Unlike last year with Aurélien Vivos, there was no evidence before this Saturday evening on the name of the possible winner of The Voice 2024. The five finalists (Gabriel, Iris, Alphonse, Baptiste and Shanys) all had their chances of winning. Around midnight, it was finally Alphonse, 17, who won and lifted the trophy in the sign of V for victory, after an evening that was a little too good. With 53% of the public votes, Alphonse won against Baptiste in a final battle. We summarize for you this surprising finale, which will not remain in the annals of the show.
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After the opening of the evening by Soprano and the five finalists with a medley of his hits, it was Vianney’s candidate, Baptiste, who opened the ball with individual performances. On The black Eagle of Barbara, the young man who discovered the stage during the blind auditions of The Voice showed the extent of his progress to his coach, satisfied, despite a rather weak performance for a final. Baptiste subsequently interpreted Salty Popcorn with Santa and made some rhythm and lyrical errors.
Performers who break the codes
Right after that, Mika title contender Gabriel Lobao lit up the stage alongside Eurovision 2024 winner Nemo. The code, the two men dressed in pink delivered an offbeat and impressive performance on this track mixing opera, rock and rap. Something to make Mika proud: “That’s a performance, that’s The Voice. He (Gabriel) does things with his voice that I can’t imagine doing with mine”, the coach will admit with a broad smile. Gabriel subsequently sang Who wants to live forever by Queen.
Shanys, the candidate drafted by Camille Lellouche in The Voice comeback, stood out immediately on the title Hurt by Christina Aguilera. With her powerful voice and her interpretation, the young woman impressed her coach. “She is exceptional. She always surprises me and reminds me of Slimane for 1,000 reasons”, declares Camille Lellouche. A little later, Shanys shared a duet with Lara Fabian on the title You are my otherclearly worn by the Belgian singer.
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Slimane, Loreen… Eurovision on “The Voice”
It was another “returner” who then delivered her performance for the team of Bigflo and Oli. Iris, who had to replace Adnaé at the last minute, sang with the Swedish Loreen on the title Tattoo. Slimane, 4th in Eurovision 2024, was keen to deliver a message of encouragement to the finalists at the end of this performance, live from his concert in Belgium. Iris took over the microphone (and the piano) a little later in the evening on the legendary title As per usual.
Alphonse, the 17-year-old French song fan, first sang with Marc Lavoine on Revolver eyesbefore performing solo and with class I’m a snob by Boris Vian. In addition to The Voicehis coach Zazie was keen to point out that the young man had to prepare at the same time for his baccalaureate, which he will take in a few weeks.
The super-finalists sing two new songs
At the end of a first round of public voting, it was Alphonse and Baptiste who qualified for the “super final”. A surprise, as Gabriel was the favorite in the polls. The final two finalists had the opportunity to sing their single composed for the occasion.
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Baptiste opened the ball with My dreama ballad composed by Vianney which recounts Baptiste’s determination to achieve his goal of becoming a singer.
In front of him, Alphonse sang his Every time, a swing title, in keeping with the anachronism which characterizes the young man, and which he partly composed. Zazie had initially composed a song for him, which the boy declined. “I wasn’t convinced of this song, you were. You did well “the singer admitted to him.
Fourth trophy for Zazie
The other three finalists were also able to sing their song during the after party of the show. All titles are already available on streaming platforms. They will also be listened to during the tour The Voice which will take place this summer throughout France.
Just before announcing the results, the five finalists sang one last song together, Light the fire, by Johnny Hallyday, alongside former candidates from the show, including Aurélien Vivos, who came to present the ultimate prize to Alphonse. With this victory, Zazie wins his fourth trophy The Voice and his second victory in a row.
Thus ends season 13 of The Voice, which will not have particularly stood out for its talents, nor for its audiences. This edition in fact marked the lowest historical performance of the program with 3.71 million viewers on average each week, replay included. The front page singing competition should nevertheless have a next season soon.