{"id":6923,"date":"2025-12-22T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=6923"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:00:53","slug":"voice-finale-moment-no-one-saw-coming-when-reba-mcentire-quietly-stepped-in-for-niall-horan-at-the-last-minute-the-room-didnt-expect-a-takeover-but-at-70-rebas-voice-ros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/?p=6923","title":{"rendered":"VOICE FINALE MOMENT NO ONE SAW COMING \u2014 When Reba McEntire Quietly Stepped In for Niall Horan at the Last Minute, the Room Didn\u2019t Expect a Takeover, But at 70, Reba\u2019s Voice Rose Clear, Powerful, and Unshaken, Turning the The Voice Finale Into a Pure Christmas Homecoming as She Joined DEK of Hearts for a Joy-Soaked, Harmony-Rich \u201cSanta Claus Is Comin\u2019 to Town,\u201d Letting Piano and Guitar Solos Breathe Beneath Her Like Old Friends, Lifting the Entire Stage With Warmth and Ease, and Leaving Viewers Saying the Same Emotional Thing All Night Long \u2014 How Is Her Voice Still This Strong After All These Years, Why Does It Feel Like She\u2019s Been Carrying Christmas on Her Shoulders Forever, and Why Did This Unexpected Moment Feel Less Like a Fill-In\u2026 and More Like Reba Quietly Reminding Everyone Why She\u2019s Always Been the Heart of This Show?&#8230; FULL VIDEO BELOW \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"h-why-didn-t-niall-horan-perform-during-the-season-28-finale-of-the-voice\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Didn\u2019t Niall Horan Perform During The Season 28 Finale Of\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>?<\/h2>\n<p>When Niall Horan was unable to sing with his\u00a0<em>Voice<\/em>\u00a0finalists DEK of Hearts and Aiden Ross, fellow coach\u00a0Reba McEntire\u00a0and a former<em>\u00a0Voice<\/em>\u00a0winner stepped up to take his place onstage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also, be warned, this article contains spoilers for the Season 28 finale. We will mention the results and the winner!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>During the first night of the Season 28 finale (December 15), host Carson Daly shared that Horan had been \u201c<em>really under the weather<\/em>.\u201d In fact, he was so sick, he didn\u2019t know if he\u2019d be able to appear on the finale.<\/p>\n<p>Niall said it had been a\u00a0<em>\u201crough couple of weeks<\/em>.\u201d But he was finally feeling better by the time of the\u00a0<em>Voice\u00a0<\/em>finale. However, he was on vocal rest and unable to sing with his finalists, DEK of Hearts and Aiden Ross.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>So at the last minute, Niall\u2019s fellow coach, Reba McEntire, stepped up to sing with DEK of Hearts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201c<em>I have to thank her,<\/em>\u201d Niall said.<\/p>\n<p>Reba said, \u201c<em>I\u2019m very proud of you, Niall, for making sure that you take care of yourself because we want you around with your beautiful voice for many years to come<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gina Miles, who won Season 23 of\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0with Niall as her coach, returned to the show to sing with Aiden Ross.\u00a0<strong>They performed \u201cLast Christmas\u201d together.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DSVrTnfk5mm\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=675&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fnewsngay.com&amp;rp=%2Fngocquynhlt%2Fvoice-finale-moment-no-one-saw-coming-when-reba-mcentire-quietly-stepped-in-for-niall-horan-at-the-last-minute-the-room-didnt-expect-a-takeover-but-at-70-rebas-voice-ro%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawO2#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1800.2000000476837%2C%22ls%22%3A1245%2C%22le%22%3A1779%7D\" height=\"1005\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Singing with former champion Gina seemed to give Aiden some good luck\u2026because he\u00a0was crowned the winner of Season 28!\u00a0In addition to Gina and Aiden, coach Niall previously won Season 24 of\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0with Huntley.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-reba-mcentire-sings-santa-claus-is-comin-to-town-with-dek-of-hearts\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reba McEntire Sings \u201cSanta Claus Is Comin\u2019 To Town\u201d With DEK Of Hearts<\/h2>\n<p>But before Aiden was named the winner of\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>, Reba filled in for Niall to perform a Christmas collaboration with DEK of Hearts. They delivered a bubbly rendition of the classic holiday tune \u201cSanta Claus Is Comin\u2019 to Town.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEK of Hearts showcased their spectacular harmonies as they sang in unison with Reba.<\/strong>\u00a0They sounded like a genuine country quartet!<\/p>\n<p>If anything, this performance further solidified the fact that DEK of Hearts has a solid future ahead of them. Although they didn\u2019t win\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0(they came in third place), they won the \u201cMic Drop\u201d competition earlier this season. As the Mic Drop winners, DEK of Hearts will perform during the Rose Parade on New Year\u2019s Day.\u00a0<em>Voice<\/em>\u00a0fans can\u2019t wait to see what they accomplish after that!<\/p>\n<p>No matter where their career takes them, the trio will certainly never forget singing with Reba McEntire on the\u00a0<em>Voice<\/em>\u00a0finale.\u00a0<strong>Watch their collaboration below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DEK of Hearts &amp; Reba McEntire Perform &quot;Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town&quot; | The Voice Live Finale | NBC\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BV7e-dnbbv0\" width=\"350\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"350\" data-origheight=\"235\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Didn\u2019t Niall Horan Perform During The Season 28 Finale Of\u00a0The Voice? When Niall Horan was unable to sing with his\u00a0Voice\u00a0finalists DEK of Hearts and Aiden Ross,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6925,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6923\/revisions\/6925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow48.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}