# The Voice – La plus belle 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.
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.
The original panel featured Florent Pagny, Jenifer, Louis Bertignac and Garou; the panel for the current fourteenth season features Pagny, Zaz, Vianney and Patricia Kaas. Other coaches that have appeared in previous seasons include Mika, Zazie, Matt Pokora, Pascal Obispo, Soprano, Julien Clerc, Amel Bent, Marc Lavoine, Lara Fabian and Bigflo & Oli. Nolwenn Leroy served as a coach for Comeback Stage contestants in the eleventh season. Camille Lellouche was the comeback stage coach for the thirteenth season. The Voice Kids coach Patrick Fiori participated as a coach in All Stars format of the show.

## 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.

## 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 all stars season was won by Anne Sila, 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.
* The thirteenth season was won by Alphonse, a contestant on Team Zazie.

## Coaches and hosts
### Coaches

Seasons :
* Coach
* Florent Pagny
* Jenifer
* Garou
* Louis Bertignac
* Mika
* Zazie
* Matt Pokora
* Pascal Obispo
* Soprano
* Julien Clerc
* Amel Bent
* Marc Lavoine
* Lara Fabian
* Vianney
* Bigflo & Oli
* Patricia Kaas
* Zaz

#### Notes

* ↑ Only episodes that have already been broadcast are included.
* ↑ Jenifer participated as the "Supercoach" in season 13.
* ↑ Mika participated as the "Supercoach" in season 12.
* Coaches gallery
* Florent Pagny (2012–2018, 2021–2022, 2025–present)
* Jenifer (2012–2015, 2019)
* Garou (2012–2014, 2016)
* Louis Bertignac (2012–2013)
* Mika (2014–2019, 2021, 2024)
* Zazie (2015–2018, 2021, 2023–2024)
* Matt Pokora (2017)
* Pascal Obispo (2018, 2020)
* Julien Clerc (2019)
* Soprano (2019)
* Lara Fabian (2020)
* Amel Bent (2020–2023)
* Marc Lavoine (2020–2022)
* Vianney (2021–present)
* Bigflo & Oli (2023–2024)
* Zaz (2025–present)
* Patricia Kaas (2025–present)

### Hosts

Seasons :
* Presenters
* Nikos Aliagas
* Virginie de Clausade
* Karine Ferri
* Anaïs Grangerac
* Presenters gallery
* Nikos Aliagas (2012–)
* Virginie de Clausade (2012)
* 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 | Presenters | Coaches (chairs' order) | Coaches (chairs' order) | Coaches (chairs' order) | Coaches (chairs' order) |
| Season | Aired | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | 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 | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Florent | Jenifer | Louis | Garou |
| 3 | 2014 | Kendji Girac | Maximilien Philippe | Amir Haddad | Wesley Semé | Mika | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Florent | Jenifer | Mika | Garou |
| 4 | 2015 | Lilian Renaud | Anne Sila | David Thibault | Côme | Zazie | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Florent | Jenifer | Mika | Zazie |
| 5 | 2016 | Slimane Nebchi | MB14 | Antoine Galey | Clément Verzi | Florent Pagny | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Florent | Mika | Zazie | Garou |
| 6 | 2017 | Lisandro Cuxi | Lucie Vagenheim | Vincent Vinel | Nicola Cavallaro | Matt Pokora | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Florent | Mika | Zazie | Matt |
| 7 | 2018 | Maëlle Pistoia | Raffi Arto | Yoann Casanova | Xam Hurricane | Zazie | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Florent | Zazie | Mika | Pascal |
| 8 | 2019 | Whitney Marin | Clément Albertini | Sidoine Rémy | Pierre Danaé | Mika | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Julien | Jenifer | Mika | Soprano |
| 9 | 2020 | Abi Bernadoth | Gustine | Tom Rochet | Antoine Delie | Pascal Obispo | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Lara | Amel | Marc | Pascal |
| 10 | 2021 | Marghe Davico | Jim Bauer | Mentissa Aziza | Cyprien Zéni | Florent Pagny | Nikos Aliagas | Karine Ferri | Florent | Amel | Vianney | Marc |
| 11 | 2022 | Nour Brousse | Mister Mat | Vike | Caroline Costa | Florent Pagny | Nikos Aliagas | | Florent | Amel | Vianney | Marc |
| 12 | 2023 | Aurélien Vivos | Micha | Jérémy Levif | Arslane | Zazie | Nikos Aliagas | | Zazie | Amel | Vianney | Bigflo & Oli |
| 13 | 2024 | Alphonse | Baptiste Sartoria | Gabriel Lobao | Iris Fournier | Zazie | Nikos Aliagas | | Vianney | Zazie | Mika | Bigflo & Oli |
| 14 | 2025 | Current Season | Current Season | Current Season | Current Season | Current Season | Nikos Aliagas | Anaïs Grangerac | Florent | Zaz | Vianney | Patricia |

## 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 would be 5 coaches for 5 individual seats under the first All-Stars version, where contestants from previous seasons would participate. Coaches for this special spinoff are Florent Pagny, Jenifer, Mika, Zazie, all of whom has served as coaches on the main show; and The Voice Kids coach Patrick Fiori.
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) | Coaches (chairs' order) | Coaches (chairs' order) | Coaches (chairs' order) | Coaches (chairs' order) |
| Season | Aired | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Fifth place | Sixth place | Winning coach | Presenters | 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 | No fifth coach |
| 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 | No fifth coach |
| 3 | Florent Pagny | Jenifer | Mika | Garou | No fifth coach |
| 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 | No fifth coach |
| 4 | Florent Pagny | Jenifer | Mika | Zazie | No fifth coach |
| 4 | 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 | No fifth coach |
| 5 | Florent Pagny | Mika | Zazie | Garou | No fifth coach |
| 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 | No fifth coach |
| 6 | Florent Pagny | Mika | Zazie | Matt Pokora | No fifth coach |
| 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 | No fifth coach |
| 7 | Florent Pagny | Zazie | Mika | Pascal Obispo | No fifth coach |
| 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 | No fifth coach |
| 8 | Julien Clerc | Jenifer | Mika | Soprano | No fifth coach |
| 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 | No fifth coach |
| 9 | Lara Fabian | Amel Bent | Marc Lavoine | Pascal Obispo | No fifth coach |
| 9 | Gustine Cheyenne Janas Maria Cuche | Tom Rochet Térence James Toni | Antoine Delie Antony Trice Ifè | Abi Bernadoth Vérushka Baby J | No fifth coach |
| 10 | Florent Pagny | Amel Bent | Vianney | Marc Lavoine | No fifth coach |
| 10 | Marghe Davico Giada Capraro | Cyprien Zeni Niki Black | Mentissa Aziza | Jim Bauer Arthur Chaminade Tarik | No fifth coach |
| All-Stars 1 | Florent Pagny | Jenifer | Mika | Zazie | Patrick Fiori |
| All-Stars 1 | 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 |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | Aurélien Vivos | Micha Arslane | Jérémy Levif Kiona | Fanchon Dame Hanna | No fifth coach |
| 13 | Camille Lellouche (Comeback stage) | Vianney | Zazie | Mika | Bigflo & Oli |
| 13 | Shanys Mewhy | Baptiste Sartoria Odem | Alphonse Lize | Gabriel Lobao Clément Massy | Iris Fournier Adnaé |
| 14 | Florent Pagny | Zaz | Vianney | Patricia Kaas | No fifth coach |