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Dating, The Voice, & The Impossible Schedule
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Theo asks whether Riley ever thinks about settling down. Riley's answer is bracingly honest: it's not that easy to meet someone in his situation. He's confined to the back of a tour bus, he won't meet anyone on Instagram, and the few times he's been out publicly in Nashville — at Losers or Duck Blind — he's been hiding on the back deck. He doesn't feel like he lives anywhere. His Nashville house is a pitstop; even the farm only gets him two or three days before he has to leave again. [1] — Riley Green "The Voice wanted someone funny and dry. Riley went to their show, did a Q&A, then went on Fallon and pulled out a duck call. That bit got h…" 1:26:15 The Voice section gets a full treatment: the producers came to one of his shows, then he went on Fallon, did a duck call moment, and was offered the job. He's the least well-known coach in the current season from a non-country-audience perspective — Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, and Queen Latifah are all more broadly famous. But Riley sees that gap as pure upside: the show exposes him to millions of people who've never heard of him.
The Voice wanted someone funny and dry. Riley went to their show, did a Q&A, then went on Fallon and pulled out a duck call. That bit got him the job. He's now the only country coach on the show alongside Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine, and Queen Latifah.
Riley Green has a redesign proposal for The Voice chair: it should start facing the contestant, and coaches should turn AWAY when they're not interested, rather than turn toward them when they are. More honest, more dramatic, and way more awkward — which makes better TV.
During blind auditions for The Voice, Riley Green and the coaching panel evaluated approximately 18 contestants per day, working 9 AM to 9 PM.
