The twelfth season of French The Voice Kids is a talent show which premiered on 22 August 2026 on TF1. All four coaches from the previous season; Soprano, Matt Pokora, Santa, and Patrick Fiori; returned this season. Nikos Aliagas returned as the presenter of the show, and was joined by Styleto, who replaced Karine Ferri as the backstage host.
Nelson Charles from Team Matt won the season on 3 October, marking Matt Pokora's second win as a coach.
Coaches and hosts
This season, all the coaches from the previous season: Soprano, Matt Pokora, Santa, and Patrick Fiori returned. Nikos Aliagas will once again host, and Styleto, a newcomer to the backstage team, takes over from Karine Ferri.
Teams Colour key
Winner Runner-up Eliminated in the Final Eliminated in the Groups
+ Coaching teams Coaches Top 40 Artists Soprano Léna Élisa Adélaïde Aridane Jean Seif Victoire Noémie Léonie Arya Matt Pokora Nelson Livia Titouan Lola Enzo Lily Amandine Li-Ya Clément Léo Santa Alec Sophie Ariana Azure Xan Noam Lola Chamis Maé Maëlie Patrick Fiori Jude Joy Lila Juliette Mina Juliette Ambre Jeanne Francescu & Ange Julie
Blind Auditions The principle is that each coach chooses the best candidates pre-selected by the production team. During each candidate's presentation, each judge and potential coach sits in a chair, with their back to the stage and facing the audience, listening to the candidate's voice without seeing them (hence the term "blind auditions"). When a judge believes they have a good candidate, they press a buzzer in front of them, which turns their chair so that they are facing the candidate. This means that the judge, having finally seen the candidate in person, is ready to coach them and wants them on their team. If only one judge turns their chair, the candidate automatically joins their team. However, if several judges turn their chair, the candidate can choose which coach they want to work with.
The "Block" rule is back this season. This rule allows a coach to block another coach until the final selection of the talent (i.e., it can still be used after the talent's presentation), instead of before the presentation. The coaches can only use this button once during all the blind auditions.
This season, the coaches will be able to propose challenges to each other. They will also have the option to "Call a Friend" to try and convince a contestant to join them, using a celebrity of their choice. That celebrity will then send a video message to the contestant in question.
+ Blind auditions color key ✔ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist was eliminated with no coach pressing their button ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was super-blocked by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by Soprano Blocked by Matt Blocked by Santa Blocked by Patrick
Episode 1 (22 August)
+ First blind auditions results Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Soprano Matt Santa Patrick1Xan9"Recommence-moi"✔✔ ✔ ✘2Lila14"Hopelessly Devoted to You"—✔— ✔3Juliette15"My Immortal"✔✔✔ ✔4Noam13"Ta peine"✔✔ ✔✔5Fleur13"Faut que tu m'aimes"————6Jude11"Dis-moi que tu M'aimes"✔✔ ✘ ✔7Léna14"Ils me Rient Tous Au Nez" ✔✔✔✔8Anas10"Cette année-là"————9Aridane13"Set Fire to the Rain" ✔———10Mina10"Fabulous, Baby!"✔✔✔ ✔11Louis12"Tout l'univers"————12Amandine15"I Love You"— ✔——
Episode 2 (29 August)
+ Second blind auditions results Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Soprano Matt Santa Patrick1 Ariana 14 "Where Is My Husband!" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔2 Sorente 10 "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" — — — —3 Joy 10 "La Rivière de notre enfance" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔4 Nelson 14 "Una furtiva lagrima" ✔ ✔ — ✔5 Azure 9 "Don't Speak" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✘6 Ethane 14 "Ne me quitte pas" — — — —7 Lisandro & Gaspard 12 "Est-ce que tu m'aimes?" — — — —8 Léonie 9 "Melodrama" ✔ — — —9 Titouan 13 "La quête" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔10 Lisandro 8 "Le Pouvoir des fleurs" — — — —11 Lola 13 "Le sens de la vie" — ✔ — —12 Juliette 15 "L'âme du phœnix" — — — ✔
Episode 3 (5 September)
+ Third blind auditions results Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Soprano Matt Santa Patrick1 Adélaïde 12 "Merci" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔2 Julian 8 "Le mal aimé" — — — —3 Alec 12 "Éternel" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔4 Sophie 7 "Je voudrais un bonhomme de neige" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔5 Enzo 15 "Sans toi" — ✔ — —6 Nova 10, 12 & 13 "L'Orange" — — — —7 Lily 11 "Somewhere Only We Know" — ✔ — —8 Ambre 14 "Ne retiens pas tes larmes" — ✘ ✔ ✔9 Ewann 10 "Allumer le feu" — — — —10 Ariane 10 "Soirée mondaine" — — — —11 Jean 13 "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" ✔ — — —12 Flavia 14 "Dynamite" / "Gangnam Style" — — — —
Episode 4 (12 September)
+ Fourth blind auditions results Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Soprano Matt Santa Patrick1 Livia 13 "The Greatest" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔2 Liam 9 "Les Bêtises" — — — —3 Lola 15 "Aimer" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔4 Chamis 15 "Les Mots bleus" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔5 Quentin 13 "Allô le monde" — — — —6 Jeanne 13 "Voyage, voyage" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔7 Li-Ya 11 "Cups" ✔ ✔ — —8 Lissy 8 "Jing Ju Wa" — — — —9 Seif 13 "Monde" ✔ — ✔ —10 Francescu & Ange 14 "Core timpesta" — — — ✔11 Axel 12 "Machistador" — — — —12 Victoire 12 "Texas Hold 'Em" ✔ — — —
Episode 5 (19 September)
+ Fifth blind auditions results Order Artist Age Song Coach's and artist's choices Soprano Matt Santa Patrick1 Clément 14 "Vivre ou survivre" ✔ ✔ — ✔2 Noémie 12 "Ma révérence" ✔ — — —3 Warren 14 "Reflet" — — — —4 Maé 12 "Quand on n'a que l'amour" ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔5 Élise 7 "Pour louper l'école" — — — —6 Élisa 9 "'O sole mio" ✔ — — —7 Arya 10 "Ne me dis plus jamais" ✔ — — —8 Zana 11 "Yaralarim" — — —9 Léo 13 "Maman s'inquiète" ✔ ✔ — —10 Julie 7 "Maison" rowspan=3 rowspan=3 — ✔11 Léon 9 "Louxor, j'adore" — rowspan=2 12 Maëlie 14 "Love in the Dark" ✔
Although Soprano turned for Léo, he did not have a chance to obtain the artist due to his team being full; therefore, Léo was defaulted to Pokora's team.
Group round For this last stage before the final, the coaches formed two groups of five artists. Only one artist per group was selected for the final.
Marine was invited as a "Super Coach". She guided the kids and assisted the coaches in their choice. The coaches and Marine performed Dans un autre monde by Celine Dion during the round.
Episode 6 (26 September)
The candidate is chosen by his/her coach and qualifies for the Finals The candidate is eliminated
OrderCoachGroupSongResult1SopranoAdélaïde"Regarde!"EliminatedAryaEliminatedÉlisaQualifiedJeanEliminatedSeifEliminated2Patrick FioriAmbre"Chanter"EliminatedJeanneEliminatedJudeQualifiedJulietteEliminatedLilaEliminated3Matt PokoraClément"Soirée mondaine" / "Get the Party Started" / "Alors on danse"EliminatedEnzoEliminatedLéoEliminatedNelsonQualifiedTitouanEliminated4SantaAlec"Tu ne m'as pas laissé le temps"QualifiedAzureEliminatedChamisEliminatedLolaEliminatedMaéEliminated5Patrick FioriFrancescu & Ange "Les Jolies Colonies de vacances" / "Holiday" / "Les vacances au bord de la mer" / "Est-ce que tu viens pour les vacances ?" / "Les Sunlights des tropiques"EliminatedJoyQualifiedJulieEliminatedJulietteEliminatedMinaEliminated6SantaAriana"Les Rois du monde"EliminatedMaëlieEliminatedNoamEliminatedSophieQualifiedXanEliminated7SopranoAridane"Désenchantée"EliminatedLénaQualifiedLéonieEliminatedNoémieEliminatedVictoireEliminated8Matt PokoraAmandine"Zoo"EliminatedLilyEliminatedLiviaQualifiedLolaEliminatedLi-YaEliminated
Group round results + Qualified for the Finalsn°Soprano Matt Pokora Santa Patrick Fiori1ElisaNelsonAlecJude2LénaLiviaSophieJoy
The Finale
The two remaining contestants in each teams will perform individually, then their coach will decide who will move on to the "Super Finale". During the second part of the show, the four remaining contestants will perform in duets with Mentissa, RnBoi, Ycare, and Claudio Capéo.
The Finale is pre-recorded and the winner is chosen by the studio audience. This season is the first in the show's history to have an entirely recorded Finale.
Episode 7 (3 October) Final + Final color key Artist advanced to the final Artist was eliminated
+ Prestations de la 1st étape de la finaleOrderCoachTalentSongResultThe Coaches and FinalistsSorry - Justin BieberMelodrama - Disiz et TheodoraChanson sur ma drôle de vie - Véronique SansonLe Dernier Jour du disco - Juliette Armanet1Patrick FioriJudeHymne à l'amour - Édith PiafQualifiedJoyLes Feux d'artifice - CalogeroEliminated2SopranoLénaMamma Knows Best - Jessie JQualifiéeÉlisaAve Maria - Vladimir VavilovÉliminée3SantaSophieL'Envie d'aimer - Daniel LéviÉliminéeAlecJe t'aimais, je t'aime, je t'aimerai - Francis CabrelQualifié4M. PokoraLiviaAlways Remember Us This Way - Lady GagaÉliminéeNelsonLe monde est stone - Fabienne ThibeaultQualifié
Grand Final In the grand final, each artist sung a duet with a guest artist as his/her final performance + Grand Final color key Winner Runner-up
+ Prestations de la 2ndétape de la finaleOrdreCoachCandidatChansonEn duoClassement final1Patrick FioriJudeAnimaux fragiles - Ycare et ZazYcareSuper-finaliste2SantaAlecEt Bam - MentissaMentissaSuper-finaliste3M. PokoraNelsonMon bébé - RnBoiRnBoiGagnant.4SopranoLénaSi j'avais su - Claudio CapéoClaudio CapéoSuper-finaliste
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