The Voice: la plus belle voix (season 3) is the third season of the French reality singing competition, created by media tycoon John de Mol. It was aired from 11 January 2014 to 10 May 2014 on TF1.
A key aspect of the show is the high-quality singing talent. Four renowned coaches, who are also popular artists, mentor contestants and sometimes perform with them. Contestants are chosen through blind auditions, where coaches hear but not see the auditioners.
Three of the coaches continued from season 2, namely were Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou. But the fourth coach Louis Bertignac from seasons 1 and 2 was replaced by British singer Mika. Kendji Girac of Team Mika was the third season winner with finale held on May 10, 2014.
Overview
– Winning Coach/Contestant. Winner and finalists are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font. – Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed. – 2nd Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.
List of contestants by coach Maximilien Philippe Kendji Girac Amir Haddad Wesley
Results
Stage 1 : « Auditions à l'aveugle » (Blind Auditions) The Blind Auditions were broadcast on 11, 18, 25 January and 1, 8 and 15 February 2014.
Key
Episode 1: January 11, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesFlorent PagnyJeniferMikaGarou1 Pierre Edel House of the rising sun – The Animals—2 Leïla Huissoud Caravane – Raphael 3Linda Lee HopkinsCan't Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli— — — —4 Igit Fever – Peggy Lee 5 Manon Formidable – Stromae— 6 Emma Shaka Purple Rain – Prince— —7 Marina D'Amico Papaoutai – Stromae8 Alex You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) – Sylvester— 9Alejandro ReyesWake Me Up! – Avicii— — — —10 Spleen Toxic – Britney Spears—11 Julie Erikssen Underwater – Mika— —
Episode 2: January 18, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesFlorent PagnyJeniferMikaGarou1 Sarah Jad Étienne - Guesch Patti—2 Maximilien Philippe When I Was Your Man – Bruno Mars—3 Antho Love Me Again – John Newman————4 Kendji Girac Bella – Maître Gims———5 Caroline Savoie Ain't No Sunshine – Bill Withers6 Santo Barracato 'O sole mio – Giovanni Capurro & Eduardo di Capua———7 Amir Haddad Candle in the Wind – Elton John8 Elliott Nightcall – Kavinsky———9 Juliette Moraine Jalouse – Mademoiselle K———10 Gwendal Marimoutou I Am What I Am – Gloria Gaynor— 11 Ayrton Paris Les Lacs du Connemara – Michel Sardou————12 Jérémy BertiniAve Maria – Charles Gounod—
Episode 3: January 25, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesFlorent PagnyJeniferMikaGarou1 Élodie Martelet Still Loving You – Scorpions2 Fabien Incardona Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush————3 Stacey King Skyfall – Adele—4 Florence Coste Hymne à l'amour – Édith Piaf———5 Quentin Wonderful Life – Black—6 Doushka Esposito Ave Maria de Caccini – Vladimir Vavilov————7 Fabienne Della-Moniqua The Great Gig in the Sky – Pink Floyd—8 Charlie Que je t'aime – Johnny Hallyday———9 Mélissa Maugran Love on Top – Beyoncé——10 Rich Ly Ne me quitte pas – Jacques Brel———11 Aline Lahoud Khedni Maak – Salwa Al Katrib12 La Petite Shade Royals – Lorde———
Episode 4: February 1, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesFlorent PagnyJeniferMikaGarou1 Flo Angie – Rolling Stones—2 Bruno Moreno Sur ma peau – Louis Delort———3 Natacha Andreani One Day / Reckoning Song – Asaf Avidan4 Théo Caravane – Raphael————5 Wesley You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban——6 Tifayne Teardrops – Womack & Womack—7 Marie Payet This Love – Maroon 5————8 Fréro Delavega Caroline – MC Solaar ———9 Lioan Back to Black – Amy Winehouse10 MargieL-O-V-E – Nat King Cole———11 Akram Sedkaoui Still Loving You – Scorpions ——12 Alexia Rabé Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word – Elton John——
Episode 5: February 8, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesFlorent PagnyJeniferMikaGarou1 Noémie Garcia Roar – Katy Perry—2 Ginie Line (Where Do I Begin?) Love Story – Shirley Bassey———3 Virgil Les murs porteurs – Florent Pagny————4 CloéToxic – Britney Spears—5 Adrien Abelli Nessun dorma – Giacomo Puccini ———6 Mélissa Bon Unfaithful – Rihanna ———7 Roman I Want You Back – The Jackson Five8 Carine Robert Woman in Love – Barbra Streisand———9 Chloé Dis-lui toi que je t'aime – Vanessa Paradis————10 Jérémy Ichou The Man Who Can't Be Moved – The Script—11 Liv Let It Be – The Beatles————12 Najwa Mercy – Duffy———13 Edu del Prado Listen – Beyoncé— ——
Episode 6: February 15, 2014 OrderContestantSongCoaches' and Contestants' ChoicesFlorent PagnyJeniferMikaGarou1 Mamido Halo – Beyoncé——2 François Lachance Impossible – James Arthur———3 Kenzy La Mer – Charles Trenet————4 Youness Abdel Kader – Rachid Taha, Khaled, Faudel——5 Jacynthe Véronneau The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals——6 Laetitia Sole Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey————7 Kissamilé Hometown Glory – Adele—8 Claudia Costa Canção do Mar – Dulce Pontes—— 9 Ayelya Next to Me – Emeli Sandé— 10 Teiva Hymne à l'amour – Édith Piaf 11 Sophie Delmas Applause – Lady Gaga
Stage 2 : « Battles Musicales » (Musical Battles) During the battles, each coach was assisted by another singer as assistant coach, during the preparations to the show: Florent Pagny was assisted by Hélène Ségara and Pascal Obispo; Jenifer was assisted by Stanislas and Élodie Frégé; Mika was assisted by Kylie Minogue; Garou was assisted by Corneille and Gérald de Palmas.
Episode 7: February 22, 2014 Order Coach Winner Loser(s)or stolen Coach(es) buzzingfor loser (Winning coach in bold) Song 1 Jenifer Manon Trinquier Ayelya — Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus 2 Mika Marina D'Amico Claudia Costa Florent Pagny La Mamma – Charles Aznavour 3 Florent Pagny Wesley Edu del Prado — Soulman – Ben l'Oncle Soul 4 Garou Maximilien Philippe Noémie Garcia — Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word – Elton John 5 Jenifer Ginie Line Sarah Jad — Come Back to Me – HollySiz 6 Mika Caroline Savoie Mélissa Bon Garou, Jenifer, Florent Pagny Wasting My Young Years – London Grammar 7 Florent Pagny Alexia Rabé Julie Erikssen Jenifer Tout – Lara Fabian
Episode 8: March 1, 2014 Order Coach Winner Loser(s)or stolen Coach(es) buzzingfor loser (Winning coach in bold) Song 1 Florent Pagny Stacey King Aline Lahoud — Sober – Pink 2 Mika Spleen Pierre Edel Garou, Jenifer, Florent Pagny Bennie and the Jets – Elton John 3 Jenifer Elliott Leïla HuissoudFlorence Coste — C'est dit – Calogero 4 Garou Flo Roman Jenifer You Really Got Me – The Kinks 5 Mika Élodie Martelet Najwa — No Surprises – Radiohead 6 Garou Mélissa Maugran Alex — Eye of the Tiger – Survivor 7 Florent Pagny Teiva Jérémy Bertini — Vivo per lei – Andrea Bocelli
Episode 9: March 8, 2014 Order Coach Winner Loser(s)or stolen Coach(es) buzzingfor loser (Winning coach in bold) Song 1 Jenifer Emma Shaka Jacynthe Véronneau Mika, Florent Pagny Les Amants d'un jour – Édith Piaf 2 Florent Pagny Juliette Moraine Carine RobertSophie Delmas — It's Raining Men – The Weather Girls 3 Garou Igit Charlie Florent Pagny Like a Hobo – Charlie Winston 4 Mika Fabienne Della-Moniqua Akram Sedkaoui — Life on Mars? – David Bowie 5 Jenifer Amir Haddad François Lachance — Radioactive – Imagine Dragons 6 Mika Kendji Girac Youness — Tous les mêmes – Stromae 7 Garou Gwendal Marimoutou Kissamilé — Fan – Pascal Obispo
Episode 10: March 15, 2014 Order Coach Winner Loser(s)or stolen Coach(es) buzzingfor loser (Winning coach in bold) Song 1 Garou Tifayne Mamido — I'm Every Woman – Chaka Khan 2 Mika Fréro Delavega Quentin — Il y a – Vanessa Paradis 3 Jenifer Lioan Margie — Summertime – George Gershwin 4 Florent Pagny Bruno Moreno Jérémy Ichou — Pinball Wizard – The Who 5 Garou Natacha Andreani Cloé Mika Le chemin – Kyo 6 Jenifer La Petite Shade Rich Ly — Burn – Ellie Goulding 7 Florent Pagny Adrien Abelli Santo Barracato — Derrière l'amour – Johnny Hallyday
Teams after the battle rounds
Contestants retained after battle rounds, who will go to the live rounds (in blue, the contestants stolen by other teams):
Teams during the battles Maximilien PhilippeFloMélissa MaugranIgitGwendal MarimoutouTifayneNatacha AndreaniManon TrinquierGinie LineElliottEmma ShakaAmir HaddadLioanLa Petite ShadeWesleyAlexia RabéStacey KingTeivaJuliette MoraineBruno MorenoAdrien AbelliMarina D'AmicoCaroline SavoieSpleenÉlodie MarteletFabienne Della-MoniquaKendji GiracFréro DelavegaMélissa Bon (Mika)Pierre Edel (Mika)Julie Erikssen (Florent Pagny)Roman (Garou)Claudia Costa (Mika)Charlie (Garou)Jacynthe Véronneau (Jenifer)Cloé (Garou)
Stage 3 : « épreuve ultime » "L'épreuve ultime" was a new step introduced for the first time in the French show lasting two episodes. The process was designed to reduce contestants to six by team.
Within their respective teams, each coach would select three contestants each to sing a song of their choice. With each coach, two of his three contestants would forward to the live shows and the third would be eliminated.
Garou and Jenifer presented their "trios" on 22 March 2014, with Mika and Florent Pagny following suit on 29 March 2014. Later on, contestants Louane and Atef were invited in the first on 22 March, the second on 29 March.
Episode 11 - L'épreuve ultime 1: 22 March 2014 At the beginning of the episode, the four coaches sang together "Vieille canaille" from Serge Gainsbourg and Eddy Mitchell, au début de l'émission.
Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Garou Maximilien Philippe Je t'aime – Lara Fabian Saved 2 Mélissa Maugran L'Air du vent – Native Eliminated 3 Flo Ces idées-là – Louis Bertignac Saved 4 Garou Gwendal Marimoutou River Deep, Mountain High – Céline Dion Eliminated 5 Pierre Edel Amsterdam – Jacques Brel Save 6 Natacha Andreani Don't You Remember – Adele Saved 7 Garou Igit Les Bonbons – Jacques Brel Saved 8 Mélissa Bon Paris-Seychelles – Julien Doré Eliminated 9 Tifayne L'Anamour – Serge Gainsbourg Saved 10 Jenifer Julie Erikssen Stop! – Sam Brown Eliminated 11 Ginie Line Rue de la Paix – Zazie Saved 12 Emma Shaka Domino – Jessie J Saved 13 Jenifer Manon Trinquier Sois heureux – Charles-Baptiste Saved 14 Elliott Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey Eliminated 15 La Petite Shade Battez-vous – Brigitte Saved 16 Jenifer Amir Haddad Né en 17 à Leidenstadt – Fredericks Goldman Jones Saved 17 Roman Le vent nous portera – Noir Désir Eliminated 18 Lioan Amoureuse – Véronique Sanson Saved
Episode 12 - L'épreuve ultime 2: 29 March 2014 Order Coach Contestant Song Result 1 Mika Élodie Martelet Tandem – Vanessa Paradis Saved 2 Spleen Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy) – Céline Dion Saved 3 Fabienne Della-Moniqua Marcia Baila – Rita Mitsouko Eliminated 4 Mika Marina D'Amico Something's Got a Hold On Me – Etta James Saved 5 Caroline Savoie Vancouver – Véronique Sanson Saved 6 Jacynthe Véronneau Let It Be – The Beatles Eliminated 7 Mika Cloé Hung Up – Madonna Eliminated 8 Kendji Girac Hotel California – The Eagles Saved 9 Fréro Delavega P.I.M.P. – 50 Cent Saved 10 Florent Pagny Stacey King Sa raison d'être – Pascal Obispo Saved 11 Adrien Abelli My Heart Will Go On – Céline Dion Eliminated 12 Bruno Moreno L'Assasymphonie – Florent Mothe Saved 13 Florent Pagny Teiva All Night Long (All Night) – Lionel Richie Eliminated 14 Juliette Moraine Bang-Bang – Sheila Saved 15 Wesley Believe – Cher Saved 16 Florent Pagny Claudia Costa Under – Alex Hepburn Saved 17 Charlie Tous les cris les S.O.S. – Daniel Balavoine Saved 18 Alexia Rabé Queen of the Night – Whitney Houston Eliminated
Contestants after "l'épreuve ultime" Candidats retenus après l'épreuve ultime, et qui vont participer aux primes en direct : Équipes à l'issue de l'épreuve ultime Maximilien PhilippeFloPierre EdelNatacha AndreaniIgitTifayneGinie LineEmma ShakaManon TrinquierLa Petite ShadeAmir HaddadLioanBruno MorenoStacey KingJuliette MoraineWesleyCharlieClaudia CostaSpleenÉlodie MarteletCaroline SavoieMarina D'AmicoFréro DelavegaKendji Girac
Stage 4 : « Primes » (Live Shows)