--- description: The No Doubt frontwoman confirmed the rumors that she'll be taking over for Christina Aguilera on the upcoming season of The Voice title: Gwen Stefani: 'The Voice' Judge Is Official image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gwen Stefani Confirms She's Joining _The Voice_  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 12:23 AM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 30, 2014 12:23 AM CUT Gwen Stefani [confirmed with an Instagram](http://instagram.com/p/nZFPoZuLTF/ "undefined") on Tuesday that she will be joining the cast of NBC’s singing competition _The Voice_. The No Doubt frontwoman was rumored to take over for judge Christina Aguilera, who is [taking a break](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2014/04/17/christina-aguilera-pregnant-belly-photo/ "undefined") from the show while she expects the birth of her daughter with fiancé Matt Rutler. Earlier in the day, Aguilera also confirmed the news [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/xtina/status/461029871758499841 "undefined"). “Welcome to our crazy fam!” she wrote to Stefani. Stefani will be joining judges Blake Shelton and Adam Levine as well as fellow newcomer Pharrell Williams, who is taking over for departing judge CeeLo Green. The “Happy” hitmaker and Stefani recently reunited at the Coachella music festival to perform their 2004 hit “[Hollaback Girl](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXgfkQ23Nds "undefined").” Now if only she can clear up those rumors about [a third solo album](http://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2014/04/28/the-resurrection-of-solo-gwen-stefani/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/81961/gwen-stefani-the-voice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/81961/gwen-stefani-the-voice/"},"headline":"Gwen Stefani Confirms She's Joining The Voice","datePublished":"2014-04-30T00:23:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:34:15.720Z","description":"The No Doubt frontwoman confirmed the rumors that she'll be taking over for Christina Aguilera on NBC's singing competition show in a very modern way, via Instagram. Aguilera has taken a break from the show while she awaits the birth of her second child","url":"https://time.com/81961/gwen-stefani-the-voice/","keywords":["Television","The Voice","gwen stefani"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/81961/gwen-stefani-the-voice/","name":"Gwen Stefani Confirms She's Joining The Voice"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Gwen Stefani Confirms She’ll Join ‘The Voice’","description":"Gwen Stefani Confirms She’ll Join ‘The Voice’","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3D8Msd9a/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-30T14:29:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3D8Msd9a.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/81961/gwen-stefani-the-voice/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/81961/gwen-stefani-the-voice/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```