With 68.3% of the votes, Aurélien won season 12 of The Voice, Saturday, on TF1, facing Micha. “I am so touched, I feel all the love given to me. In my town [Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac dans le Lot-et-Garonne], in the village hall where I had my wedding, there was a giant screen. In Valence d’Agen, there was definitely a screen in the square… People’s reaction when I won, it looked like France’s victory at the World Cup. I want to honor all that, say thank you, ”he confides this Sunday to 20 minutes. At 34, he became the dean of telecrochet winners, which until then had essentially seen talents under 25 triumph. On the strength of his maturity, Aurélien, who left his job as a storekeeper a few weeks ago, now intends to devote himself to music, giving himself time to make the right choices. His first album, he told us before the semi-final, could be a mixture of “Muse, Andrea Bocelli, Queen and Florent Pagny”. But while waiting to get down to it, the father of the family is savoring his victory.
Your coach, Zazie, and Mika told you to prepare because your life was about to change. Do you believe them now?
I can no longer doubt it (laughs). There, I have not yet come down from my emotions. After the final there was a little party, I stayed until 3:30, I had to get up early that [dimanche] morning because I was invited live on LCI. I’m in an interview marathon, but it’s a pleasure, I’m so glad everyone is interested in my story. Being able to share it is great.
This victory, you had envisaged it?
Honestly, part of me wanted to win. But we are so close friends, the four of us [avec Micha, Jérémy et Arslane, les autres finalistes] that we would have been happy, no matter who wins. There is no loser, although it’s easy to tell when you win. There, we said to ourselves that we had a show to do and that we wanted to do it as best as possible so that the public had a good time. It was our state of mind and I think we did a great thing.
When Nikos Aliagas announced that you were the winner, how did you feel?
I felt two emotions at the same time. I thought back to all my failures, not necessarily big ones, that I knew and I said to myself that this was life’s answer to all that. You have to hang on and, one day, fate makes you understand that you deserve good things. But I also thought of Micha. Poor guy, it bothered me for him, I felt like I was stealing the title from him because he deserved it so much. He is so endearing. I was torn between these two emotions.
Are you ready to organize your life between Lot-et-Garonne, where you live, and Paris?
I don’t really know how it will turn out. What is certain is that I will first sign for the tour of 500 votes for Queen which will take place from January to April. It’s a good starting point because it won’t be small stages but Zeniths, Arenas, with very nice teams that I have already met.
So you’re not going to work immediately on an album?
I spoke about it with Zazie who told me to take the time, to do what I want. She told me that I was likely to receive a lot of proposals but that I had to do what I liked. I have specific ideas of what I want or what I don’t want. But I haven’t recovered from the final yet, I still don’t have the head to really think about this album. I’m going to get started, I just need a little while, a return home, in my cocoon, just to recharge my batteries and come back to solid ground, to have clearer ideas. It will be done slowly.