Blake Shelton Reveals The Real Reason He’s Leaving ‘The Voice’

Blake Shelton Reveals The Real Reason He's Leaving 'The Voice'

During a recent interview, Blake opened up about why he decided to leave ‘The Voice’ after 23 seasons.

He said, “I think I was close to calling it a day right when COVID hit. And then, because of COVID, I didn’t want to walk away from the show and leave everybody in a bind. I mean, this show changed my life. I’ll stay here until the world kind of gets back to normal again.”

He continued by saying the show has obviously had huge impacts on both his personal life and career.

“I met my wife on this show. It’s changed my life in every way it possibly can. When I came on as a coach on this show, I mean, everything in my life was turned upside down, and in a good way, you know? This has been incredible, but it’s time, you know. It’s time for what’s next. A little bit of nothing would be nice.”

His final season of ‘The Voice’ premieres Monday, March 6, on NBC.

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With the announcement that Kelsea Ballerini will be the next country star to perform on Saturday Night Live on March 4, we look back at the country stars have come before her on the legendary comedy sketch show. There haven't been too many country music stars to be the musical guest on the show, and only a handful of country superstars, including Garth Brooks, Blake Shelton, Dolly Parton, and Taylor Swift, have hosted the show.

Luke sang two songs on the show, including his big ole hit "Beer Never Broke My Heart."

Morgan sang two songs on the show and appeared in a skit along with Jason Bateman, who played Wallen at a party.

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Kacey is the only artist to ever perform totally in the nude with just a guitar to cover her. Kacey told V Magazine after the performance, "It was an idea that hit me last minute. A lot of my ideas come like a lightning bolt with no explanation." She added, "A couple of days [before the performance], I was getting a workout, and I had this image pop into my mind of Jenny from Forrest Gump, naked on a stool. I just thought, with 'Justified,' I had to do it."

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Dolly was the musical guest and performed in many of the skits on the show as host. She later said it was pretty hard and that she would not ever host and be the musical guests at the same time again.

He hosted as Garth and was the musical guest as Chris Gaines.

The always-funny Blake was perfect for his hosting role, appearing in many skits on the show. In one skit, he played Disney character, John Smith.

Taylor was a natural and quite funny in many of the show's skits. She hosted the show when she was just 19 years old.

Chris did a fun promo for the show with Will Ferrell. He also performed two songs.

Besides singing, Faith even did a fun skit with host Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Cash did many skits and sang two of his classic songs.