Blake Shelton Thinks Niall Horan Can Take His Place as ‘The Voice’s Resident ‘Liar’

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Blake Shelton's final season of, and he's leaving some big boots to fill!The NBC singing competition kicked off season 23 on Monday with a new batch of Blind Auditions that left Blake as impressed by the level of talent as he was by new coach Niall Horan.The pair seem to have hit it off right away, with plenty of father-son jokes and Niall's spot-on impression of Blake's Oklahoma accent. «Blake is really on Team Niall,» the Irish singer joked after Blake endorsed him to a hopeful contestant. «Or, he just really hates Kelly Clarkson.

I've yet to figure it out.»Their connection got put to the test, however, when Niall had a «tough start to day one,» as the last coach standing without any singers on his team.

Heartbroken, he even asked Blake to join his team!But everything changed when Ross Clayton took the stage with his cover of Keith Urban's «Blue Ain't Your Color» which earned him a four-chair turn.Niall had an uphill battle ahead of him, but he was prepared and pulled out a major stunt: turning all the other coaches' chairs back around!«See how much power I've got around here?» Niall joked. «I can spin chairs.

That's never been done!»«There's fans of mine that would really love to take you under their wing,» he added, even getting on his knees to plead with Ross to join his team!