“Patrick Fiori is Corsican, so I hope to move him so that he turns around”, slips a child before going on the stage of The Voice Kids. For his blind audition, he chose a song in the language of the Island of Beauty. A profitable strategy? Answer Tuesday in the first episode of the ninth season of TF1 telecrochet launched at 9:10 p.m.
If, in this edition, some talents will try their luck on Queen, Adele or Balavoine, others will bet on Hatik, Annie Cordy or Stromae… Anyway, as in the adult version, we do not lightly select the song with which we will participate in the show. The title considered when submitting the application is not necessarily the one that will be retained for the first appearance on television. It is up to each candidate to decide, often guided by the production when taking the tone, what will allow him to put the best chance on his side.
“Choosing one of our songs is a double-edged sword”
Some opt for a hit whose lyrics echo their life and allow them to convey a message or deliver a perfectly embodied performance. This will be the case this year, for example, with a teenager who came to sing SOS a landowner in distress. “I’d rather be a bird, I’m bad about myself”… This classic of the French-speaking repertoire “speaks” to him as a former victim of school bullying. Good pick: the coaches told him they understood that he was not trying to “look pretty” but to embody every word.
Others are moving towards titles that are supposed to hit the bull’s eye with coaches. “I’m not sure it’s a good idea”, however responds Slimane, recruited this season on the red chair alongside Nolwenn Leroy, Kendji Girac and Patrick Fiori. “Choosing one of our songs is a double-edged sword,” he continues. A little one sang Thousands of I love you [l’un des titres du dernier album de Slimane] and upset me. But, when you wrote the song, at the beginning, there is a form of modesty that prevents you from turning around. You tell yourself that your song is auto-licking. »
“When you tackle a Kate Bush song, you know how to sing it”
Trying your luck with a song adored by one of the coaches is also risky. But there seem to be exceptions. “I’m a huge Kate Bush fan. When you tackle one of his songs, it’s because you know how to sing it. There is no doubt, believes Nolwenn Leroy, referring to one of the candidates on whom she turned after three seconds. From the first note, I knew it was going to be good afterwards, it was impossible otherwise. »
Finally, if the voice obviously has to be up to par, we must not forget to get involved in the interpretation. This is what Slimane will remind a child who, this season, will not have seen any chair turn around on his performance with a particularly colorful text. “You were right to sing that song, he reassured her. If I can give myself a piece of advice, it is always to imagine all the people the text is about, like a cartoon. That way, the film you’re going to have in your head, we’ll have it in ours. “As a matter of fact…