The Voice (French TV series)

The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.

Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of four individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with a combination of public and jury vote deciding who advances onto the next round. In the final phase, the remaining contestants (top 8) compete against each other in live broadcasts. The television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50 in deciding who moves on to the final 4 phase. With one team member remaining for each coach, the final 4 contestants compete against each other in the finale with the outcome decided solely by public vote.

In late 2011 French production company Shine France bought the format and the large national television chains, including TF1 and M6, expressed interest. TF1 eventually won the contract and the format was aired in 2012 as a replacement to the long running Star Academy series.[1]

• The first season was won by Stéphan Rizon, a contestant on team Florent.
• The second season was won by Yoann Fréget, a contestant on team Garou.
• The third season was won by Kendji Girac, a contestant on team Mika.
• The fourth season was won by Lilian Renaud, a contestant on team Zazie.
• The fifth season was won by Slimane Nebchi, a contestant on team Florent.
• The sixth season was won by Lisandro Cuxi, a contestant on team Matt.
• The seventh season was won by Maëlle Pistoia, a contestant on team Zazie.
• The eighth season was won by Whitney Marin, a contestant on team Mika.
• The ninth season was won by Abi Bernadoth, a contestant on team Pascal.