Us Weekly (June 3rd 2013)

The Voice Vets Return

The Voice is playing musical swivel chairs! When season 5 of the NBC singing competition begins shooting this summer, original coaches Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green will replace cycle 4 standouts Usher, 34, and Shakira, 36. (The newbies will come back for 2014's season 6, giving Aguilera, 32, and Green, 39, time to record and tour.) "Christina and CeeLo were a part of helping build this thing," mentor Blake Shelton tells Us of his and Adam Levine's former panelmates. "I never wanted to see them go." And with the powerhouse series currently earning its highest regular time-slot ratings - 14.5 million viewers - producers hope to keep the momentum going come fall. "The show is in a great position right now," says a source. "They want it to be stronger than ever when the old coaches return."