Spoiler alert! Minor spoilers ahead for the September 30 episode of The Voice Season 26. If you need to catch up, this season is available to stream with a Peacock subscription . I’ve been watching The Voice since the very beginning, and even while the competition has seen adjustments from season to season in the size of the teams, the addition of Blocks and Steals, etc.

, I feel like I’ve got a pretty good handle on how things work. At least that was the case until Season 26 arrived on the 2024 TV schedule . Last week’s premiere introduced a new rule that seemed to challenge the entire premise of the singing contest, and one history-making performance on the second night of Blind Auditions has me questioning everything.

Did I accidentally get into Snoop’s stash? A 33-year-old artist named Felsmere took the stage on the September 30 episode, singing “Some Kind of Wonderful,” and she was likely feeling exactly that when Gwen Stefani and Michael Bublé turned their chairs. She ended up going with the No Doubt singer, earning her spot in The Voice history books. As Felsmere explained: I was on the very first season of The Voice.

This is the first time ever that an artist has come back that made a team as a solo artist. Season 1, I was young and I was just timid. I’m coming in with a new sound and I hope the coaches love it.

Wait, you can do that? I’m not surprised that this is the first time in 26 seasons for this to happen. I actually thought the reason no one h.