Bette Midler Joins The Voice as Blake Shelton's Mentor

It's official – Bette Midler is set to join The Voice!

The singing legend will be on Team Blake this season to help mentor Blake Shelton's contestants during the competition.

Shelton – who has been a coach on the series since its first season – announced the news on Twitter Thursday.

"Well I was hoping to have a photo to go with this but here's the deal. I want y'all to guess who my mentor for this season is. Go!!!" Shelton wrote.

In a follow-up Tweet, he added: "How the hell did y'all already know this?!! Can't keep a secret around here. Yes!! It's @BetteMidler!!! She is the wind beneath my wings.."

Midler also shared the exciting announcement on social media.

"Some much excitement! Yes, I joined #TeamBlake on @TheVoice as a mentor, and what a great time I had! And what a team! So proud! Airs Oct." she wrote on Twitter.

In an interview with Extra's Renee Bargh, Midler opened up about working with Shelton, 40.

"I thought, 'He's really cute, he's really funny, he has a tremendous amount of personal charm, and I would like to be in his orbit, so why not?' and he writes... I'm a fan of his music," said Midler, 70, who went on to praise the country star's coaching skills.

"And he's a tremendous coach. Actually, you are an excellent coach," she told Shelton during the interview. "I was a little bit freaked out to have to do this 'cause I thought, 'What the hell am I gonna tell these kids?' I’d seen other coaches and their riffing and running and I'm like, 'I can’t do that.'"

She continued: "Now I’m in your presence and I see how you're so encouraging and you're very warm... the people who come through here feel like you're rooting for them, and I feel that’s really important – it lets them relax."

This will be Midler's first Voice appearance. It was previously revealed that Joan Jett will be on Miley Cyrus' team, Sammy Hagar is on Adam Levine's team, and Charlie Puth will be on Alicia Keys' team this season.

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Season eleven of The Voice will kick off with a special preview episode on Sunday, August 21 after the 2016 Olympics closing ceremony – and will officially return on Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC.