Duets is just a singing contest reality tv series that premiered on May 2-4, 2012 on ABC. The series starred John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Robin Thicke, and Jennifer Nettles as mentors who hunt for singers to duet together while they perform in front of a live studio audience. Quddus serves as the host. The series is a production of Carryon Productions and Maintain Composed. Robert Deaton and also Charles Wachter would be the executive producers. On April 30, 2012, it had been confirmed that John Legend had substituted Lionel Richie as a mentor to the series. Richie abandoned the series mentioning"personal scheduling conflicts"