NBC’s The Voice has featured some of music’s biggest stars as coaches, with Blake Shelton being the most prominent name from the show. Shelton served as a coach for 23 seasons, and he and fellow coach Adam Levine became fast friends through the show. Shelton named one circumstance in which he might return as a coach. Now that Levine is planning to return for season 27, is the Maroon 5 frontman hinting that Shelton could return in the future?

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Could Adam Levine be hinting that Blake Shelton plans to return to ‘The Voice’?

Adam Levine coached on The Voice for 16 seasons from 2011 to 2019. He and Blake Shelton had legendary banter fans adored, and they became good friends outside the show. Levine announced after season 25 that he plans to return to the show as a coach for season 27, along with returning favorite John Legend and newcomers Kelsea Ballerini and Michael Bublé.

Levine announced his return on Instagram. He created a video with texts from fans overlaid on a photo of him from The Voice. The texts read, “I miss Adam Levine!” and “Adam needs to come back!!!!” The final text he shows is from Shelton. “BRING ADAM BACK!!!” Shelton texted with an angry emoji.

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Levine shows up live in the video to speak to fans. “Yeah, we’re back,” he says. “We’re coming back. I’m coming back, is what I mean. Season 27 — yes, I’m coming back. I’m so excited. I cannot wait. I’m well-rested; I’m ready to go. … It’s gonna be awesome. Let’s go. Team Adam is back; I feel bad for other teams.”

 

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Could Levine foreshadow with Shelton’s text that Shelton may return after season 27? Shelton said he’d possibly consider returning if the “original four” coaches joined. The four original coaches were Levine, CeeLo Green, and Christina Aguilera.

“If they were ever able to put together the original four coaches again, maybe [I’d return] for one season, a one-off,” Shelton told Entertainment Tonight. “That would be fun for me …. That would be something I would be interested in doing.”

Unfortunately, Shelton hasn’t commented on Levine’s return. While using Shelton’s text as a hook to keep viewers watching his video was a great idea from Levine, no additional evidence suggests Shelton plans to return. Aguilera and Green haven’t commented on Levine’s return to the show.

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Adam Levine had a funny response to Blake Shelton leaving the series

Adam Levine didn’t coach as many consecutive seasons as Blake Shelton. When Shelton decided to call it quits on the show after 23 seasons, Levine had a funny response.

“It’s about time!” Levine told Entertainment Tonight.

Levine and Shelton cited similar reasons for wanting to leave the show behind. The men hoped to slow down and spend more time with their families. “I was ready to not be doing it anymore, I think for a little bit,” Levine told Howard Stern in 2019, according to Yahoo. “I think that when it all kind of naturally happened, I was like, ‘OK, it feels right.’ For better or worse, the moment in which we decided to walk away felt really good. It was the right time for me to go.”

Additional sources claimed that Levine became “difficult” to work with on set and “checked out” of coaching before officially quitting.

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The 2 coaches might not be as good of friends as fans think they are

Blake Shelton and Adam Levine seemed like best friends on The Voice. However, additional sources claim the buddies aren’t as close as they seem.

“It wasn’t all an act, but the relationship was exaggerated for TV,” an insider told RadarOnline in 2022. “When Adam left the show, the two of them didn’t have to pretend anymore.”

“They haven’t spoken in a while,” another insider said. “There was no big dramatic falling out, but they both just moved on. It happens all the time with work relationships. As we are all finding out, Adam isn’t the guy he pretends to be. He has secrets and was difficult backstage at The Voice. When he left the show, there wasn’t a single person, including Blake, who missed Adam and his drama.”

With this in mind, Shelton might not want to join Levine on The Voice in the future.

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