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Kelsea Ballerini Fills In For Kelly Clarkson On ‘The Voice’

Kelly Clarkson has been feeling a bit under the weather and needed someone to fill in for her on NBC’s The Voice and she turned to Kelsea Ballerini. The promo…

Kelsea Ballerini In For Kelly Clarkson On 'The Voice'
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Kelly Clarkson has been feeling a bit under the weather and needed someone to fill in for her on NBC's The Voice and she turned to Kelsea Ballerini.

The promo for the show shows Blake Shelton telling Kelsea, "Just pretend I'm Kelly." She replies, "Hey Blake, have I ever told you that you look like my dad?"

Kelly posted to Twitter, "Thank you so much @KelseaBallerini for sitting in for me while I was feeling under the weather! I know my team is in great hands with you!! Y'all aren't going to want to miss this!! The battles start next week on @NBCTheVoice! #TeamKelly."

Kelsea posted to Twitter, "when @kellyclarkson calls and asks you to keep her seat warm, you put all those years of being her super fan to work. thank you @johnlegend @nickjonas and ole pops @blakeshelton Face with tears of joy for making me feel like part of the @NBCTheVoice family."

The Battle Rounds on The Voice start Monday, March 28, 2021.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.