REBEL REESE OUT TO MUZZLE THE VOICE!
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Reese Witherspoon is hankering to be crowned queen of the country music biz, so she’s producing a TV singing competition to rival The Voice, insiders dish. The Southern sweetheart — who flaunted her musical chops in her Oscar-winning i role as Nashville legend June Carter Cash in 2005’s Walk the Line — will launch Apple TV’s My Kind of Country on March 24, and tipsters snitch Reese believes it will succeed where NBC’s series has failed!
“The Voice has gotten great ratings over 22 seasons, but the one thing the show has not done is have a winner go on to have a big singing career,” a source says. “Reese is confident with her team, they’re going to find a superstar — and her show is going to be must-watch TV!” The spy squeals savvy Reese, 46, has done her homework on small-screen singing contests and studied how American Idol became a hit with the rise of season one champ Kelly Clarkson.
“Reese believes her show will find a Kelly-level star,” the source spills.
According to insiders, the shrewd media mogul plans to boost viewership by appearing on the show herself — along with country cutie Kacey Musgraves, her producing partner. But moles whisper the ambitious belle also has an ace up her sleeve — buddy Blake Shelton, who’s wrapping up his last season coaching on The Voice!
The source confides the country hunk told Reese he hopes her show is a “big stinkin’ hit,” and he’ll be “happy to go on it to help her out!”