Let the Games Begin: Michael Bublé Gears Up For Upcoming Season 28 of ‘The Voice' By Showing Off His Reba McEntire Socks
'We're so excited!' Reba McEntire sang as she moseyed her way to set in the clip while last season's winner, Michael Bublé, complimented her baby blue outfit and whispered 'it's so good to be back. I'm so happy to be here with you' into a boom mike. The energy was palpable as the coaches hugged staffers, and each other, with McEntire gushing, 'got the band back!,' and announcing that 'now the party can start' when Snoop Dogg brought her in for a warm squeeze.
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'My ears are anxious to hear what they have to bring,' Snoop said of the upcoming season's contestants. Before they hear a note, though, Bublé got in some light teasing on McEntire, pulling up his pant leg to reveal what he described as 'the finest socks ever. Look at how beautiful they're smiling at me,' he said while showing off the stockings printed with McEntire's face.
''Hey Mike, I'm gonna beat you,'' he added in his approximation of the country superstar's Southern accent. 'She'll eat you alive!' Horan promised of the claws-bearing McEntire, who bragged that she gets to 'tell them what to do, like a big sister.' The clip ends with Bublé realizing his 'dream come true,' with the Canadian crooner pulling out his hockey stick on the set and volleying around with a tennis ball.
New episodes of The Voice will air on Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and stream the next day on Peacock.
Watch The Voice season 28 preview clip below.
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