‘The Voice: Battle of Champions’ Expanding to Two Hours For Season 29

There will be more of The Voice to love in season 29. NBC announced on Wednesday (Feb. 4) that the upcoming season of the reality singing competition will be super-sized into two-hour episodes at 9 p.m. ET on Monday nights when it returns on Feb. 23. That switch-up means that The Voice will enjoy one hour when it is not up against longtime rival American Idol, which airs from 8-10 p.m. ET on Mondays on ABC.

The bump also means that the Zachary Quinto-led drama Brilliant Minds will be benched for a while after already being put on ice for the next two weeks due to the Winter Olympics. The upcoming Voice season will also mark the return of OG coach Adam Levine, who inhabited one of the red chairs for the show’s first 16 seasons, as well as season 27. He’ll take a seat for the first-ever three-coach lineup alongside fellow alums Kelly Clarkson (seasons 14-21 and 23) and John Legend (16-22, 24-25, 27).

There will be some format updates as well, with NBC promising a “landmark” season filled with “fast-paced, competitive elements, delivering a fresh twist on the format that raises the stakes for coaches and artists alike.” Among the tweaks are a “triple turn competition,” in which the judges battle for the most chair turns, which will earn them a “super steal,” presented to the coach with the most 3-chair turns after the blind rounds. That advantage, which can only be used one time, will earn them an automatic Super Steal for the Battle rounds that trumps another coach’s attempt to steal an artist and secures their win.

During the knockout rounds, each coach will be bring back two fan-favorites from their previous seasons to sing it out in an “In-Season All-Star Competition” with the coach earning the most sing-off wings getting a guaranteed second finalist in the finale. In yet another twist, another blast from the past, OG coach CeeLo Green (seasons 1-3, 5) will return to determine the winner of that round.

Next season’s semi-finals will also kick off with the top 9 performances, leading to the top four finale and, for the first time ever, a new voting block featuring super-fans and past Voice artists will get to weigh in as part of the in-studio audience voting for their favorites in real time during the semi-finals and finale.

Last season’s run, which featured coaches Snoop Dogg, Niall Horan, Reba McEntire and Michael Bublé, crowned winner Aiden Ross in December. The Voice: Battle of Champions premieres on Feb. 23 with new episodes airing on Mondays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC and streaming on Peacock the next day.

Check out the trailer for season 29 below.

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