The Voice (French TV series)

The Voice: la plus belle voix (French: The Voice: the Most Beautiful Voice) is a reality singing competition on TF1. It is France's version of The Voice format created by John de Mol. The first episode was aired on 25 February 2012. It is the second time that the format has been produced in French after the Belgian version The Voice Belgique.

This article is about the show based and aired in France from The Voice franchise. For the French version in Canada, see La Voix.

The Voice France
Created by	John de Mol Roel van Velzen
Directed by	Tristan Carné
Presented by	Nikos Aliagas (1–) Karine Ferri (2–) Virginie de Clausade (1)
Judges	Florent Pagny (1–7) Jenifer (1–4, 8) Louis Bertignac (1–2) Garou (1–3, 5) Mika (3–8) Zazie (4–7) Matt Pokora (6) Pascal Obispo (7, 9–) Soprano (8) Julien Clerc (8) Marc Lavoine (9–) Lara Fabian (9–) Amel Bent (9–)
Country of origin	France
Original language(s)	French
No. of seasons	9 (10 Upcoming)
No. of episodes	145
Production
Executive producer(s)	Thierry Lachkar John de Mol
Producer(s)	EndemolShine France (seasons 1-6) ITV Studios France (seasons 7-9) Talpa
Production location(s)	Studio Lendit 3 & 4
Running time	ca. 2 hours
Release
Original network	TF1
Original release	25 February 2012 (2012-02-25) – present
Chronology
Followed by	The Voice Kids France
Related shows	The Voice (franchise)
External links
Website

One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents on their team and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioning contestant.

Format

The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.

Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with a combination of public and jury vote deciding who advances onto the next round. In the final phase, the remaining contestants (top 8) compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one team member remaining for each coach, the final 4 contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.

Development, production and marketing

In late 2011 French production company Shine France bought the format and the large national television chains, including TF1 and M6, expressed interest. TF1 eventually won the contract and the format was aired in 2012 as a replacement to the long running Star Academy series.[1]

Winners and Winning Coaches

• The first season was won by Stéphan Rizon, a contestant on team Florent.
• The second season was won by Yoann Fréget, a contestant on team Garou.
• The third season was won by Kendji Girac, a contestant on team Mika.
• The fourth season was won by Lilian Renaud, a contestant on team Zazie.
• The fifth season was won by Slimane Nebchi, a contestant on team Florent.
• The sixth season was won by Lisandro Cuxi, a contestant on team Matt.
• The seventh season was won by Maëlle Pistoia, a contestant on team Zazie.
• The eighth season was won by Whitney Marin, a contestant on team Mika.
• The ninth season was won by Abi Bernadoth, a contestant on team Pascal.

Coaches and hosts

Coaches

Seasons
Coach	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Florent Pagny
Jenifer
Garou
Louis Bertignac
Mika
Zazie
Matt Pokora
Pascal Obispo
Julien Clerc
Soprano
Amel Bent
Lara Fabian
Marc Lavoine

• Coaches Gallery
• 
  Florent Pagny (2012–2018)
• 
  Jenifer (2012-2015, 2019)
• 
  Garou (2012–2014, 2016)
• 
  Louis Bertignac (2012–2013)
• 
  Mika (2014–2019)
• 
  Zazie (2015–2018)
• 
  Matt Pokora (2017)
• 
  Julien Clerc (2019)
• 
  Soprano (2019)
• 
  Pascal Obispo (2018, 2020–)
• 
  Amel Bent (2020–)
• 
  Lara Fabian (2020–)
• 
  Marc Lavoine (2020–)

Hosts

Seasons
Presenters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Nikos Aliagas
Virginie de Clausade
Karine Ferri

• Presenters gallery
• 
  Nikos Aliagas (2012–)
• 
  Virginie de Clausade (2012)
• 
  Karine Ferri (2013–)

Series Overview

Team Florent      Team Jenifer      Team Louis      Team Garou      Team Mika

Team Zazie      Team Matt      Team Pascal      Team Julien      Team Soprano

Team Amel      Team Lara      Team Marc

Season	First aired	Last aired	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Winning coach	Presenters		Coaches (order)
										1	2	3	4
1	February 25, 2012	May 12, 2012	Stéphan Rizon	Louis Delort	Al.Hy	Aude Henneville	Florent Pagny	Nikos Aliagas	Virginie de Clausade	Florent	Jenifer	Louis	Garou
2	February 2, 2013	May 18, 2013	Yoann Fréget	Olympe	Nuno Resende	Loïs Silvin	Garou		Karine Ferri
3	January 11, 2014	May 10, 2014	Kendji Girac	Maximilien Philippe	Amir Haddad	Wesley Semé	Mika					Mika
4	January 10, 2015	April 25, 2015	Lilian Renaud	Anne Sila	David Thibault	Côme	Zazie						Zazie
5	January 30, 2016	May 14, 2016	Slimane Nebchi	MB14	Antoine Galey	Clément Verzi	Florent Pagny				Mika	Zazie	Garou
6	February 18, 2017	June 10, 2017	Lisandro Cuxi	Lucie Vagenheim	Vincent Vinel	Nicola Cavallaro	Matt Pokora						Matt
7	January 27, 2018	May 12, 2018	Maëlle Pistoia	Raffi Arto	Yoann Casanova	Xam Hurricane	Zazie				Zazie	Mika	Pascal
8	February 9, 2019	June 6, 2019	Whitney Marin	Clément Albertini	Sidoine Rémy	Pierre Danaé	Mika			Julien	Jenifer		Soprano
9	January 18, 2020	June 13, 2020	Abi Bernadoth	Gustine	Tom Rochet	Antoine Delie	Pascal Obispo			Lara	Amel	Marc	Pascal

Coaches' teams

•      Winner
•      Runner-up
•      Third place
•      Fourth place

Winners are in bold, finalists in finale listed first, stolen artists are in italicized font, and eliminated artists are in small font.

Season	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Louis Bertignac	Garou
1	Stéphan Rizon Dominique Magloire Stéphanie Lamia Lise Darly	Al.Hy Amalya Thomas Mignot Sonia Lacen	Aude Henneville Rubby Louise Vigon	Louis Delort Atef Jhony Maalouf Blandine Aggery
2	Nuno Resende Dièse Benjamin Bocconi Pierre G.	Olympe Anthony Touma Laura Chab Sarah Bismuth	Loïs Silvin Louane Emera Cécilia Pascal Shadoh	Yoann Fréget Emmanuel Djob Baptiste Defromont Manurey
Season	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
3	Wesley Semé Stacey King Charlie Juliette Moraine	Amir Haddad Manon Trinquier La Petite Shade Lioan	Kendji Girac Élodie Martelet Fréro Delavega Caroline Savoie	Maximilien Philippe Igit Flo Natacha Andreani
Season	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Zazie
4	Anne Sila Camille Lellouche Awa Sy Elvya Gary	Côme Battista Acquaviva Alvy Zamé Manon Palmer	David Thibault Hiba Tawaji Yann'Sine Jebli Sharon Laloum	Lilian Renaud Guilhem Valayé Yoann Launey Mathilde Bonneterre
Season	Florent Pagny	Mika	Zazie	Garou
5	Slimane Nebchi Amandine Rapin Lucyl Cruz Ana Ka	MB14 Arcadian Gabriella Laberge Tamara Weber-Fillon	Clément Verzi Sol Léna Woods Philippine	Antoine Galey Anahy Alexandre Carcelen Mood
Season	Florent Pagny	Mika	Zazie	Matt Pokora
6	Lucie Vagenheim Shaby Hélène Siau Julia Paul	Vincent Vinel Audrey Joumas Imane Mchangama The SugaZz	Nicola Cavallaro Matthieu Baronne Marvin Dupré Emmy Liana	Lisandro Cuxi Ann-Shirley Ngoussa Marius Dilomé
Season	Florent Pagny	Zazie	Mika	Pascal Obispo
7	Raffi Arto Yasmine Ammari Hobbs Gabriel	Maëlle Pistoia B. Demi-Mondaine Edouard Edouard Liv Del Estal	Yoann Casanova Frédéric Longbois Guillaume Sherley Parédès	Xam Hurricane Ecco Betty Patural Kriill
Season	Julien Clerc	Jenifer	Mika	Soprano
8	Pierre Danaé Léonard Laureen Théophile Renier	Sidoine Rémy Léona Winter Poupie Arezki & Geoffrey	Whitney Marin Gjon's Tears London Loko Albi	Clément Albertini Vay Gage Scam Talk & Mayeul
Season	Lara Fabian	Amel Bent	Marc Lavoine	Pascal Obispo
9	Gustine Cheyenne Janas Maria Cuche	Tom Rochet Térence James Toni	Antoine Delie Antony Trice Ifè	Abi Bernadoth Vérushka Baby J

References

1. Premiere: La Une remporte la nouvelle Star Ac' face à M6