The Voice 28 begins taping in July. When will season 29 tape? Will it air in the Spring?
Attention The Voice fans: Season 28, slated to air in fall 2025, is scheduled to begin taping in July. The coaching panel for this cycle is a lineup of veterans: Reba McEntire, Snoop Dogg, Michael Bublé and Niall Horan. Among them, Snoop Dogg is the only coach who has not yet taken a contestant to the crown on the show; Michael Bublé and Niall Horan are two-time winning coaches, while Reba McEntire has one previous win.
Producers will film the Blind Auditions across four days: July 7, 8, 9 and 10. Tickets to the tapings are available to reserve through the show’s ticketing channels; fans are advised to book early. Historically, early tapings are the most likely to proceed—once coaches’ teams fill, later taping dates are sometimes canceled or consolidated.
It’s worth noting that in recent years NBC has occasionally taped two seasons in the same cycle. Last year the network announced panels for consecutive seasons and completed both production runs by fall. That history raises the question: will NBC continue that pattern, or will there be only a single cycle next year?
The Voice spring 2026 cycle CANCELED?
NBC’s current announcement focuses only on the fall panel, prompting speculation that a spring 2026 cycle may be canceled or postponed. The Voice has typically aired a spring season every year except during experimental scheduling, such as the network’s 2022 attempt with a different music competition. That experiment did not return, and several other long-running competition series have also reduced their annual cadence.
Several high-profile reality competitions now air just once per year instead of twice. Dancing with the Stars and The Amazing Race, for example, have reduced their frequency, and The Masked Singer has skipped a cycle. As networks prioritize budgets and ratings, a once-yearly schedule allows a show to focus resources—especially on live programming and viewer engagement.
For The Voice, scheduling matters. In the fall, the show faces different competition and historically has posted relatively stronger numbers. In the spring, The Voice competes directly with American Idol on Mondays, which has affected its ratings performance in some seasons. When spring seasons air close to one another, the audience can be divided across two major singing competitions.
Beyond scheduling, format choices also influence viewer interest. Recent seasons of The Voice have featured fewer live voting weeks compared with rival shows. For example, in one recent spring cycle viewer voting for The Voice did not begin until the penultimate week, resulting in only two live shows with audience voting. That approach contrasts with the extended live voting periods offered by some competing series and can limit real-time audience engagement.
Shifting The Voice to a single, fall-focused season could offer several advantages: a stronger promotional window, a less crowded broadcast calendar, and the opportunity to allocate a larger production budget toward more live programming and interactive voting. Whether NBC will choose that route remains to be seen, but the current taping schedule and past production decisions suggest the possibility of a longer-term adjustment.
The Voice cheap budget can’t compete with American Idol
American Idol continues to present a strong counter-programming strategy, with a format built around extended live shows and viewer voting that begins earlier in the season. Its production choices—such as themed live shows and guest tie-ins with past winners—help drive week-to-week engagement. By contrast, The Voice’s compressed live-voting windows have made it more difficult to sustain consistent momentum across a season when pitted directly against Idol.
American Idol 23 Monday Ratings
Monday March 31 – 0.4 (key 18-49 demo) – 3.78M Viewers
Monday April 7 – 0.5 (key 18-49 demo) – 4.15M Viewers
Monday April 14 – 0.4 (key 18-49 demo) – 3.88M Viewers
Monday April 21 – 0.4 (key 18-49 demo) – 4.19M Viewers
Monday April 28 – 0.5 (key 18-49 demo) – 4.61M Viewers
Monday May 5 – 0.4 (key 18-49 demo) – 4.28M Viewers
Monday May 12 – 0.4 (key 18-49 demo) – 4.45M Viewers
Sunday May 18 (Finale) – 0.7 (key 18-49 demo) – 6.51M Viewers
The Voice 27 Monday Ratings
Monday March 31 – 0.3 (key 18-49 demo) – 3.78M Viewers
Monday April 7 – 0.2 (key 18-49 demo) – 3.32M Viewers
Monday April 14 – 0.3 (key 18-49 demo) – 4.14M Viewers
Monday April 21 – 0.2 (key 18-49 demo) – 2.57M Viewers
Monday April 28 – 0.3 (key 18-49 demo) – 3.69M Viewers
Monday May 5 – 0.2 (key 18-49 demo) – 3.51M Viewers
Monday May 12 – 0.2 (key 18-49 demo) – 3.30M Viewers
Monday May 19 – 0.4 (key 18-49 demo) – 4.79M Viewers
Tuesday May 20 (Finale) – 0.3 (key 18-49 demo) – 4.25M Viewers
With Season 28 taping in July and a high-profile coaching lineup, The Voice will return to the fall schedule this year. Whether NBC decides to keep a single annual season or resume biannual cycles will likely depend on ratings trends, production costs, and how the network prioritizes live, interactive programming going forward.