SONGLAND Season 2 Nabs Lady Antebellum, Ben Platt, Bebe Rexha, Usher, and More

SONGLAND, the fascinating reality series that teams up musical superstars with aspiring songwriters in the attempt to find the next great hit, has revealed its famous season 2 participants.

The second season will feature Boyz II Men, Florida Georgia Line, Luis Fonsi, H.E.R., Lady Antebellum, Martina McBride, Julia Michaels, Ben Platt, Bebe Rexha, and Usher. Competing songwriters will team up with writer/producers Ester Dean, Shane McAnally and Ryan Tedder to try and craft a single that the superstar act will choose and ultimately record as a single. (Songs from the first season found chart success, were utilized in an NBC campaign, plus one was specifically designed for a FAST & THE FURIOUS film.)

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THE VOICE: Bebe Rexha Joins as the Comeback Stage Coach

Bebe Rexha has joined THE VOICE as the Comeback Stage coach. (Kelsea Ballerini filled that role for contestants during its inaugural run in season 15; she’s Team Kelly’s Battle Round mentor this year.)

“We really liked and saw a lot of interest and viewership in it,” THE VOICE executive producer Audrey Morrissey told reporters. However, after its first go-round, they made some adjustments: “There were some criticisms of it: How could somebody who didn’t get a chair turned in the blinds all of a sudden be in the live show, while people who made it further didn’t get that opportunity? We really heard that and saw that and tweaked it. This season, people that don’t advance from every round [will] get pulled into the comeback stage.”

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