-Welcome back, everybody. Blake Shelton is joining us.
Here's his new record, "Body Language (Deluxe)," out now.
Right now, it is available. [ Cheers and applause ]
As officially -- officially tonight it is available.
I want to talk about "The Voice," bud.
I've been watching this season.
And, man, you're just -- you're just great at this.
You're really good at this job.
I mean, not only are you a good singer and all that.
But, I mean, you do this thing
and you go, "Oh, maybe it'll be good."
You've been on it for like 20 years now.
[ Laughter ]
But, I mean, you're fantastic at it.
You actually have good feedback. You're funny.
But you have a good ear and a good -- for music
and a good eye for music, and you go,
"No, here's what you should do with this."
Weirdly, I think you might win it again this year.
-Do you really think that? Honestly, you think that?
You said it. Do you really think that?
[ Laughter ]
Because I feel like you were really building me up there.
And I was waiting for --
Because you and I don't really trust each other.
And so I was waiting for you -- for the backhand to come in.
But you really do mean that?
-No, I think Kelly's gonna win this year.
[ Laughter ] But you're on the show tonight.
So I just figured, well, you know.
But I -- I do like -- I like -- Kelly's band's pretty good.
-She does have a great band.
Girl Named Tom is the name of them.
-Girl Named Tom is the name of the band.
I think they're fantastic. -Name of the band, yeah.
-Yeah, the name of the band. Yeah.
-But the only thing I worry about
with that particular group is they're on Kelly's team.
And, you know, while Kelly is a great person
and an incredible artist and a great talk show host,
she is, hands down,
the worst coach we've ever had on "The Voice" in 21 seasons
of doing this show. [ Laughter ]
The worst coach we've ever had.
-Out of everyone.
More than Adam?
-She is the second worst coach that we have ever had
on this show for sure. [ Laughter and applause ]
Without question.
-How is our pal?
How is Ariana Grande doing over there?
How is she fitting in?
-You know what? She's a little shaky, honestly.
She's having a tough time emotionally with this thing.
I have to tell her after every episode, if she has somebody
go home, it's like, "You know, they didn't send them to, like,
the alligator pit or something, Ariana."
-They're going to do fine. They're going to do well.
-She's crying and sobbing.
People see her cry on TV,
but you can't imagine when the camera goes off.
She actually falls apart.
-Blake, I think you're being -- There's someone in the back.
I think you're being robbed. Blake?
-Oh, this is like a news studio here, man.
We got -- There's stuff happening.
There's music being made all over the place, man.
-There's someone looking --
Someone is peeking in behind you.
-This is like NBC News back here.
What is it? What do you see?
-There was a -- someone walking back there.
-Was it Gwen?
I bet it was Gwen went walking by. Yeah.
-Yeah, I think that is Gwen. [ Laughs ]
-Yeah, that is Gwen. -She's dancing behind you.
[ Laughter ]
She's just dancing. [ Laughter and applause ]
-That's Gwen Stefani. She's a normal -- It's amazing.
It's almost as if she's a regular human being back there.
[ Laughter ]
-Look, I want to show a clip.
And I'm always happy you're here.
And I know we joke around with each other.
But, man, you're one of the nicest guys,
and I really am lucky to know you.
-I love you, and I'm glad your finger's better.
-Thank you, buddy. Yeah, it is much better.
Now we can actually fight.
I want to show -- Take a look at
past Monday's live episode of "The Voice."
Check it out.
-I love what John said about the restraint,
because that's such a classic country song,
and we all know the things you could have done with it,
which would have been cool too.
But the fact that you honored the original
and you just laid it down and let the story be what it is,
incredible job.
And by the way, America, I've never seen a better example of
strength and perseverance
and fearlessness standing on this stage.
[ Cheers and applause ] Not losing focus of what
you came here to do, which is to win this thing.
We got to go to the finale, Wendy.
Come on!
-Yeah, Blake Shelton, everybody!
"The Voice" airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. on NBC.
And "Body Language (Deluxe)" is out right now.