Blake Shelton has admitted that Usher and Shakira bring a different "chemistry" to The Voice than rested coaches Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green.
Usher and Shakira are joining Shelton and Adam Levine in the spinning Voice coaches chairs for the spring 2013 cycle as Aguilera and Green focus on musical projects.
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Shelton has now revealed to Access Hollywood that Voice viewers are in for some major surprises next season.
"The chemistry is definitely different with Shakira and Usher replacing Christina and Cee Lo," he commented. "The show is still really good. It's still entertaining - it's just different personalities."
Shelton also tipped Shakira as his fiercest competition to win The Voice's next cycle.
"I tell ya, Shakira is not joking around about this. She is serious and she wants to win this thing," he quipped. "I don't know if I've seen anybody as committed - out of the six of us that have done this now - as she is to winning this thing."
He added of Usher: "Usher, he just kind of plays the cool card and he's real laid back. He doesn't have to sell himself too much - I mean, the guy found Justin Bieber. That's kind of the coaching/mentor role, right there."
Fellow Voice coach Levine recently revealed that he and Shelton resisted the urge to haze Usher and Shakira during their first day on-set.
The Voice continues its current season on Wednesday (November 7) at 8/7c on NBC.
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'Voice' Blake Shelton: 'Usher, Shakira chemistry is very different'
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