The Voice in its later seasons has become softer around the edges, a natural evolution for a show that regularly rotates its four superstar mentors.
Levine caught flack in Season 15 for lobbying against his own team member DeAndre Nico in an attempt to save another member of his team, Reagan Strange, who had been too sick to perform for an Instant Save.
Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera — two of the four original Voice coaches, along with Blake Shelton — seemed more willing than the coaches of late to give honest feedback without regard for hurting feelings, with Levine facing criticism of his own before he exited the show in 2019.