The Mentors
Little Big Town (Team Blake)
It always seems the tiniest bit unfair when one of the coaches (usually Blake) chooses a whole band to mentor his team. Definitely getting the most bang for your buck. Anyway, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook will provide four times the mentoring for Team Blake. They should prove particularly helpful for any pairs on Blake’s Team, because Little Big Town certainly knows their way around a harmony.
Gavin Rossdale (Team Gwen)
Obviously, if you have a super-hot husband, you bring your super-hot husband on your new TV show to show him off. Okay, and also Gavin Rossdale is super talented and awesome. Gavin has been a successful player in the music business since the early ’90s, both as lead singer of Bush, and as a solo artist. Will Gwen and Gavin’s marital partnership make them a great coaching team?
Stevie Nicks (Team Adam)
The Voice coaches do not shy away from bringing in the big guns to mentor their teams. Blake’s previously had Cher mentor his team, and now Adam’s brought in the legendary Stevie Nicks. Not only does Stevie have decades worth of experience and advice to give, but she has proven that she is not afraid to speak her mind. She’s already helped mentor the New Directions, and the Coven, so surely she’ll have a lot to offer Team Adam.
Alicia Keys (Team Pharrell)
Alicia Keys has one of the best voices in music today. Many Voice contestants have chosen to tackle her songs onstage, but the few lucky members of Team Pharrell will get to receive her wisdom firsthand. She and Pharrell have the potential to make a very dynamic, very smart pairing. Plus, Alicia has one of the most mellow and soothing speaking voices, so at the very least, we’ll all feel really chilled-out after their coaching sessions.
Taylor Swift
Taylor is taking up the mantle held by Coldplay’s Chris Martin last season, as the uber-mentor. She will serve as season 7’s advisor, which means she’ll be mentoring all four teams through the later battle rounds. Taylor is certainly a big “get” for the show (though it won’t be her first appearance), but it almost seems like an odd choice to make her the big advisor. Then again, the show’s addition of an advisor, on top of the coaches and the mentors already advising, is a bit silly in and of itself.
What Taylor Swift does know is how to perform and win over an audience. And by the time she’ll be stepping in to give her two cents, the singers will be pretty well whittled down to the best of the best. It will be the stage in the competition where performance makes all the difference, and Taylor will surely have some helpful hints and goofy observations.
The Voice season 7 premiere airs Monday, September 22 at 8 p.m. on NBC.
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