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Kelsea Ballerini will be 5th coach on 'The Voice' in companion series

Coach KB will take six contestants who didn't make the show and coach them through several battle rounds in the online series. One will eventually make it on The Voice live shows.

The Voice will be back in just a few weeks, this time with a little something extra from East Tennessee!

Kelsea Ballerini, who is from Knoxville and graduated from Central High School, will host a companion series called The Comeback Stage" where she will serve as the show's fifth coach.

She's pretty excited about it, tweeting "Just call me Coach KB!"

According to a video posted by The Voice, Ballerini will select six contestants who didn't turn a chair in the Blind Auditions. She will then coach them through a series of battles, and two will get the chance to perform for America's votes. One will earn the final spot for the live shows and compete with the other artists.

The show will run on YouTube, The Voice Official App, Facebook, and NBC.com.

The Voice will premiere on Monday, September 24, right here on Channel 10.

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