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Is Kelly Clarkson being replaced on 'The Voice' Season 20? Here's why we won't see the coach in next episode

Former celebrity mentor on 'The Voice' and country-pop singer Kelsea Ballerini will be standing in for Kelly Clarkson in the next episode

Next week when fans tune into 'The Voice' they won't get to see Kelly Clarkson's trademark broad smile. Instead, they will see country-pop singer Kelsea Ballerini standing in for Kelly. In case you're wondering why Kelly will be lying low so early in the season, she is unfortunately not keeping the best of health. 

While fans will definitely miss Kelly, Kelsea certainly has a lot of experience being a mentor on 'The Voice'. She served as a fifth coach for singers on the 'Comeback Stage' segment on Season 15 and was Team Kelly's celebrity mentor during Season 16.

Kelsea is, of course, an accomplished singer and songwriter whose singles such as 'Love Me Like You Mean It', 'Dibs' and 'Peter Pan' have been chartbusters that have put her in the same league as musicians like Wynonna Judd and Carrie Underwood. 

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Here's Kelsea telling fans to just pretend she's Kelly. 

It looks like Kelsea is getting a warm welcome from her fellow judges. John Legend tweeted, "You feel right at home in that coach chair @KelseaBallerini!"

Blake Shelton tweeted, "Welcome to the @NBCTheVoice fam @KelseaBallerini!!

Fans of 'The Voice' are already thinking that Kelsea would make a good permanent addition to the team on 'The Voice' with one tweeting, "Y’all gotta get her to be ur next coach she seems nice and funni."

This sentiment was echoed by several fans on Instagram. One fan said, "i smell a new coach next season..." Others however just wanted their Coach Kelly back. One fan tweeted, "No offense to @KelseaBallerini but I hope u are not out for long @kellyclarkson the Voice will not be same."

Many on Instagram were concerned about what made Kelly ill in the first place. One fan on Instagram said, "I feel so bad for Kelly !!! Hope you doesn’t have Covid !" Well, we're all certainly hoping that's not the case and that Kelly is soon back in her chair, with the only infectious thing about her being her smile. You can catch Season 20 of 'The Voice' on Catch #TheVoice Mondays 8/7c on NBC. You can stream it anytime on Peacock TV.