{"id":839734,"date":"2026-08-02T11:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839734\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T11:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:57:28","slug":"the-voice-australias-biggest-shake-up-revealed-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/839734\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voice Australia’s ‘Biggest Shake-Up’ Revealed & Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Voice Australia is back for 2026, but this time, the singing competition has a massive twist<\/a> that absolutely changed the game.\n<\/p>\n

Over the years, The Voice has faced a bunch of changes, especially when it comes to the coaches<\/a>. <\/p>\n

However, for The Voice Australia 2026, we not only got an extra coach<\/a>, but we also got \u201cthe biggest shake-up in The Voice history\u201d, which will blow the minds of our OG coaching panel \u2014Melanie C, Richard Marx, Ronan Keating\u00a0and Kate Miller-Heidke<\/a> \u2014 when it\u2019s finally revealed to them.<\/p>\n

\"\"This diva has a plan. (Image source: 7Plus \/ The Voice)<\/p>\n

What is The Voice Australia 2026 plot twist? <\/p>\n

In this year\u2019s shebang, not only did we get a fifth coach \u2014 who was announced to be \u201cDance Monkey\u201d songstress Tones and I<\/a> earlier this year \u2014 but her place on the coaching panel will remain a secret throughout blind auditions, so she can help those who failed to impress the judges the first time around. <\/p>\n

\"\"This is DEFINITELY a shake-up. (Image source: 7Plus \/ The Voice)<\/p>\n

For those curious about the logistics of how they\u2019re keeping the singer a secret coach: Tones will be sitting in a separate swingy chair that\u2019s unseen by the judges, audience and contestants. <\/p>\n

If the contestant fails to swing any chairs with the OG judges, Tones can decide whether or not she wants them on her secret team. If she chooses to do so, she will take them under her wing, train them up, and send them back out for another blind audition! <\/p>\n

ALSO, she can see who\u2019s performing on stage; according to the screen we see she\u2019s watching. <\/p>\n

\"\"It\u2019s like a happier version of Five Nights At Freddy\u2019s. (Image source: 7Plus \/ The Voice) <\/p>\n

Her decision will only be shown via a screen backstage; therefore, the judges will not know of Tones\u2019 secret team until later on in the comp. <\/p>\n

\"\"BTW this is what I look like watching reality TV for PEDESTRIAN.TV. (Image source: 7Plus \/ The Voice)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s sneaky, it\u2019s sweet and honestly, as an emotional person, I LOVE when someone gets second chances at their dreams. <\/p>\n

When she was announced as a part of this year\u2019s coaching panel, Tones and I said she was \u201cexcited\u201d for the gig. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0grew up watching\u00a0The Voice, as any aspiring singer, artist, or songwriter would,\u201d Tones said. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so excited. I can\u2019t believe I get my very own big red chair with my very own big red buzzer \u2013 it\u2019s very showbiz of me!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Voice Australia has just kicked off for 2026. Watch it on Channel Seven and 7Plus. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Voice Australia is back for 2026, but this time, the singing competition has a massive twist that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,11252,15576,53524,248194],"class_list":["post-839734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-reality-tv","tag-the-voice","tag-the-voice-australia","tag-tones-and-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/839735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}