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NBC’s “The Voice” finale is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 10 at 9/8c, which is when the winner of Season 26 will finally be crowned. But will it be Sofronio Vasquez or Shye of Team Michael Bublé, Danny Joseph of Team Reba McEntire, Jeremy Beloate of Team Snoop Dogg, or Sydney Sterlace of Team Gwen Stefani? Vote in our “The Voice” finale poll below, and then be sure to defend your choice in the comments section.

Sofronio was a four-chair turn in the blind auditions with the song “I’m Goin’ Down,” joining Team Bublé. He then won his battle of “The Power of Love” against Aliyah Khaylyn. In the knockouts, he sang “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” and beat out Kiara Vega and Jeremy Beloate. Sofronio performed “Crying” in the playoffs, “If I Can Dream” and “Every Breath You Take” in the top eight, and “Unstoppable” and...

The Voice aired one of its most beautiful performances of the season, which brought coaches and viewers to tears.

Tuesday’s episode of the long-running NBC competition series found Season 26 hopeful Sloane Simon sharing heart-shattering news with Reba McEntire, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg, and Michael Bublé.

The 20-year-old’s father had passed away days leading up to her latest performance on the episode.

Despite the tragic loss, Sloane performed a powerful rendition of Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!”

“I know how brave you are,” Michael told her at the end of the performance.

“I know you and your family are going through stuff. You just lost your dad,” the singer and coach continued.

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Season 26 of The Voice has been one of the most emotionally charged in recent memory, and that continued on Tuesday’s (November 26) episode when Sloane Simon took to the stage just days after her dad died. After Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg were brought to tears by contestant Jeremy Beloate on Monday night (November 25), Simon had the whole panel welling up when she revealed her father had died in the days leading up to her performance. During the rehearsal, Simon opened up about how her dad was fighting cancer. Her coach, Michael Bublé, began to tear up as he remembered going through something similar when his son, Noah (11), was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2016. Noah is now in remission. “I went through my own personal thing when my son got sick, and I couldn’t get through it,” Bublé told Simon. “I just couldn’t, and that’s okay. Like you said,...

Spoiler Alert: This post contains details on The Voice Season 26, Episode 17, which aired on Tuesday, November 26.

It was an emotional night on The Voice as Sloane Simon took the stage to perform Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe” during the playoffs stage of the competition.

On the latest episode of the singing competition, Simon revealed her dad had recently died, which brought the coaches to tears.

“I know how brave you are,” Michael Bublé told Simon after her performance. “I know you and your family are going through stuff. You just lost your dad.”

Bublé continued, “You said that you would stay because he would’ve wanted you to be here.”

The teary-eyed singer said that her dad told her she would be “crazy to turn back,” so she dedicated her performance to him as she “sang for him.”

Snoop Dogg got up from his chair, saying, “The spirit of...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Playoffs concluded with performances from Team Michael Buble with special guest advisor country artist Carly Pearce. In this round of the competition, each coach must narrow down their team of five to only two artists that they’ll take to the live shows beginning Dec. 2. Rapper Mgk advised Gwen Stefani in “The Playoffs Premiere” on Nov. 19 while Olympian Simone Biles helped out Snoop Dogg and country artist Lainey Wilson assisted Reba McEntire in “The Playoffs Part 2” on Nov. 25.

In rehearsals, Michael thought Shye‘s song choice of “Story of My Life” by One Direction was a great pick because it’s “unexpected.” Carly explained that she can create “magic” with that song by “leaning in” to the way her vocal storytelling makes it seem like she’s “lived so much life.” Carly thought that her voice is “one in a million” and she doesn’t...

Coaches on The Voice love to say how hard it is to make decisions during the Playoffs. Well, they should try being us sometime, ’cause it’s damn near impossible to sit still and watch as they reveal picks that break hearts you’d think would be immune to it all after 26 seasons! What was Michael Bublé’s grievous error? Read on, and like it or not, we’ll discuss.

Shye, “Story of My Life” — Grade: B | Not sure One Direction’s hit was really the ideal choice to showcase Shye’s talent. She’s likable as heck, and she has a gorgeous,...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Playoffs continued with performances from Team Reba McEntire and Team Snoop Dogg. In this round of the competition, each coach must narrow down their team of five to only two artists with the help of a “playoff advisor.” Helping out Snoop and his team is Olympian Simone Biles and assisting Reba with her team is country artist Lainey Wilson. Rapper Mgk advised Gwen Stefani in “The Playoffs Premiere” on Nov. 19. Performances from Team Michael Buble will be showcased in the Nov. 26 episode.

In Team Reba rehearsals, Lainey felt honored to be able to hone the skills of other artists in the same way that she feels she was taught by her own mentors like Reba. She thought Adam Bohanan “had a lot of soul” and told him he can “get sexy on ’em” earlier in the song because it took too long for her to...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Playoffs kicked off with veteran coach Gwen Stefani bringing her final five artists to the stage for their last performance before the live shows begin. In this round of the competition, each coach must further narrow down their team to only two artists with the help of a “playoff advisor.” Helping out Gwen and her team is rapper Mgk. The teams for Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, and Reba McEntire will be showcased in the Nov. 25 and Nov. 26 episodes.

When describing the artists on her team prior to their performances, Gwen referred to Jose Luis as an “unbelievably gifted” artist that makes her “feel so powerful” because of how good he is, said Jake Tankersley is a “really good, classic country singer,” noted that Gabrielle Zabosky is “quirky” with “a lot of character in her voice,” hoped that Jan Dan would live up to the save she offered him,...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Knockouts came to an end with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani narrowing down their teams of nine to a locked in five in the last of the three-way knockouts. Joining the teams for this round as mega mentors are former coach Jennifer Hudson assisting Michael and Reba and music legend Sting assisting Gwen and Snoop. In this round of the competition, each of the three artists will perform a song of their choosing in a head-to-head-to-head matchup and then their coach will decide on one winner to advance. For the artists not chosen as the winner of their knockout, their coach has one save available to keep an eliminated artist and the other coaches have one steal to bring an eliminated artist over to their team.

In “The Knockouts Premiere” on Nov. 11, Snoop used his save on Christina Eagle, Gwen...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Knockouts continued with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani organizing their teams of nine artists into three groups for the three-way knockouts. Joining the teams for this round as mega mentors are former coach Jennifer Hudson assisting Michael and Reba and music legend Sting assisting Gwen and Snoop. In this round of the competition, each of the three artists will perform a song of their choosing in a head-to-head-to-head matchup and then their coach will decide on one winner to advance. For the artists not chosen as the winner of their knockout, their coach has one save available to keep an eliminated artist and the other coaches have one steal to bring an eliminated artist over to their team.

In “The Knockouts Premiere” on Nov. 11, Snoop used his save on Christina Eagle, Gwen stole Jake Tankersley from Team Snoop, and Michael...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Knockouts began with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani organizing their teams of nine artists into three groups for the three-way knockouts. Joining the teams for this round as mega mentors are former coach Jennifer Hudson assisting Michael and Reba and music legend Sting assisting Gwen and Snoop. In this round of the competition, each of the three artists will perform a song of their choosing in a head-to-head-to-head matchup and then their coach will decide on one winner to advance. For the artists not chosen as the winner of their knockout, their coach has one save available to keep an eliminated artist and the other coaches have one steal to bring an eliminated artist over to their team.

In the first knockout of the round, Snoop brought together Austyns Stancil, Christina Eagle, and Jake Tankersley to work through their planned...

Monday’s episode of The Voice kick-started Season 26’s Knockouts with Mega Mentors Jennifer Hudson and Sting tapping in to help out Gwen Stefani, Reba McEntire, “Uncle Snoop” Dogg and Michael Bublé. But even with the coaches receiving all-star assists, we still got a mixed-bag evening of performances. Read on, and we’ll discuss them, one and all.

Team Snoop: Austyns Stancil singing “Dance With My Father” (Grade: B-) defeated Christina Eagle singing “My Church” (Grade: C+) and Jake Tankersley singing “Going, Going, Gone” (Grade: B) — Christina saved by Snoop, Jake stolen by Gwen | Up first, Austyns sang prettily...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Battles concluded with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani pitting two of their 14 acts against each other in head-to-head match-ups. In this round of the competition, only one of the battling artists advances as a member of their team while the other is eliminated… unless another coach uses a steal to save them and bring the artist over to their team.

Michael and Gwen both used their first of two steal options during “The Battles Premiere” on October 21 and Reba used her first one in “The Battles Part 2” on October 22. Then, in “The Battles Part 3” on October 28, Gwen used her second steal and Snoop used his first in a three-way contest alongside Reba and Michael. Snoop then used his second in “The Battles Part 4,” leaving Reba and Michael with one steal apiece heading in to the final night of battle match-ups.

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Battles continued with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani pitting two of their 14 acts against each other in head-to-head match-ups. In this round of the competition, only one of the battling artists advances as a member of their team while the other is eliminated… unless another coach uses a steal to save them and bring the artist over to their team.

Michael and Gwen both used their first of two steal options during “The Battles Premiere” on October 21 and Reba used her first one in “The Battles Part 2” on October 22. Then, in “The Battles Part 3” on October 28, Gwen used her second steal and all three of the other coaches hit their button to steal Austyns Stancil from her team in a cliffhanger moment. Having the chance to join the team of his choice, Austyns decided to become the newest member of Team Snoop.

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Battles continued with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani pitting two of their 14 acts against each other in head-to-head match-ups. In this round of the competition, only one of the battling artists advances as a member of their team while the other is eliminated… unless another coach uses a steal to save them and bring the artist over to their team. Michael and Gwen both used their first of two steal options during “The Battles Premiere” on October 21 and Reba used her first one in “The Battles Part 2” on October 22.

“The Battles Part 3” began with what became the best performance of the round so far. Reba pit her four chair turn artist Danny Joseph against single chair turn artist Deon Jones for a goosebumps-giving rendition of “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.” In the rehearsal space, Reba...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Battles continued with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani pitting two of their 14 acts against each other in head-to-head match-ups. In this round of the competition, only one of the battling artists advances as a member of their team while the other is eliminated… unless another coach uses a steal to save them and bring the artist over to their team. Michael and Gwen both used their first of two steal options during “The Battles Premiere” on October 21.

For the centerpiece showing of “The Battles Part 2” evening, Michael paired his two “character voices” on the Louis Armstrong classic “What a Wonderful World.” When introducing the song to Edward Preble and Mark Shiiba, Michael referred to Louis as “the most important artist in the history of American music” because he “changed music forever” when he “invented something that has never been heard before.

We’re still pretty early in the current season of The Voice, but new coach Michael Buble has already made a bold prediction about who will win!

The 49-year-old crooner is celebrating his first season on the coaching panel and he’s already right at home alongside returning coaches Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani, plus fellow new coach Snoop Dogg.

The show is currently in the Battle Round, when coaches have to pit two artists against each other and then choose one to advance to the next round. The other coaches have the opportunity to steal two artists who do not get chosen to advance.

During the episode that aired on Monday (October 21), Michael stole a contestant from Gwen’s team and then made a prediction that she could win the whole show.

Keep reading to find out more…

So, who is it?

Sloane Simon – Stolen From Gwen, Now On...

Tonight on “The Voice,” the Battles began with coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani pitting two of their 14 acts against each other in head-to-head match-ups. In this round of the competition, only one of the battling artists advances as a member of their team while the other is eliminated… unless another coach uses their one steal to save them and bring the artist over to their team.

In the second performance of the night, Gwen paired 15 year old Sydney Sterlace against 19 year old Sloane Simon on the current Billie Eilish hit song “Birds of a Feather.” Sydney is an artist Gwen picked up after all four coaches turned their chair for her Blind Audition of “Drivers License” while Sloane picked Team Gwen over Team Buble in that same round. Following their Battles performance, Gwen stuck with her four chair turn artist, seemingly eliminating Sloane from the...

The Voice teed up a mixed bag Monday, kicking off Season 26’s Battles with four eliminations, two Steals and at least one matchup that was heaven-sent. Read on, and we’ll discuss it all!

Team Snoop: Christina Eagle (Grade: A+) defeated Gail Bliss (Grade: A) on “Redneck Woman” | Though the country singers were exceedingly well-matched on their rollicking Gretchen Wilson cover, I had to give the edge, however slight, to Christina. Gail sounded radio-ready and record-perfect, but so did her opponent — and her opponent has the more interesting voice.

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Tonight on “The Voice,” coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani sat for Part 6 of the Blind Auditions round of season 26. Michael began the night with three open spots on his team while the other three teams each had two spots to fill. Over the course of the night, each of those spots were claimed by an artist and all four coaches completed their teams of 14.

Among the artists picked up in this final night of the round were two more four-chair turn auditions, for a season total of a whopping 17. The final two were Katie O with “One Way Ticket (Because I Can)” who chose Reba and Jose Luis who chose Gwen after singing “traitor.” Jose was Team Gwen’s 14th artist, making her the first coach to complete a team. The other four chair turn artists that have a spot on Gwen’s team are Sydney Sterlace,...

Tonight on “The Voice,” coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani sat for Part 5 of the Blind Auditions round of season 26. Typically in this stage of the competition the coaches are fiercely competitive and creative in their pitches to get artists to choose to be on their team. First time coach Snoop’s creative juices were really flowing when he stopped arguing for Kay Sibal to join his team and instead advocated for her to join Team Gwen.

Though Kay was not a four chair turn (Reba said she had no chance against the other three coaches), she received some of the most glowing critiques of the night following her audition to “From the Start.” Snoop told her that he loved the “jazziness” of her performance and how she broke down the pieces of the song. He also noted her confidence and excitement on stage as reasons why he turned his chair.

The Voice judge Gwen Stefani is very competitive when it comes to landing talent for her team, and nothing is off limits for her when it’s time to secure the top-tier talent, as viewers saw in recent scenes.

The Voice Is Back For An All-New Season

The reality singing competition is currently back on the air with Season 26. The judges are in the middle of sorting through the best talent, as the blind auditions continue. This is the point in the competition where both the judges and the viewers get the first taste of the talent pool on offer.

Due to this, this is the ideal time to see who will make the cut and get one of the chairs to turn around. This season on The Voice, competitors hope to impress Gwen Stefani, Michael Buble, Reba McEntire, and Snoop Dogg. Getting even one judge to turn their chair could be life-changing.

Tonight on “The Voice,” coaches Michael Buble, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani sat for Part 4 of the Blind Auditions round of season 26. In the first three parts, the coaches competed 10 times for the same artist in “four chair turn” moments and tonight they only battled across the dais twice. In the first of the night, 25 year old Gabrielle Zabosky auditioned with “Mr. Know It All” in a highlight performance of the evening that likely became a lowlight for Snoop.

It wasn’t until the tail-end of Gabrielle’s performance that any of the coaches hit their button. It started with Reba, who in hitting her button also blocked Snoop, and then in very quick succession Snoop, Gwen and Michael all hit theirs as well. In that moment, Gabrielle broke her vocal with an endearing squeal, jumping up and down at the realization that she earned a spot on a team.

Reba McEntire may have handed out The Voice’s trophy in Monday’s episode (recapped here), but the battle hasn’t even begun, much less the war. On Night 4 of the Blind Auditions, Snoop Dogg recruited a hot swinger, Michael Bublé scored a contestant who could be the next Todd Tilghman, and Gwen Stefani added to her team a youngster whose vocals are as sweet as her demeanor. And if you read on, we’ll discuss all of them.

J.Paul (Team Michael), “I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)” — Grade: A | “That was perfect,” Michael told this three-chair...