The twenty-eighth season of the American reality television series The Voice premiered on September 22, 2025, on NBC. The season is hosted by Carson Daly, who has hosted every season of the show. The coaching panel consists of Michael Bublé, who returns for his third consecutive season; Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg, who return for their fourth and second respective seasons after a one-season hiatus; and Niall Horan, who returns for his third season after last coaching during the twenty-fourth season.
Aiden Ross was named the winner of the season, marking Niall Horan's third and final consecutive win as a coach. Ross' win marks the third time that the first (aired) act to audition would go on to win the entire season, following Todd Tilghman's win in season 18 and Girl Named Tom's win in season 21. Horan became the second coach to win three consecutive seasons as a coach, following Blake Shelton's consecutive wins from seasons 2 to 4; however, Horan did not achieve this in consecutive numerical seasons. Additionally, Horan became the first coach in the history of the show to win their first three seasons.
Overview
Development On April 23, 2025, it was announced that Snoop Dogg would return to the panel, after a one-season hiatus, for the twenty-eighth season. On May 12, 2025, NBC announced that The Voice was renewed for a twenty-eighth season to air in the Fall of 2025. The lineup of coaches was revealed on the show's website.
Coaches and host
Of the four coaches from the previous season, only Michael Bublé returned, marking his third consecutive season as a coach. Coaches John Legend, Kelsea Ballerini, and Adam Levine all left the panel. Former coaches Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg return to the show following their absence in the previous season, marking their fourth and second seasons as a coach, respectively. Former coach Niall Horan also returns to the show after a three-season hiatus, marking his third season on the show as a coach. This season is the first since season 20 in which no new coach is introduced to the panel.
Carson Daly returns for his twenty-eighth consecutive season as host.
Battle and knockout advisors The teams' battle advisors were revealed on October 7, 2025, immediately following the end of the blind auditions. The battle advisors for this season are last season's coach Kelsea Ballerini for Team Bublé, former coach Nick Jonas for Team Reba, Lewis Capaldi for Team Niall, and Lizzo for Team Snoop. Ballerini previously advised for Team Kelly in the sixteenth season and Jonas previously advised for Team Christina in the eighth season. On October 20, 2025, it was announced that Zac Brown would serve as a mega mentor for the Knockouts alongside Joe Walsh. Brown mentored Teams Bublé and Snoop, while Walsh was paired with Teams Niall and Reba.
Marketing and promotion Ahead of the season's premiere, the show, via its online media platforms, released a cover of the 1973 Steve Miller Band single "The Joker" performed by the coaches.
Shortly prior to the season premiere, the blind audition of Jazz McKenzie, performing Tina Turner's "What's Love Got to Do with It", was released online. Later episodes saw the auditions of Max Cooper III, Cori Kennedy, Toni Lorene, Ava Nat, and Elias Gomez released online as a sneak peek for their respective episodes. Citations for the previewed auditions.
Teams + Teams color key Winner Eliminated in the Playoffs Runner-up Eliminated in the Knockouts Third place Stolen in the Battles Fourth place Eliminated in the Battles Fifth place Sixth place + Coaches' teams Coach Top 48 Artists Michael Bublé Jazz McKenzie Rob Cole Trinity Jack Austin Max Cooper III Marty O'Reilly Teo Ramdel Austin Gilbert Lucas Beltran Aarik Duncan Elias Gomez Carly Harvey Reba McEntire Aubrey Nicole Peyton Kyle Ryan Mitchell Austin Gilbert Cori Kennedy Conrad Khalil Leyton Robinson Vinya Chhabra Manny Costello Daron Lameek Letter to Elise Shan Scott Niall Horan Aiden Ross Kirbi Ava Nat Kayleigh Clark Sadie Dahl Dustin Dale Gaspard Liam von Elbe Jack Austin Carolina Rodriguez Alex Brown Revel Day Camille Tredoux Snoop Dogg Ralph Edwards Toni Lorene Mindy Miller Natalia Albertini Lauren Anderson Kenny Iko Carolina Rodriguez Sadie Dahl Jerrell Melton Makenzie Phipps Emmanuel Rey Kanard Thomas
Blind auditions The show began with the Blind Auditions on September 22, 2025. In each audition, an artist sings their piece in front of the coaches, whose chairs face the audience. If a coach is interested in working with the artist, they may press their button to face the artist. If only one coach presses the button, the artist automatically becomes part of their team. If multiple coaches turn, they will compete for the artist, who will decide which team they will join. Each coach has one "block" to prevent another coach from getting an artist. This season, each coach ends up with 12 artists by the end of the blind auditions, creating a total of 48 artists advancing to the battles.
This season, a new feature was introduced, dubbed the "Carson Callback." This feature allows Carson Daly to select one artist to audition again after previously failing to make a team.
This is the fifth in The Voice history where at least one coach (Niall Horan in this instance) does not have any one-chair turns on their teams. The others were Adam Levine and Pharrell Williams in season 7, John Legend in season 17, Kelly Clarkson in season 23, and Legend and Horan in season 24. This is also Horan's second consecutive season without a one-chair turn.
+ Blind auditions color key Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist selected to join this coach's team Artist received the "Carson Callback" and was able to audition again later on Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by Michael Blocked by Reba Blocked by Niall Blocked by Snoop
Episode 1 (September 22) + First blind auditions results Order Artist Age(s) Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Reba Niall Snoop 1 Aiden Ross 20 College Station, Texas "Love in the Dark" 2 Mindy Miller 35 Damascus, Maryland "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" – ✘ – 3 Max Chambers 14 Shreveport, Louisiana "I Want You Back" – – 4 Manny Costello 28 Athens, Georgia "Almost Home" – – 5 Ari B. 30 Detroit, Michigan "Are You That Somebody?" – – – – 6 DEK of Hearts 24–25 Nashville, Tennessee "Heads Carolina, Tails California" 7 Peyton Kyle 26 Tampa, Florida "Talking to the Moon" – – – 8 Ralph Edwards 30 Fresno, California "Lights" 9 Jack Austin 21 Battle Creek, Michigan "This Town" – 10 Ryan Mitchell 25 Los Angeles, California "Cigarette Daydreams" – – – – 11 Jazz McKenzie 31 Birmingham, Alabama "What's Love Got to Do with It" ✘
Episode 2 (September 23) Among this episode's auditionees was Ryan Mitchell, who previously auditioned unsuccessfully this season but was allowed another audition from the "Carson Callback". + Second blind auditions results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Reba Niall Snoop 1 Yoshihanaa 36 Sanford, Florida "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" – 2 Lucas Beltran 19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Lima, Peru "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" – – 3 Ryan Mitchell 25 Los Angeles, California "...Baby One More Time" – – – 4 Carolina Rodriguez 19 Miami, Florida "Cardigan" – – 5 Jacob Ryan Gustafson 35 Yucaipa, California "Spin You Around" – – – – 6 Max Cooper III 23 Kansas City, Kansas "Cooler than Me"
Episode 3 (September 29) Among this episode's auditionees was Kayleigh Clark, who previously competed on the twenty-first season of American Idol, and Rob Cole, who previously auditioned unsuccessfully in season 25.
+ Third blind auditions results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Reba Niall Snoop 1 Cori Kennedy 28 Kasson, Minnesota "Why Not Me" – – 2 Revel Day 31 Altadena, California "Somewhere Only We Know" – 3 Natalia Albertini 24 Cherry Hill, New Jersey "Out Here on My Own" – – 4 Marty O'Reilly 36 Sonoma, California "Trouble" – 5 J.Blake 35 Memphis, Tennessee "The Door" – – – – 6 Kayleigh Clark 20 Sumrall, Mississippi "Stay" 7 Daron Lameek 35 Queens, New York "All Night Long (All Night)" – – 8 Rob Cole 34 Pembroke, North Carolina "Joy of My Life" ✘ – – 9 Justin Jenks 32 Buena Park, California "Sex and Candy" – – – – 10 Aarik Duncan 38 Raleigh, North Carolina "Birds of a Feather" – – – 11 Sadie Dahl 19 Draper, Utah "Colors" ✘
Episode 4 (September 30) + Fourth blind auditions results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Reba Niall Snoop 1 Toni Lorene 28 Houston, Texas "Cuz I Love You" – 2 Austin Gilbert 25 Eugene, Oregon "The Kind of Love We Make" – – 3 Kenny Iko 35 Washington, D.C. "Versace on the Floor" – – 4 Leyton Robinson 23 Rogers, Arkansas "Weren't for the Wind" – – 5 Liv Ciara 16 St. Peters, Missouri "Espresso" – – – – 6 Kirbi 24 Florence, Alabama "God Only Knows"
Episode 5 (October 6) Among this episode's auditionees was Kanard Thomas, who previously auditioned unsuccessfully on season 16 originally, but was later selected to compete on "The Comeback Stage", where he was coached by Bebe Rexha, and was named the winner. He was subsequently eliminated in the Live Playoffs.
+ Fifth blind auditions results Order Artist Age Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Reba Niall Snoop 1 Dustin Dale Gaspard 33 Cow Island, Louisiana "Bring It On Home to Me" 2 Kanard Thomas 35 Columbus, Georgia "Whip Appeal" – – 3 Shan Scott 28 Highland Falls, New York "Wish I Knew You" – – – 4 Carly Harvey 39 Washington, D.C. "It Hurt So Bad" – – 5 Colin Bracewell 24 Minneapolis, Minnesota "More Than a Woman" – – – – 6 Vinya Chhabra 14 East Brunswick, New Jersey "Ironic" – 7 Conrad Khalil 28 Newark, New Jersey "Caught Up" – – – 8 Liam von Elbe 30 Plattsburgh, New York "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" – – 9 Lauren Anderson 40 Oak Park, Illinois "Midnight Train to Memphis" – – – 10 Ava Nat 18 Garden City, New York "I Love You, I'm Sorry" – 11 Trevor Hewitt 39 Chesnee, South Carolina "I Was Wrong" – – – – 12 Teo Ramdel 34 Tijuana, Mexico "Historia de un Amor"
Episode 6 (October 7) Among this episode's auditionees was Letter to Elise, consisting of Elliott Hunt, who previously auditioned unsuccessfully in season 27, and Myra Tran, who previously won the second season of The X Factor Vietnam and competed on the seventeenth season of American Idol.
+ Sixth blind auditions results Order Artist Age(s) Hometown Song Coach's and artist's choices Michael Reba Niall Snoop 1 Trinity 25 Stamford, Connecticut "Don't Let Go (Love)" 2 Letter to Elise 27 & 30 Buffalo, New York "Take On Me" – – 3 Camille Tredoux 26 Johannesburg, South Africa "Behind Blue Eyes" – – 4 Emmanuel Rey 27 Inglewood, California "Primera Cita" – – 5 Myra Tran 26 Santa Ana, California / Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam "Symphony" – – – – 6 Aubrey Nicole 19 Littlestown, Pennsylvania "Burning House" – – – 7 Aaron Nichols 37 Bakersfield, California "Cold" – 8 Jerrell Melton 29 Fayetteville, Georgia "Go the Distance" – Team full – 9 Elias Gomez 29 Cincinnati, Ohio / Havana, Cuba "Lonely Teardrops" 10 Alex Brown 26 New Hope, Alabama "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Team full 11 Bullfrog 43 East Milton, Florida "Soulshine" Team full – 12 Makenzie Phipps 23 Bluefield, Virginia "4x4xU"
Battles
The second stage of the show, the battles, aired from October 13, 2025, to October 27, 2025, consisting of episodes 7 through 10. The advisors for this round were Kelsea Ballerini for Team Bublé, Nick Jonas for Team Reba, Lewis Capaldi for Team Niall, and Lizzo for Team Snoop.