Adam Levine returns to The Voice for the first time since leaving NBC’s long-running competition show in 2019.
The Maroon 5 frontman, 45, will serve as coach for Season 27 in 2025, alongside John Legend, Michael Bublé and newcomer Kelsea Ballerini.
Levine, who left The Voice in 2019 after 16 consecutive seasons, won the show three times during his time as the second-longest-serving coach, excluding Blake Shelton, who left the show last year.
The Payphone hitmaker won the show’s first season in 2011, with Javier Colon, then again with Tessanne Chin in season five and finally with Jordan Smith in season nine.
Meanwhile, Ballerini made her official coaching debut earlier in 2021, filling in for Kelly Clarkson.
Adam Levine returns to The Voice for the first time since leaving NBC’s long-running competition show in 2019
This fall, Michael Bublé, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani will serve as coaches for season 26.
In 2019, Levine opened up about his decision to leave The Voice after nearly a decade on the competition television series.
‘I really miss it. I love the people I’ve met and worked with, and of course we all know how I feel about Blake [Shelton]he said while appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The father of three continued: “I do miss it, but I don’t miss how much I had to work either. I just worked constantly for so many years. “I’m very lucky, very happy and blessed and all that I can put down right now to spend time with my new young family.”
“Now I’m like a stay-at-home mom, where I stay home and do very little,” he mused.
At the time, he reportedly walked away from about $30 million to stay on the program.
Sources said The Hollywood Reporter that his contract was for two additional seasons for approximately $30 million, as he had earned approximately $14 million for his final season on the series.
Insiders told the publication that Levine has been “increasingly anxious” about leaving the series in recent weeks, noting that The Voice’s shooting schedule has been a meandering one between tapings and live shows.
The Maroon 5 frontman, 45, will serve as coach for season 27 in 2025, alongside John Legend, Michael Bublé and newcomer Kelsea Ballerini
Levine, who left The Voice after 16 consecutive seasons in 2019, won the show three times during his time as the second-longest-serving coach, aside from Blake Shelton, who left the show last year (seen in 2017)
The Payphone hitmaker won the show’s first season in 2011, with Javier Colon, then again with Tessanne Chin in season five and finally with Jordan Smith in season nine; in the photo in 2016
The 40-year-old She Will Be Loved singer said in an Instagram post that his time on the show was “a life-shaping experience that will be close to home.” [his] heart forever” after his departure was announced Friday, adding that “it was time to move on.”
“About eight years ago, Mark Burnett convinced us to sign up for this show where you sit in a big red chair with your back turned from the singers on stage,” he wrote in the post.
Levine continued, “The first thank you has to go to Mark. We had no idea what we were doing or where it was going. After the first day of shooting, I sat there astonished. I said to myself, ‘There is some magic here. Something is definitely happening.”
The three-time Grammy winner concluded, “Thank you NBC for signing us on. I am truly honored to have been a part of something that I will always cherish for the rest of my life. Thank you to every coach I’ve ever sat in those seats with. That is a shared experience that is unique to us. We have that for life. Thank you to everyone who supported this long strange and amazing left turn to a place I never thought I would go.”
The artist was part of the original quartet of performers on the NBC competition alongside Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton and CeeLo Green.