, stunned. I said to myself 'there's some magic here. Something is definitely happening.' It went on to be a life shaping experience that will be close to my heart forever," he continued, giving a shoutout to his "bromance" Shelton.

"I couldn't hide my love for you if I tried," he told the country star. "Seriously. I tried. Can't do it. Our friendship is and always will be one for the books. Whatever this whole surreal experience was, I'm just happy I got to experience it with you. You're my brother for life."

In October 2019 Levine revealed that he decided to step back from The Voice to spend more time with his wife, Behati Prinsloo, and children Dusty Rose, 7, and Gio Grace, 6. (The couple has since welcomed their third child, a son born in January 2023.) 

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"I really do miss it. I love the people that I met and worked with, and you all obviously know how I feel about [fellow coach] Blake [Shelton]," he said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show at the time. "I do miss it but I don't miss how much I had to work. I was constantly working for so many years – very lucky, very fortunate, very blessed and all that – but to just be able to stop in this moment to spend time with my new young family and just have the greatest time ever. Now I'm a stay-at-home dad. I just stay at home and do very little."

Season 27 of the Emmy Award-winning musical competition series is set to premiere in spring 2025 on NBC and the next day on Peacock. But first, Bublé, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani will face off as the coaches in Season 26, which is coming this fall. This will be Bublé and Snoop's first time appearing as coaches as they take over for Chance the Rapper and Legend. 

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