{"id":30882,"date":"2023-03-07T15:48:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T14:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1796593"},"modified":"2023-03-08T06:52:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T05:52:23","slug":"why-is-blake-shelton-leaving-the-voice-season-23","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/why-is-blake-shelton-leaving-the-voice-season-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Blake Shelton leaving The Voice season 23?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The country singer is stepping away from the spinning chairs after 12 years. <\/p>

By Molly Moss\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 07 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Blake Shelton has stepped away from The Voice after 12 years as a judge on the NBC singing show.<\/span><\/p>\n

The star joined the competition series in 2011 and was one of the four original Voice coaches alongside Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green, all of whom left the show after a few seasons apart from Shelton, who stayed on for more than a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Shelton\u2019s final episode of The Voice aired on Monday night (6th March 2023).<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re wondering what the reasons were behind his departure, read on for everything you need to know.<\/p>\n

Why is Blake Shelton leaving The Voice season 23?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton on The Voice.<\/span><\/figcaption> NBC\/ Getty Images.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Shelton is stepping back as a coach on The Voice in order to spend more time with his wife Gwen Stefani, who he met while coaching on the show in 2014, and his family.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think being a stepdad has changed my perspective in that I\u2019m not the first person that I think about anymore,\u201d he told Access<\/a>. \u201cEven to the smallest little things when you go, \u2018I think I\u2019ll do this,\u2019 the very next thought is always, \u2018Well, wait a minute. How\u2019s that going work?\u2019 Or, \u2018What will they think?\u2019 Or, \u2018How will that affect a schedule?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think the only way for me to really do that right is to step away from being committed to something like The Voice that demands a lot of your time. There\u2019s no way around it. If you\u2019re going to do it and do it right, you have to be 150 per cent in. And I just feel like those days are behind me for now. I got a more important job.\u201d<\/p>\n