“What a pretty cut! »Gjon’s Tears barely entered the coaching room of The Voice All Stars for Zazie to dub her new hairstyle. “Looks good on you, makes Harry Potter a little less,” she greets him, in good, muggle shape. The hair considerations are quickly abandoned: both have half an hour, this Wednesday afternoon, to start repeating the performance of the Swiss for the semi-final broadcast live Saturday evening on TF1.
Zazie says she racked her brains to find the most appropriate song in French for her foal. She ended up choosing On a prelude by Bach. In front of the cameras of the show, she tells Gjon the anecdote he already knows: “I called you – something I never do – to tell you. There was a time on the phone and, do you remember what you said to me? : “I just played it on the piano.” The beautiful coincidence seems to prove that these two are made for each other.
“I absolutely want to work with Zazie”
“Zazie is perhaps the only reason I want to live in France. I absolutely want to work with her. I told him a billion times, the 23-year-old talent confided moments earlier to 20 minutes. She fits me incredibly well. She is honest, frank, direct, funny ”. He broadens the praise: “Most of all, she has an intense listening. “
We see this deep attention as soon as Gjon begins to sing. Regardless of the cameramen, photographers, technicians, and other members of the production around them, at this moment, Zazie has her eyes riveted on her semi-finalist and sees only him.
“Well, that’s going to do it, bye! », She says with a smile at the last note. She resumes, more melancholy: “I am very moved because I think of my friend. »His gaze then slides towards the ceiling as if to look for Maurane there.
“The clown version of you”
Gjon brings her back to Earth: “I tried to do theAve Maria “. A reference to his lyrical soaring at the end of his interpretation. He admits he’s not quite in his comfort zone. Saturday evening, he will not be behind his piano but standing, riveted behind a microphone. Zazie seeks to channel it and bring it towards sobriety. “You are unique, your voice is unique. I love your attitude towards music, but when it’s too much, it becomes your enemy, because it becomes the clown version of you, ”she says.
The main interested party is ready to take up the mission. “Here, we come up with a song that is not ours. You have to be fair with what you do. I came to try new things, to challenge myself. I am still at the beginning, ”he says modestly.
“You peck what I tell you, if it speaks to you, you take …”
“Technically, I don’t have much to tell you. You peck what I tell you, if it speaks to you, you take… ”, suggests Zazie. It builds on the lyrics of the song. When he arrives at “my head in slaps”, for example, she advises him to give up this sad air of “Calimero mixed with Droopy”. “There is a bitchy side, with a bit of joy too. The intensity of your voice is such that you won’t get out of the song if you smile, ”she reassures him.
Between now and Saturday evening, Gjon’s Tears will have the opportunity to refine his performance. His experience at Eurovision – he finished third in the last edition – taught him to manage his stress. He says he doesn’t feel it “for the moment” and hastens to add: “On D-day, if you interview me five minutes before, it’s clear that there, I’ll be pissing on myself …” For the victory of this edition all stars, he is betting on Anne Sila. “I don’t see myself winning at all, but it’s true that I would be happy to be in the final, to sing with a guest. In the meantime, he tries not to put too much pressure on himself. Let’s not count on him to make his hair gray.
A good fortnight
Fifteen semi-finalists will be in contention on Saturday evening, from 9:05 p.m. on TF1. Besides Gjon’s Tears, Will Barber and Demi-Mondaine are on Zazie’s team. Amalya is the only candidate still in the race in the Jenifer team. Flo Malley, Antoine and Louis Delort were coached by Patrick Fiori. Florent Pagny and Mika, on the other hand, have four candidates each, respectively Anne Sila, Dominique Magloire, MB 14, Manon for the first, and Victoria Adamo, Paul, Anthony Touma, Terence James for the second. The final will take place on October 23.