'The Voice': Best of the Coaches on the Show
Music October 03, 2023
Jennifer Hudson has a special connection to all the music icons who have shared their expertise with aspiring singers as coaches on “The Voice”!
Jennifer, who acted as coach on both the U.S. and U.K. editions of the singing competition series, has hosted several former and current coaches on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” including Gwen Stefani, Niall Horan, John Legend, Meghan Trainor, Reba McEntire, Chance the Rapper, and the show’s longest-running coach, Blake Shelton.
Check out some of the most memorable moments of these musical mentors spending time with JHud!
Gwen Stefani & Niall Horan
Gwen Stefani and Niall Horan appeared on “The Jennifer Hudson Show” together to share details about Season 24 of “The Voice.”
Gwen has appeared as a coach on seven non-consecutive seasons, while Niall has coached for two seasons.
Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton holds the record for being the longest-running coach on the show — he appeared on every season of the show from Season 1 through 23. He’s been the coach of the winning artist nine times!
On “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” Blake talked about celebrating the holidays with wife Gwen Stefani, whom he met while working on “The Voice,” and shared how happy he was about finally stepping away from being a coach.
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View StoryJohn Legend
John Legend, who has been a coach on “The Voice” for eight seasons so far, stopped by the 100th episode of “The Jennifer Hudson Show” in February 2023.
The two EGOTs discussed John’s newborn baby, Esti, and John revealed which award was the hardest for him to obtain.
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View StoryReba McEntire
Reba McEntire stepped into a coaching role on the latest season of “The Voice” following Blake’s departure.
While chatting with JHud, Reba talked about being a “mega mentor” for Team Blake on “The Voice.”
Meghan Trainor
Meghan Trainor, who was a coach on Season 9 of “The Voice U.K.” after Jennifer, discussed what it was like to step into JHud’s coaching shoes.
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Chance the Rapper
Chance the Rapper was a coach on Season 23 of the hit NBC singing competition show.
The Chicago rapper stopped by “The Jennifer Hudson Show” in October 2022 to swap stories with JHud about growing up in Chicago and share a throwback photo of Chance at his kindergarten graduation, where he performed as Michael Jackson.
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View StoryJennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson was a coach on “The Voice” for Seasons 13 and 15 and on “The Voice UK” for Seasons 6, 7, and 8.
While working on the show, she got to spend time with Mariah Carey, who appeared as a guest mentor.
“We became the best buddies ever that day,” she said of working with MC on “The Voice.”
“This is where we started our friendship, our diva-ship,” she said. “We ended up being like kindred souls.”
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