When Blake Shelton is away, Adam Levine will play — and finally secure a country music singer.
During the Monday, March 3, episode of The Voice, the Maroon 5 frontman was more than excited to fill his team with aspiring country singer Trevon Dawson.
“Trevon was the perfect person to round out team Adam,” Levine, 45, shared. “He has one of these young country voices that I hear a lot. You listen to the guys that are killing it right now in country music and I think he can do it. I can’t wait to coach country. We’re gonna kick ass.”
For the first 16 seasons of The Voice, Levine struggled to obtain country singers for his team because they would often pick Shelton, 48, given his award-winning career in country music. This season, however, Levine’s longtime frenemy is no longer a coach, allowing him to secure talented cowboys (and cowgirls) like Dawson, 17.
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“I’m going to call my friend Blake Shelton and I’m going to be like, ‘Hey stupid. Help me,’” Levine joked.
Shelton left the show after season 23 to focus on other projects. Although Levine briefly stepped away from The Voice after season 16, he returned this year for season 27.
During week five of the blind auditions, Dawson wowed the judges with his rendition of Bailey Zimmerman’s “Religiously.”
After Kelsea Ballerini argued that Levine hit the “jackpot” with the Missouri native, she also explained why the audition was so special.
“You arguably had the highest stakes performance because our teams are full,” she said, while acknowledging fellow coaches John Legend and Michael Bublé. “There is one spot left for this season and it’s Adam. He is tough because Blake has broken his heart over and over again. That’s a long time of loving a genre that you just can’t get to do because of Blake.”
Before the battle rounds kick off on Monday, March 10, Levine had one final message of encouragement for Dawson.
“To me, the people who end up winning the show are the ones that have those voices that just cut through all the noise,” he said. “I’m going to take all the no’s I heard from country music and I’m going to pour all of that into you.”
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If that wasn’t enough, Levine shared one bold prediction for his latest team member.
“You could win this show,” he said, “and you have a bright future ahead.”
The Voice airs on NBC Mondays at 8 p.m. ET. Stream old episodes anytime on Peacock.
