‘The Voice’ – Taylor Swift, Usher, will.i.am, Normani, and Daruis Rucker Named Season 17 Mentors

Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson, and John Legend

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“The Voice” premieres Season 17 on Monday, September 23 and it’s already off to a great start with the artists supporting the coaches this year including Taylor Swift who will be a mega mentor for all four coaches during the knock out rounds.

As “The Voice” Mega Mentor, Taylor will mentor the artists and prepare each team for the Knockout Rounds, which will begin airing in late October. During the Knockout Rounds, the artists will be paired with a teammate and select their own songs to perform individually. Taylor will be on hand to work with all four coaches and their teams to provide feedback, suggestions and praise as the artists prepare for their performance. The coaches alone will choose the winner, and the artist not selected will be available to be stolen by another coach.

The panel of coaches, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani will get support from battle round mentors Normani, Darius Rucker, will.i.am, and Usher.

Who are the mentors on ‘The Voice’?

Normani and Kelly

Normani #TeamKelly

The former Fifth Harmony singer will be joining Kelly Clarkson’s team as this season’s battle advisor. Fifth Harmony formed and competed on X-Factor USA.

Usher and John

Usher #TeamLegend

Usher will be joining John Legend’s team as this season’s battle advisor. Usher is no stranger to “The Voice” chair. He joined the coaching panel in Season 4 and Season 6, winning that season with Josh Kaufman.

will.i.am aand Gwen

will.i.am #TeamGwen

will.i.am is a powerhouse coach “The Voice UK” and on “The Voice Kids UK.” Gwen and will have a long relationship when both were artists on Interscope.

Darius and Blake

Darius Rucker #TeamBlake

Singer and songwriter Darius Rucker will be joining Blake Shelton’s team as the battle advisor this season. As the lead of Hootie and The Blowfish, Darius and his band had one of the biggest albums of all time with their debut album, “Cracked Rear View.” He has also successfully transitioned into the country music field, taking that genre by storm.

“TheVoice” premiere Monday, September 23 and Tuesday, September 24 on NBC.

Phyllis Thomas