Kelly Clarkson Set to Mentor on NBC's THE VOICE?

According to the NY Post, first season 'American Idol' winner Kelly Clarkson will serve as a mentor on the upcoming season of NBC's THE VOICE.  Sources tell the Post that the 29-year-old superstar will appear in an episode airing in late March or early April. She will work alongside 'Voice' judge and country singing artist Blake Shelton, giving advice and guidance to those contestants on Shelton's team of singers. 

In an interview last September, Clarkson commented, “The thing I love about ‘The Voice’ is that they’re more mentors — they’re not judges. I would never really want to be a judge, just because I don’t want to break people’s hearts."

Clarkson's latest album, 'Stronger' was released this past October. 

NBC's THE VOICE airs Mondays (8-10 p.m. ET) beginning February 6th. It's season premiere will air Sunday, February 5 (10-11 p.m. ET - time approximate following Super Bowl) Celebrity musician coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton return for Season 2 of the show, along with Carson Daly as host. Christina Milian joins as Social Media Correspondent.

The show's innovative format features three stages of competition: the first begins with the blind audition, then the competition enters into a battle phase, and finally, the live performance shows. During the blind auditions, the decisions from the musician coaches are based solely on voice and not on looks. The coaches hear the contestants perform, but they don't get to see them -- thanks to rotating chairs. If a coach is impressed by the contestant's voice, he/she pushes a button to select the contestant for his/her team. At this point, the coach’s chair will swivel so that he/she can face the contestant he/she has selected.

Once the teams are set, the battle is on. Coaches will dedicate themselves to developing their singers, giving them advice, and sharing the secrets of their success. During the battle rounds the coaches will pit two of their own team members against each other to sing the same song together in front of a studio audience. After the vocal face-off, the coach must choose which of his/her singers will advance.

At the end of the battle episodes, only the strongest members of each coach's roster remain and proceed to the live stage shows. In this final performance phase of the competition, the top contestants from each team will compete against each other during a live broadcast. The television audience will vote to save one talent on each team, leaving the coach to decide live who they want to save and who will not move on. From these four, one will be named "The Voice" In the end, each coach will have one star artist left ready to compete against the other teams' finalists to be named "The Voice" -- and will receive the grand prize of a recording contract and $100,000.

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