Mor Ilderton has quit The Voice and unexpectedly abandoned Gwen Stefani’s team on the final night of the Knockouts round of the competition.
On Monday night’s episode of the NBC reality competition, coach Stefani shared with Mega Mentor Sting that she only had Jan Dan and Sydney Sterlace on hear team.
“We had Mor, who I stole, but he had to go home, so it’s just gonna be the two of them,” she told the “Every Breath You Take” singer.
With Ilderton abandoning the show, Sydney made it to the Playoffs, winning the Knockouts round, and Jan was pushed through after Stefani saved them.
It’s not clear why Ilderton left Season 26 of the show, but his social media has been active promoting a new single, “Stranger,” which is set for release on Friday, November 22.
Ilderton’s exit comes a week after another contestant abandoned The Voice. Country singer Tanner Frick made headlines last week when host Carson Daly told coach Michael Bublé that Frick had left the show.
“Michael, Tanner [Frick] left the competition after rehearsals. You still have Cameron [Wright] and Sloane [Simon],” Daly said, noting Frick had “left the competition after rehearsals.”
Frick didn’t reveal the reason for his exit but shared a video on TikTok singing and captioned the post, “Aint nobody want me anyway.”
The singer auditioned for the coaches, singing Morgan Wallen’s “Thought You Should Know,” which made the four coaches turn their chairs around. Bublé, Snoop Dogg, Reba McEntire and Stefani were captivated by Frick’s voice and battled to have him on their team.
Frick chose to go with McEntire, and heading into the Battles round of the competition, the singing hopeful performed Jelly Roll’s “Need a Favor” against fellow country singer Tate Renner. McEntire chose Renner to continue on her team, but Bublé came in to save him from being eliminated and to join his team.
“Tanner Frick was a huge win for me,” Bublé said. “That’s a former four-chair turn and a piece of the puzzle that I didn’t have.”
Bublé continued, “I needed that country singer and now I feel like I’m completely in the game. It’s a brave new world we’re about to head into.”
