Reba McEntire makes desires come true.
On the season 26 premiere of The Voice on Monday, Sept. 23, the nation star pulled an unprecedented transfer after Kendall Eugene’s blind audition — and it introduced fellow coach Snoop Dogg to tears.
After Eugene completed his rendition of Morgan Wallen‘s “Do not Thank Jesus” with no chair turns, the coaches all complimented him and inspired him to strive once more on a special season. McEntire, nonetheless, immediately regretted not turning her chair.
“I appreciated every little thing about it,” McEntire, 69, stated, prompting Eugene to say she “ought to’ve turned.”
“I used to be going to say that very same phrases,” the “I am a Survivor” singer responded. “I do not perceive why I didn’t flip round.”
McEntire then introduced she was going to make “historical past” by being the first-ever coach on The Voice to make use of the Coach Replay button, which permits coaches to alter their minds if they do not flip their chairs throughout a blind audition.
“We’ve acquired this new factor this 12 months, that could be a Coach Replay button. I’m going to make use of mine,” she stated as she hit her button.
The transfer introduced Eugene to tears immediately — and Snoop was visibly moved.
“Wow! Go give that man a hug,” the rapper, 52, stated.
When the digicam panned again to Snoop, he was wiping tears from his face.
“I really like that tune that Kendall was singing. And after the tune was over, I felt form of numb. I knew in my coronary heart I needed him on my crew. I am so glad, for the very first time we’ve got a Coach Replay button. It is the second probability for the coaches once we realized we missed this second,” McEntire stated.
McEntire has returned as a coach for the third season in a row after profitable with Asher HaVon on season 25.
This time, she’s teaching alongside first-timers Michael Bublé and Snoop, and returning coach Gwen Stefani. In July, the coaches teamed up for his or her first-ever coach performance collectively and sang a joyful rendition of the 4 Tops’ 1966 hit “Attain Out I’ll Be There.”
The Voice returned to NBC on Monday, Sept. 23 at at 8 p.m. ET.