Reba Lends Her ‘Voice’ to Blake Shelton

Reba McEntire is joining her pal, Blake Shelton, on NBC's 'The Voice.' The country queen, along with R&B star Monica, pop singer Sia and music producer Adam Blackstone have been added by the network to the music series as advisers who will assist the coaches -- Blake, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green and Maroon 5's Adam Levine -- during their teams' "battle" rounds.

NBC also unveiled May airdates for the show, which will have a two-hour edition on Tuesday (May 3) for the second round of auditions, before moving to one-hour 10:00 PM ET episodes for the rest of the month.

'The Voice' enjoyed an impressive debut last Tuesday (April 26), averaging 11.8 million viewers and a 5.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic. It was the highest-rated series debut since CBS' 'Undercover Boss' last year. A repeat of the show on Wednesday drew in six million viewers.

The show will run for 13 weeks, and Blake says the first seven or eight episodes have already been taped. Beginning in June, the rest of the shows will be live, which means he will be out on the west coast for an extended period of time. "We just rented a house out there, and I'm going to be living in L.A. for a month, which should be a lot of fun and interesting," he tells The Boot. "It'll probably piss a lot of people when they catch me in the yard shooting pigeons and squirrels and stuff, because I know there's a lot of tree-huggers out there. [laughs]"

Reba and Blake will also co-host a Tornado Relief Concert on May 26 in Durant, Okla., to assist those affected by the devastating tornadoes that ripped through the area a couple of weeks ago.

The blind auditions continue on 'The Voice' on Tuesday (May 3) at 9:00 PM ET/PT.