What the Frick? A frontrunner mysteriously exits ‘The Voice’ Season 26

As the Knockout Rounds began Monday, Carson Daly announced that Tanner Frick had seemingly abruptly “left the competition after rehearsals.”

Tanner Frick started off as a four-chair contestant on Team Reba, and was stolen by Michael Bublé last week. (photo: Casey Durkin/NBC)

Just last week during the final Voice Season 26 Battles, Tanner Frick, a former four-chair Team Reba country singer, was stolen by Michael Bublé. It seemed a real coup at the time, with the rookie coach declaring, “Now I feel that I’m completely in the game!” But this Monday, as the three-way Knockout Rounds commenced, Michael found himself almost out of the game, overseeing a two-way Knockout instead. Towards the end of the evening host Carson Daly casually mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that presumed frontrunner had Tanner “left the competition after rehearsals” — with zero explanation.