The Voice – La plus belle voix

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 : La plus belle voix (lit. '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 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.

The Voice – La plus belle voix
Created by	John de Mol Roel van Velzen
Directed by	Tristan Carné
Presented by	Nikos Aliagas Virginie de Clausade Karine Ferri
Judges	Florent Pagny Jenifer Louis Bertignac Garou Mika Zazie Matt Pokora Pascal Obispo Julien Clerc Soprano Amel Bent Marc Lavoine Lara Fabian Vianney Bigflo & Oli
Country of origin	France
Original language	French
No. of seasons	13
No. of episodes	156
Production
Executive producers	Thierry Lachkar John de Mol
Production location	Studio Lendit 3 & 4
Running time	ca. 2 hours
Production companies	Endemol Shine France (seasons 1-6) ITV Studios France (seasons 7-10) Talpa Starling (seasons 1-10)
Original release
Network	TF1
Release	25 February 2012 (2012-02-25) – present
Related
The Voice Kids France The Voice (franchise)

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. Another twist is brought to the show, the block. Beside the big red button, each coaches have 3 other buttons which have the name of other coach. If the coach want an artist but doesn't want a rival coaches to get that artist, they can hit the button with the name of the coach that they want to block, it will automatically blocks that other coaches and spin the chair. If the blocked coach choose to turn around, their entire chair lighting will stay red, the "JE VOUS VEUX" text below the chair will not appear and the LED screen toward them will say "BLOQUE" instead, not the coaches name. In season 12, can block another coach at any time, even during their pitch. When a coach is blocked, his/her chair turns back.

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.
• The tenth season was won by Marghe Davico, a contestant on Team Florent.
• The eleventh season was won by Nour Brousse, a contestant on Team Florent.
• The twelfth season was won by Aurélien Vivos, a contestant on Team Zazie.

Coaches and hosts

Coaches

Seasons
Coach	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Florent Pagny
Jenifer													^[a]
Garou
Louis Bertignac
Mika												^[b]
Zazie
Matt Pokora
Pascal Obispo
Soprano
Julien Clerc
Amel Bent
Marc Lavoine
Lara Fabian
Vianney
Nolwenn Leroy^[c]											C.S.
Bigflo & Oli
Camille Lellouche													C.S.

Notes

1. Jenifer participated as the "Supercoach" in season 13.
2. Mika participated as the "Supercoach" in season 12.
3. Leroy was season 11's online "Comeback Stage" coach. On the live shows, she joined the other coaches on the main chairs.

• Coaches gallery
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  Florent Pagny (2012–2018, 2021–2022)
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  Jenifer (2012–2015, 2019)
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  Garou (2012–2014, 2016)
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  Louis Bertignac (2012–2013)
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  Mika (2014–2019, 2024–)
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  Zazie (2015–2018, 2023–)
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  Matt Pokora (2017)
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  Pascal Obispo (2018, 2020)
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  Julien Clerc (2019)
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  Soprano (2019)
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  Lara Fabian (2020)
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  Amel Bent (2020–2023)
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  Marc Lavoine (2020–2022)
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  Vianney (2021–)
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  Nolwenn Leroy (Comeback Stage, 2022)
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  Bigflo & Oli (2023–)
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  Camille Lellouche (Comeback Stage, 2024-)

Hosts

Seasons
Presenters	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Nikos Aliagas
Virginie de Clausade
Karine Ferri

• Presenters gallery
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  Nikos Aliagas (2012–)
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  Virginie de Clausade (2012)
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  Karine Ferri (2013–2021)

Series overview

Warning: the following table presents a significant amount of different colors.

The Voice: la plus belle voix series overview

Season	Aired	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Winning coach	Presenters		Coaches (chairs' order)
							Main	Backstage	1	2	3	4
1	2012	Stéphan Rizon	Louis Delort	Al.Hy	Aude Henneville	Florent Pagny	Nikos Aliagas	Virginie de Clausade	Florent	Jenifer	Louis	Garou
2	2013	Yoann Fréget	Olympe	Nuno Resende	Loïs Silvin	Garou		Karine Ferri
3	2014	Kendji Girac	Maximilien Philippe	Amir Haddad	Wesley Semé	Mika					Mika
4	2015	Lilian Renaud	Anne Sila	David Thibault	Côme	Zazie						Zazie
5	2016	Slimane Nebchi	MB14	Antoine Galey	Clément Verzi	Florent Pagny				Mika	Zazie	Garou
6	2017	Lisandro Cuxi	Lucie Vagenheim	Vincent Vinel	Nicola Cavallaro	Matt Pokora						Matt
7	2018	Maëlle Pistoia	Raffi Arto	Yoann Casanova	Xam Hurricane	Zazie				Zazie	Mika	Pascal
8	2019	Whitney Marin	Clément Albertini	Sidoine Rémy	Pierre Danaé	Mika			Julien	Jenifer		Soprano
9	2020	Abi Bernadoth	Gustine	Tom Rochet	Antoine Delie	Pascal Obispo			Lara	Amel	Marc	Pascal
10	2021	Marghe Davico	Jim Bauer	Mentissa Aziza	Cyprien Zéni	Florent Pagny			Florent		Vianney	Marc
11	2022	Nour Brousse	Mister Mat	Caroline Costa	Vike		Nikos Aliagas
12	2023	Aurélien Vivos	Micha	Jérémy Levif	Arslane	Zazie			Zazie			Bigflo & Oli
13	2024	Current season							Vianney	Zazie	Mika

The Voice All-Stars

For the first-decade anniversary special of The Voice France, and for the first time in the history of The Voice, there will be 5 coaches for 5 individual seats under the first All-Stars version, where contestants from previous seasons will participate.

The Voice All-Stars series overview

Season	Aired	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Fifth place	Sixth place	Winning coach	Presenters	Coaches (chairs' order)
										1	2	3	4	5
1	2021	Anne Sila	Louis Delort	MB14	Terrence James	Amalya Delepierre	Manon Maley	Florent Pagny	Nikos Aliagas, Karine Ferri	Florent	Jenifer	Mika	Zazie	Patrick

Coaches' teams and finalists

•   Winner
•   Runner-up
•   Third place
•   Fourth place/Eliminated
•   Fifth place/Eliminated

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

Season	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Louis Bertignac	Garou	No fifth coach
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
3	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
	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
4	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Zazie
	Anne Sila Camille Lellouche Awa Sy Elvya Gary	Côme Battista Acquaviva Alvy Zamé Manon Palmer	David Thibault Hiba Tawaji Yassine Jebli Sharon Laloum	Lilian Renaud Guilhem Valayé Yoann Launey Mathilde Bonneterre
5	Florent Pagny	Mika	Zazie	Garou
	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
6	Florent Pagny	Mika	Zazie	Matt Pokora
	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
7	Florent Pagny	Zazie	Mika	Pascal Obispo
	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
8	Julien Clerc	Jenifer	Mika	Soprano
	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
9	Lara Fabian	Amel Bent	Marc Lavoine	Pascal Obispo
	Gustine Cheyenne Janas Maria Cuche	Tom Rochet Térence James Toni	Antoine Delie Antony Trice Ifè	Abi Bernadoth Vérushka Baby J
10	Florent Pagny	Amel Bent	Vianney	Marc Lavoine
	Marghe Davico Giada Capraro	Cyprien Zeni Niki Black	Mentissa Aziza	Jim Bauer Arthur Chaminade Tarik
All-Stars 1	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Zazie	Patrick Fiori
	Anne Sila MB14 Manon Maley Dominique Magloire	Amalya Delepierre	Terrence James Anthony Touma Victoria Adamo Paul Ventimila	Will Barber Demi Mondaine Gjon's Tears	Louis Delort Flo Malley Antoine Galey
11	Nolwenn Leroy (Comeback stage)	Florent Pagny	Amel Bent	Vianney	Marc Lavoine
	Loris Triolo	Nour Brousse Lou Dassi	Vike Mary Milton Doryan Ben	Mister Mat Pauline Nagy Louise Charbonnel	Caroline Costa Loris Triolo
12	Zazie	Amel Bent	Vianney	Bigflo & Oli	No fifth coach
	Aurélien Vivos	Micha Arslane	Jérémy Levif Kiona	Fanchon Dame Hanna
13	Vianney	Zazie	Mika	Bigflo & Oli	Camille Lellouche
	Baptiste Sartoria Odem	Alphonse Lize	Gabriel Lobao Clément Massy	Iris Adnaé	Mewhy Shanys

References

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