«THE VOICE»

The voice is a French musical tele talent show based on the reality competition «The voice» from the Netherlands, which was originally created by Dutch television producer Jonh De Mol. It began in France on February, the 25^th in 2012. This program is also broadcasted in Afganistan, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, USA, England... and many other countries.

It's broacasted in France on TF1 every Saturday at 20h50 and presented by Nikos Aliagas and Karine Ferri.

There are four coaches: Garou, Jenifer, Florent Pagny, and Louis Bertignac, who left in 2012 and was replaced by Mika this year.

Firstly, there are blind public auditions, in which the coaches listen to the talents in chairs with their back to the stage, so that they can't see them. I like it because they don't judge them according to their appearance but only their voices. Then, they press a button to rotate their chairs, only if they are interested in working with that contestant. If nobody turns round, the talent is eliminated, but if more than one coach presses their button, the contestant chooses the coach he or she wants to work with. The coaches can argue to recover talents. Each coach has to retrieve 15 persons to constitute a team.

The contestants who successfully pass the blind auditions proceed to the battle rounds. Then the coaches choose two or three of their own team members, they have to sing the same song together in front of a studio audience. After the vocal face-off, the coach must choose only one contestant to advance. But there is a new rule just from this year, another coach can steal the contestant who is disqualifed. But they can steal only one or two talents during the battle round.

Afterwards, there are finals where the coaches present 3 contestants, they sing and only one is saved by the public, one is saved by his coach and the third is eliminated.

Finally, each coach will have his or her best contestant left standing to compete in the finals. The winner will receive the grand cash prize of a recording contract.

The competition is opened to 16 years old participants and over. That's why many young people participate.

Every week, after the programme, there is a blooper with the backstage area and it's very funny!

The winner of the first season is Stefan Rizon coached by Florent Pagny and the one of the second season is Yoann Freget coached by Garou.

Who is the new coach?

When did it begin in France?

Written by Léna