Sheryl Crow recently revealed she had previously been courted to appear on reality competition series The Voice back in its inaugural season, turning down a spot on one of four revolving red chairs as a coach.
Speaking to People, the multi-Grammy-winning country artist said the decision was due to her familial circumstances at the time and the fact that she “did not want to move back to L.A.”
“[My son Levi] was about 2 years old and I didn’t want to move back to L.A. and so I didn’t do it,” she explained. “And I have not really entertained it since then because we have a busy life here [in Nashville, Tenn.] and normalcy is really lovely.”
As announced last week, however, Crow did end up stepping into The Voice anyway — just in a differing capacity. Alongside LeAnn Rimes, she was tapped as a “mega mentor,” coaching contestants through the challenging playoff rounds. For her part in Season 27, Crow guides the teams under Kelsea Ballerini and Michael Bublé, while Rimes’ tutelage takes John Legend and Adam Levine’s students under her wing.
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Each coach enters the playoffs with five artists per team, helping them ahead of their most high-stakes performances before the coaches choose two artists from their team to advance to the live shows.
Though Crow turned down a Season 1 coaching gig (those slots ultimately went to Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Levine and Blake Shelton), she did appear in the live finale for Season 8, singing a duet of “Give It To Me” with Joshua Davis.
Regarding her time as a mentor, she said, “I loved mentoring. It was a blast, and I absolutely adore Kelsea.”
The Voice airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on NBC, with one-hour recap episodes airing the following day. The show will be back April 28 for the Playoffs.
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