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Watch Reba McEntire make Snoop Dogg cry after an unprecedented performance on 'The Voice'

Reba McEntire makes dreams come true.

At the premiere of the 26th season of The voice On Monday, September 23, the country star made an unprecedented move after Kendall Eugene's blind audition – and moved his fellow coach Snoop Dogg to tears.

After Eugene finished his performance of Morgan Wallen's “Don't Thank Jesus” without turning her chair, all of the coaches complimented him and encouraged him to try again on another season. However, McEntire immediately regretted not turning her chair.

“I liked everything about it,” said McEntire, 69, to which Eugene said she “should have turned around.”

“I wanted to say the exact same words,” the “I'm a Survivor” singer replied. “I don't understand why I didn't turn around.”

Reba McEntire and Snoop Dogg.

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McEntire then announced that she would make “history” by becoming the first female coach ever The voice use the Coach Replay button, which allows coaches to change their minds if they do not turn their chairs during a blind audition.

“We have something new this year, a coach replay button. I'm going to use mine,” she said, pressing her button.

The move immediately moved Eugene to tears – and Snoop was visibly moved.

“Wow! Go hug this man,” said the 52-year-old rapper.

When the camera panned back to Snoop, he wiped tears from his face.

“I love the song that Kendall sang. And after the song ended, I felt kind of numb. In my heart, I knew I wanted him on my team. I'm so glad we have a coach replay button for the first time ever. It's the second chance for the coaches after we realized we missed that moment,” McEntire said.

Eugene, Kendall.

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McEntire returned as coach for the third consecutive year after winning in Season 25 with Asher HaVon.

This time, she's working out with newbies Michael Bublé and Snoop, as well as returning coach Gwen Stefani. In July, the coaches teamed up for their first-ever coaching gig together, singing an upbeat rendition of the Four Tops' 1966 hit “Reach Out I'll Be There.”

The voice returned to NBC on Monday, September 23 at 8 p.m. ET.