The Voice is getting an overhaul for Season 31 next spring. Instead of amateur singers getting their shot to impress four celebrity judges, it will be celebrities auditioning.

Expect a new coach and a new host when the show begins in 2027.

• Season 30 of The Voice features coaches Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah and Riley Green.
• Carson Daly will return to host Season 30, which premiers on NBC Sept. 21.
• All of the changes are set to begin next spring, for Season 31.

On Tuesday, NBC announced The Voice: Celebrity. Actors, musicians, athletes, comedians and reality TV stars will all get their shot to turn a chair.

In addition to contestant changes, panel and host changes are coming.

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The Voice: Celebrity Coaches

Green will come back for a second trip in the big red chair. He’ll be joined Queen Latifah and first-time judge Nick Jonas.

Perhaps the most surprising change is at the host position. For the first time ever, Carson Daly will not lead this show.

Instead, Keke Palmer will host The Voice: Celebrity, although Daly will stay on as producer (per Deadline).

Related: Riley Green Shares Two Reasons He Was Hired for The Voice

There is no date for the start of The Voice: Celebrity.

This is the second straight spring in which the Voice has changed its formula. Last year it introduced the Battle of Champions for Season 29 and within the season it aired an all star competition.

Season 29 of the Voice never went live, which was a first for the franchise.

14 Riley Green Facts That Reveal This Mystery Man’s Heart

Who is Riley Green? Learn all about the “Don’t Mind If I Do” hitmaker, including his favorite foods, influences, reality TV show and bedroom proclivities.

This Riley Green Facts list was made from original interviews with Taste of Country and (as noted) other media outlets. Boilerplate information like name, age and hometown are covered on Wikipedia so we focused on trivia that truly tells his story.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

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How Riley Green Scored a Role on ‘Marshals’

Marshals star Luke Grimes tells Taste of Country that he met Riley Green at Jamey Johnson’s wedding and the two hit it off. Riley mentioned acting and Luke told him he might be able to get him on his new CBS show, which hadn’t yet started filming.

Despite being a pretty big deal in country music and having the show’s star vouch for him, producers still made Green audition for a role literally written for him. So, somewhere out there is an audition tape featuring the two friends.

Of course he crushed the audition and has appeared in multiple episodes of Marshals Season 1.

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Riley Green’s Reality Show Came With a Fat Paycheck

Riley Green was actually on CMT’s Redneck Island twice. After being eliminated early in Season 4 they called him back for Season 5, and he and partner Becky Andrews won, splitting a $100,000 cash prize.

For a long time, the singer didn’t like talking about the experience but in 2025 he opened up to the Zach Sang Show, revealing his intentions for taking the TV job. “I thought, ‘Well, if they mention that I play music, it could help my career,’” he said.

It didn’t work out like that and — after taxes — he burned through the money pretty fast. The show did provide some helpful media training however, which would pay off a couple years later.

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There’s Truth To That “Career Drinker” Rumor

His biography for Redneck Island described him as a career drinker and that’s a pretty funny story.

In 2014, Green told the Anniston Star about a friend of his who was a state trooper. They needed people to get drunk so their recruits could practice field sobriety training and Green voluneteered. At the end, the would-be cops would try to decide who to “take to jail” but they never pinned down Green.

The police chief said (per the news outlet) “‘This here is Riley Green, this is what we call a ‘career drinker,’ and everybody had a laugh about it.” CMT loved the story and used it as the centerpiece of his persona.

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He has a Need for Speed

In 2019, Riley Green became a Taste of Country RISER, and during his interview he admitted to budgeting for speeding tickets.

“I drive fast,” Green shared. “I’ve said several times that I get pulled over a lot, but I pay $175 a month to drive as fast as I want … it’s probably because I get up late.”

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Riley Green’s Grandfathers Co-Wrote One of His Biggest Hits

Green wrote “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” by himself but he added his two grandfathers as songwriters because it was inspired by experiences with them. Buford Green and Lendon Bonds are the men’s names. He wrote this song shortly after Lendon’s death and debuted it early in 2019.

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But His First Hit Got Him In Trouble Later

“Bury Me In Dixie” is one of the first songs Green wrote that fans loved. Talking to ToC, he recalled the response being so overwhelming that he was convinced on the spot to put more time and energy into songwriting.

In November 2019 he yanked the song from streaming services, with media and fans speculating it was over a lyric that went, “I wish Robert E. Lee could come back and take a bow.”

All things related to the Confederate Army were under scrutiny at the time but Green shares that the actual reason he pulled he song was because he hated the cheap production and wanted to re-cut it. Whether or not he did is unclear but the song is back online.

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Watch Riley Green Snap a Man’s Arm In Half

In 2019, Riley Green told Taste of Country Nights about the time he arm wrestled a guy at Florabama and snapped his arm. You read that right. There’s even video to prove it.

An ambulance was called and Green felt horrible for beating the old boy so soundly. This happened in about 2015 but the video is still live in 2026.

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This Is Riley Green’s Favorite Love Making Artist

In 2025, Riley Green was a guest on the Girls In Low Places podcast, and the host asked him about his love-making soundtrack. “I Wouldn’t Be a Man” by Don Williams was his first choice, but he also mentioned “Behind Closed Doors” by Charlie Rich.

“They were sneaky dirty back then,” Green says.

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This Georgia Boy Changed Riley’s Life

Ask around and you’ll find a half dozen or so of today’s country stars from the southeast who count indy artist Corey Smith as a huge influence. Riley is among them. On the Bussin’ With the Boys podcast, he remembered trying to sneak into his shows before he got a chance to open for Smith.

Now, Smith opens for him but he still has great respect for the Georgia singer/songwriter. He’s gotten plenty of great advice from this “Twenty One” hitmaker over the years.

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Right Now, Riley Is Probably Somewhere Thinking About Ducks

Simply stating that Riley Green likes to hunt isn’t quite enough. He thinks about the sport like you’d expect him to think of his next great country song.

“I can honestly say I dated a girl for a little while and if I ever got looking off in a trance or something she’d say, ‘You’re thinking about turkeys aren’t you?'” he once told ToC. “And I was!”

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Or He’s Thinking About Thrift Shopping

When Riley Green tours he’s known to pop into small town thrift stores to look around or buy a vintage T-shirt. At home, he and his dad make a sport of it.

“When I go back to Alabama, there’s this big flea market that they have on Saturdays and Sundays, and me and my dad go up there and look for bargains and people’s used junk that nobody needs,” he once told Taste of Country.

Green indicated that his parents have entrance to his finances because his dad will call him on occasion for permission to buy something like a $750 trailer, which is not what they cost, so I can tell you that it’s probably a piece of junk.”

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Did Riley Green Date Ella Langley?

In 2024, we straight up asked if Ella Langley and Riley Green were dating and she said, nope. They were just friends. In fact, Riley was one of the first famous people she ever met and she talked about him like you’d talk about an old pal.

Does that mean they didn’t date before or after? It does not. There’s just no evidence of it.

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Did Riley Green Date Megan Moroney?

Neither Megan Moroney nor Riley Green have either addressed this rumor. It started when fans figured out they were both vacationing on the same island, and continued into 2025 when people thought the blonde driving around with Green was Moroney.

A more concrete piece of evidence comes from TikTok. A Meg fan wearing a Riley Green Hoochie Daddy T-shirt captured Moroney spotting her and mouthing “He f—ed up” during a concert.

Flashforward to 2026 and Moroney’s new song “Who Hurt You?” that fans think is Green-inspired. By coincidence he shared a new song called “POS Like Me” soon after.

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Riley Green and Jerry Seinfeld Have Something In Common

Credit Everything Nash for this one. Like Jerry Seinfeld, Riley Green loves cereal. In fact he could eat it all day long.

Audacy’s Katie Neal had a long talk with Green about the breakfast staple and he shared that Cinnamon Toast Crunch is his favorite.

Famous Singers from The Voice, Then + Now

Ten years (and counting) made a huge difference for many of the most popular singers and stars of The Voice. Blake Shelton looks noticeably different, but so do some of country music’s most memorable performers.

Winners like Cassadee Pope and Danielle Bradbery wore baby faces when they auditioned during their respective seasons. The same can be said for Morgan Wallen, a forgotten castmember from the show who’s transformed more than anyone else on this list of The Voice stars then and now.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

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Blake Shelton Then

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Blake Shelton Now

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Danielle Bradbery Then

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Danielle Bradbery Now

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Carson Daly Then

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Carson Daly Now

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Morgan Wallen Then

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Morgan Wallen Now

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Adam Levine Then

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Adam Levine Now

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RaeLynn Then

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RaeLynn Now

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Cassadee Pope Then

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Cassadee Pope Now

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Christina Aguilera Then

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Christina Aguilera Now

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Cee Lo Green Then

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Cee Lo Green Now

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Swon Brothers Then

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Swon Brothers Now

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