Blake Shelton Bonds With ‘The Voice’ Season 23 Contestant NOIVAS Over Losing Their Brothers

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Blake Shelton shared an intimate moment with The Voice season 23 contestant NOIVAS while bonding over a shared hardship.As the Playoff Round kicked off during the Monday, May 1, episode, Shelton, 46, helped NOIVAS (real name Savion Wright), 31, prepare for his performance of the Beatles tune “Come Together.” During the rehearsal session, the musicians discussed what it’s like to lose a brother at a young age.“We’re both two tall guys, pretty good looking, if I say so myself,” NOIVAS said. “And, even the fact that we’ve both lost brothers.”The Texas native explained that when he was 21, his brother Alfred — a physical therapist and father — died.

The “God’s Country” musician, for his part, was 14 when his older brother, Richie, died in a car accident.“The last thing he told me, was to just do me,” NOIVAS recalled of his late sibling, sharing how the loss motivated him to pursue a musical career. “It wasn’t until I lost my brother that I started to become fearless.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesShelton, meanwhile, lamented the fact that Richie never got to see him succeed as a musician.“My brother, he would have freaked out if he had known what I went on to do.

He was such a huge music fan. You’d hear him coming six blocks away, the stereo blaring out of his truck,” he shared. “That’s cool, that your brother got to see you do it.”The touching exchange comes amid the country artist’s final season of the NBC series.

Shelton, who has served as a coach since season 1 premiered in 2011, confirmed his forthcoming exit from the show in October 2022.“I’ve been wrestling with this for a while and I’ve decided that it’s time for me to step away from The Voice after season 23,” he said in an official NBC