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"Never say never! Christina Aguilera will be sliding back into her swiveling coach&amp;apos;s chair for season 5 of The Voice, Carson Daly confirmed to Us Weekly during the Top 12 live elimination on Tuesday, May 14. And Shakira, who stepped into Aguilera&amp;apos;s vacated seat this season, will be taking some time off to focus on her family and career -- though that doesn&amp;apos;t mean she&amp;apos;s gone for good!\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not going to be able to do next season because I have to get back to my motherhood and also get back to the studio, the recording studio, to finish my album, the one that I started working on before I had to deliver a baby and before I took this gig with The Voice,&amp;quot; she told Us of her decision to leave the show after just one season. &amp;quot;So yeah, I have to take a little break. But you never know, I might come back!&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nThe &amp;quot;Hips Don&amp;apos;t Lie&amp;quot; singer and fellow season newbie Usher have been rumored to be leaving the show, amid chatter of Aguilera and Cee Lo Green&amp;apos;s return. But while Daly could confirm that Aguilera will indeed be back, he expressed uncertainty over Green&amp;apos;s situation.\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know. I think they are working on a deal to be honest with you, and I don&amp;apos;t think it has been finalized,&amp;quot; he told reporters on the red carpet after the live taping. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know the answer to that. It wouldn&amp;apos;t surprise me if it was, sooner or later. It sounded like today it was like, &amp;apos;Yeah, they are working on it,&amp;apos; which, usually those things work out, but I don&amp;apos;t know.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nOn Tuesday night&amp;apos;s elimination show, a member of both Team Usher and Team Shakira were sent packing following America&amp;apos;s vote -- Usher&amp;apos;s earnest R&amp;amp;B crooner Vedo and Shakira&amp;apos;s gritty rocker Garrett Gardner. But being returning judges doesn&amp;apos;t necessarily give Blake Shelton and Adam Levine the advantage, Daly clarified.\r\n&amp;quot;As a producer of the show, we do so much storytelling [for the blind auditions], [but] if they get goose bumps, they just hit their button and go,&amp;quot; he said of the coaches&amp;apos; decision-making. &amp;quot;I mean, are you going to tell me Usher has a bad ear? You know what I mean? I think it was a coincidence that our two new coaches had people go home tonight.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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