The Voice is ready for another transition as it announced that Pharrell is leaving his position as a judge after four seasons. According to TheWrap, Alicia Keys and Miley Cyrus will join the NBC show as judges.
Pharrell won Season 8 of the show when his contestant, 16-year-old Sawyer Fredericks, was crowned the champion.
Blake Shelton and Adam Levine will remain on the show and have been members for all 10 seasons.
CeeLo Green had a four-season stint on the panel since the inception of the show. Usher appeared as a judge for two seasons.
Season 10 of The Voice airs Mondays at 8 p.m. EST on NBC.
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Miley cyrus can judge things? I thought all she was good at is looking like a younger bull dyke version of ellen degeneris and twerking without an ass??
She’s got a great ass.
If your into the whole 15 year old little girl type of bodies i guess??
This my last too Pharrell great person and make everyone happy and put Miley on show it will go down
Definitely losing a viewer with Pharrell leaving. He is an amazing person/coach. This will be my last season too. Clearly the how is rigged anyway. I really saw it this season with he controlled”steals”.
Ridiculous!!! What is Miley going to coach?… She still needs coaching… The program is going to loose its level and a lot of audience…
This will be my last season of watching the Voice and I’ve been here since the start. I have know interest of watching Miley bringing down the show.
I love how mellow Pharell is… That is what makes all the personalities work together
I think this is my last season watching the Voice. I watched from the beginning. I can see Alicia Keys as judge, but Miley. They said she is going to bring the younger audience. I don’t see that. People watch because they like the artist on the show. I guess you don’t want no black people appearing or watching. The show is going down.
I think/expect/hope Alicia Keyes will be a good judge, even though I don’t personally care for her music/voice. She has to be better than Pharrell, the actor who personally does not want to see any black people even have a SHOT to win even a battle. He’s disgusting and has a personal agenda to accomplish. If he ever comes back, I hope all black America turns their backs on The Voice. If he was on another season, I was not going to watch.
Very sorry to see Pharrell and Christina leaving. The team has wonderful synergy. Switching it up to appeal to younger viewers is not great for me. I love the talent and was particularly drawn in to Season 9 because of the talent, brave, courageous song choices (many with spritual aspect) and positive encouragement from the existing team. I liked this show because it was so different that Idol and not only concerned about what might sell records based upon same old standard success formulas. This show lets talent choose their path and provides a wholesome platform to increase awareness and draw in fans. At least up until now.
Gwen helped young women with confidence and should be a perm mentor but not a judge at this time.
I’m sorry to see Christina leaving, and I hope she comes back.
I agree pharell and Christina were great all four had great chemistry and humor together I really enjoyed watching the voice, they kept the audience entertained and was never boring. I was glad when gwen was replaced and they brought Christina back. Christina has got a great personality. Not looking forward to seeing the replacements on the voice. I sure hope Christina and pharell come back next season
Why is Pharrell Williams leaving the Voice ? Is this his decision or the network’s …. if the networks …Mighty Dumb Decision… Pharrell was Great For the Show…… THE VERY WORST THING FOR THE SHOW IS PUT MILEY CYRUS ON THE SHOW…. THEIR RATINGS WILL DROP LIKE HOT CAKES…. I KNOW I DID NOT CARE MUCH FOR GWEN …. BUT, I LOVED THE SHOW AND LIKED THE REST OF THE JUDGES……. BUT, MILEY CYRUS ON ANYTHING AT ALL WOULD NOT Be Worth Watching…. SO THIS MAY BE MY LAST SEASON TO WATCH ALSO… WE WILL SEE…
Miley was not a bad mentor, and I thought she would be. Taylor Swift has no talent at all aside from being a nice person, but she was a great mentor on The Voice. I expect Miley Cyrus will be a good judge; at least a fair one. I personally don’t care for her music, however, that does not mean she would not be a great judge. I think she will reflect fairness, which is what Pharrell did not do. He seemed to have an agenda against ALL blacks with his marginalized comments and his rave reviews of white people. Everybody deserves a shot according to their talent. I just call him the Clarence Thomas of the voice. Hopefully Alicia Keys will do the job; I expect she will also, and I don’t like her music either.
I love watching pharrell on the voice he makes the show great I will miss him
Oh, no. Pharrell is the best judge! He is very cerebral and sincere…and he can be funny without all the silliness. The show’s been great, but will not be the same without him. Honestly, he’s the backbone of the show and is central to it’s success. The entire tone will change without Pharrell, and not in a good way. We won’t watch The Voice after Pharrell leaves. I did not like Gwen, who came across as a silly, self absorbed woman, always in costume. Acting like you are 15 when you’re almost 50 is not attractive. Christina is much better. Miley Cyrus will be a disaster. If this was an administrative decision, it was a bad one.
I agree with you on everything you said about Pharrell. Big mistake to let him go!
Your right, I agree THEY WILL BE MISSED
What a horrific decision — Miley Cyrus? Are you kidding? The Voice was my favorite show. In between seasons, I counted down the days until a new one began. I will never watch it again. Pharrell is brilliant — actually puts a great deal of thought into his critiques. He truly listens and contributes. He never makes it about him. Such a shame that the producers have decided to let The Voice go down the drain. I don’t know a soul who plans to continue watching. Very sad…
I sooooo agree with you. Ditto on every point!!!
Losing Pharell as a coach is devastating! He has a genuine spirit and is truly there to inspire and bring out the best in each artist. Bad move NBC. Miley, no thanks.
A genuine spirit? He’s puts on an act, and not even a good one.
Pharrell let 2 good people go. I was so surprised last night, I am so happy that she was given a second chance. He also let that young man go who did not deserve that. He did it again tonight only she didn’t get a second chance. So maybe it is time for him to go. I already think that the dhow is rigged because I watched for 2 season and i know they made a wrong decision. so now I only watch to see the talent and then I won’t watch when the end comes.
Good riddance. And don’t come back.
Pharrell, who professes himself as “Other,” said in the Blurred Lines deposition that the world needs more white soul singers and he’s confessed to being new black on Oprah. True to his philosophy. He eliminated the only two black contestants he had on The Voice yesterday and will proceed forward with an all-white team.
This is not the first time for this. Pharrell does not seek to nurture, defend or expand black culture on the Voice. He is especially dismissive toward black women. But he can’t be counted on to keep the good black male singers either. But let it be a mediocre warbly voice “other” and he’ll vote to steal and keep them regularly.
Christina shows more of a respect for black culture on The Voice than Pharrell. Thank goodness for her.
I truly hope Alicia Keys does not follow in Pharrell’s shoes and try to pander to white audiences by keeping bland white singers over better black ones. Pharrell tries to hard to prove he’s “other” but the “others” didn’t make his career. The majority of people he works with in the industry, I guarantee if they auditioned for the Voice especially singing R&B or soul, Pharrell would NEVER turn around for them. He’ll wait for Bluegrass or white soul.
Wow… great comment. He cannot be fair-minded. Every other judge is more objective than him, even Blake who is mainly about country music. If Pharrell comes back to The Voice, I will no longer watch the show. Christina is very fair-minded, and I give her credit for that. Pharrell acts disgracefully. He has only tepid and marginalized comments for black females, and slightly better for black males. It is so obvious that white contestants are picking him for his bias at this point. I mentioned his name yesterday and the first thing someone said (a white lady) is that he “hates blacks” when guessing what I was going to say about him. He has called himself the “new black.” What a joke. Is fairness too much to ask.? See ya Pharrell, go practice your new blackness somewhere else.
Oh please! It’s called The Voice, not The Color. Pharrell is trying to find someone that can win the show, which happens to be voted on by the viewers, not the judges.
Why oh why would the producers make make a terrible decision? Losing Pharrell and Christina is so wrong. If Carson Daly is the reason then shame on him and all of the “decision makers” for this very popular show. The Voice judges have chemistry. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Miley Cyrus – probably the most stupid.
Losing Pharrell Williams is an excellent decision. He is incapable of being fair-minded.
Not able to be fair minded? Are you watching the same show the rest of us are? There isn’t a jusge as fair as pharrel on the panel a d he says kind and encouraging words to ALL of the singers.
I do not want Pharrell to leave!!! He’s AMAZING! He’s so humble and kind….and to put Mily Cyrus in his place..???… seriously? WHY do the female judges always have to be the younger “trashier” type? Sorry…just my opinion. Pharrell….you’re amazing, and your class and style will really be missed!!!!
Pharrell leaving the voice… NOT a good decision!! If he is replaced by Alicia Keys, I think the show will lose a lot of viewers. Really bad decision!! Hopefully, this will not happen!!
don’t mind seeing Christina go, again (although she was more positve this season) , but i will truly miss Pharrell. he is a wonderful coach and very successful in picking winners to work with. Glad to see Daniel go. Nick is a much better singer/ i would like to see Gwen come back.
I think Pharrell has been an awesome coach. He is such a talented, humble, and sweet artist. A lot of people, including me, are very disappointed to hear about his departure In addition, I think this was Christina’s best year yet..she was .more positive and upbeat. Pharrell is really going to be missed. I just don’t feel excited about the choices for the new judges on the Voice’s next season.
Losing Pharell will be a great loss for the Voice. My family and I will no longer be a fan of the Voice if Miley Cyrus is a coach.
I am really disappointed pharrel williams is departing the voice. Such a humle, caring, supportive person he encourages everyone. It has been a joy to watch this show. The new coaches……don’t know if i’ll be checking out that season or not.
I am sadden that Pharrell is leaving the voice he needs to stay he was a excellent coach. Why did he leave?
Lol finally they are getting rid of this fraud because of the lawsuit and the fact that a singing contest judge CANT READ MUSICAL NOTES! lol
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