NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 15: Reba McEntire performs at Madison Square Garden on April 15, 2023 in New York City and screengrab via 'The Voice's' Twitter.
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Reba McEntire Crowns Herself 'The Voice' Queen in Hilarious Video

Reba McEntire is taking her country queen coronation not so seriously.

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In a new promo clip for The Voice's Season 24, which debuts Sept. 25-26 on NBC, Reba McEntire pokes fun at herself over being crowned a country queen by host Carson Daly.

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Clips from what's presumably the two-part season premiere shows McEntire clowning around while wearing a crown and holding a scepter —when the latter's not being swiped by fellow coach and close friend Niall Horan. There's also audience appreciation of her red hair and jokes galore about her fixation on tater tots. It should assure viewers that the silliness will not be toned down during the first The Voice season with original coach Blake Shelton.

Better yet, the clip features a light-hearted sendup of "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)."

On May 15, McEntire's team confirmed that the pop culture icon will become a first-time coach for Season 24. The brief press release added that McEntire "will draw from her iconic career as she shares her expertise with hopeful up-and-comers."

McEntire replacing Shelton fulfills one of the singing competition show's original plans for its 2011 debut. During a 2020 appearance on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, she confirmed the rumor that NBC's The Voice could've had Team Reba in Season 1 instead of Team Blake.

"It is very true," McEntire confirmed, as quoted byET Canada. "It was a very popular show in Holland, I'm pretty sure, and I watched the tape, and I said, 'No, I'm going to pass on that,' because I don't think I could ever be able to tell somebody that they're terrible or go find another job or hope you like your nighttime job. I couldn't do that day in and day out. I just couldn't do it. So I did pass on it."