Nicole Beals

Nicole’s Nashville News- September 20

Blake Shelton returns to your television tonight at season 21 of The Voice gets underway. Kelly Clarkson and John Legend will also return and Ariana Grande will join them.

Jimmie Allen will make his debut on Dancing With the Stars tonight. If he appears to be limping, don’t worry, Jimmie says his leg has been hurting a bit. He’s discovering muscles he didn’t know he had. It got a little advice from his friend, Lauren Alaina, who appeard on the show and she told Jimmy to just have fun so that is what he plans to do.

Lauren Alaina will release her first book, Getting Good At Being You, on November 2. Lauren says the faith based book is about her path to loving herself again.

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