The Voice: la plus belle voix

The Voice France
Created by	John de Mol Roel van Velzen
Presented by	Nikos Aliagas Karine Ferri (Season 2 - Backstage) Virginie de Clausade (Season 1 - Backstage)
Judges	Florent Pagny Jenifer Mika (2014-) Zazie (2015-) Louis Bertignac (2012-13) Garou (2012-14, 16-)
Country of origin	France
Original language(s)	French
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	62
Production
Executive producer(s)	Thierry Lachkar John de Mol
Producer(s)	Shine France Talpa
Location(s)	Studio Lendit 3 & 4
Running time	ca. 2 hours
Release
Original network	TF1
Original release	February 25, 2012 – present
External links
Website

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 and launched in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland. The first episode was aired on February 25, 2012. It is the second time that the format is produced in the French language after The Voice Belgique.

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

The first season was won by Stéphan Rizon, a contestant of the coach Florent Pagny.
The second season was won by Yoann Fréget, a contestant of the coach Garou
The third season was won by Kendji Girac, a contestant of the coach Mika.
The fourth season was won by Lilian Renaud, a contestant of the coach Zazie.

Overview

Saisons	Season 1 (2012)	Season 2 (2013)	Season 3 (2014)	Season 4 (2015)	Season 5 (2016)
Presented by	Nikos Aliagas
Backstage	Virginie de Clausade	Karine Ferri
Judges	Florent Pagny
	Jenifer				Garou
	Louis Bertignac		Mika
	Garou			Zazie
Winner	Stéphan Rizon	Yoann Fréget	Kendji Girac	Lilian Renaud	TBA
Channel	TF1
Broadcast period	February 25, 2012	February 2, 2013	January 11, 2014	January 10, 2015	January 30, 2016
	May 12, 2012	May 18, 2013	May 10, 2014	April 25, 2015	2016

Coaches and Finalists

•      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 Valerie Deldago	Al.Hy Amalya Thomas Mignot Sonia Lacen Maureen Angot	Aude Henneville Rubby Louise Vigon Pia Silva Philippe Tailleferd	Louis Delort Atef Jhony Maalouf Blandine Aggery Flo Malley
2	Nuno Resende Dièse Benjamin Bocconi Pierre G. Mickaël Pouvin	Olympe Anthony Touma Laura Chab Sarah Rachel Claudio	Loïs Louane Emera Emmanuel Djob Baptiste Defromont Manurey Stéfania Rizou	Yoann Fréget Tyssa Sarah Caillibot Stéfania Rizou Manurey Victoria Petrosillo
Season	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
3	Wesley Stacey King Charlie Juliette Moraine Claudia Costa	Amir Haddad Manon Trinquier La Petite Shade Lioan Emma Shaka	Kendji Girac Élodie Martelet Fréro Delavega Caroline Savoie Marina D'Amico	Maximilien Philippe Igit Flo Natacha Andreani Tifayne
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
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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]

Ratings

Season		Number of episodes	Timeslot	Broadcast period		Viewers
				First Episode	Last Episode	First Episode	Final	Average
1		12	Saturday, 8h50 PM	February 25, 2012	May 12, 2012	9 124 000 (37,9 %)[2]	7 567 000 (34,4 %)[3]	7 659 500 (33,6 %)[4]
2		16		February 2, 2013	May 18, 2013	9 344 000 (40,7 %)[5]	6 948 000 (32,6 %)[6]	7 729 563 (34,6 %)
3		18		January 11, 2014	May, 2014	9 808 000 (40,5 %)[7]	6 155 000 (28,7 %)	7 207 000 (32,8 %)

See also

• The Voice (TV series)

References

1. Premiere: La Une remporte la nouvelle Star Ac' face à M6
2. Audiences : démarrage ultra-puissant pour "The Voice"
3. Audiences : la finale de "The Voice" largement leader, France 2 ET M6 résistentT
4. "The Voice, la plus belle voix" : succès d'audience et financier pour TF1
5. "Audiences : retour en fanfare pour "The Voice", M6 et France 2 faibles, France 5 en forme" (in French). Ozap.com. 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
6. "Audiences : La finale de "The Voice" en baisse sur an, mais très loin devant l'Eurovision" (in French). Ozap.com. 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2013-06-09.
7. "Audiences : Retour record pour "The Voice", "Blue Bloods" faible, France 5 résiste bien". Ozap.com. Retrieved 2014-02-25.

External links

• The Voice: la plus belle voix Official website