Taylor Swift & Usher Join NBC’s ‘The Voice’ – Get Details Inside!

Superstars Taylor Swift and Usher have joined NBC’s The Voice for the all-new season! The singers will be guiding contestants during this seventeenth season on their performance journeys. Keep reading to get all the details below!

What are Taylor and Usher’s roles on this season of The Voice?

Taylor Swift has signed on as a mentor for the Knockout rounds, which will begin in late October. Usher will be an advisor for the Battle rounds, and he’s been paired with Voice judge John Legend.

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Before he became an advisor, Usher was actually a judge in seasons 4 and 6, the latter of which he won with Voice contestant Josh Kaufman. Usher is one of 4 celebrity mentors. The other 3 are: Normani (Team Kelly), will.i.am (Team Gwen), and Darius Rucker (Team Blake).

Taylor Swift has actually been on The Voice before as a mentor, but her second time around will showcase her experience. Fellow Voice judge Blake Shelton praised Swift, saying that, “she’s made for [this]. She’s super smart and she’s really good at looking at somebody’s performance.”