La Voix (season 1)
La Voix is the French Canadian version of The Voice. The first season of La Voix premiered on the TVA on 20 January 2013 and ended on 14 April 2013. It featured Marc Dupré, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Marie-Mai and Ariane Moffatt as the coaches. During the seasons mentors also took part. They were Daniel Bélanger, Claude Dubois, Annie Villeneuve and Fred St-Gelais. The series was produced by Stéphane Laporte and hosted by Charles Lafortune. The winner was Valérie Carpentier from Ariane Moffatt's Team.
Season Summary
During the season, mentors also assisted various teams. They were:- Daniel Bélanger for Team Ariane Moffatt
- Claude Dubois for Team Jean-Pierre Ferland
- Annie Villeneuve for Team Marc Dupré
- Fred St-Gelais for Team Marie-Mai.
Round 1: Blind auditions
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Round 2: Battle rounds.
During the battle round, two candidates from the same team are paired by the team coach to battle it out in a duo performance of a song chosen by the coach, who decides which of the performing duo moves on to the next round.Coach | Winner | Song | Loser |
Marie-Mai | Jacynthe Véronneau | "Stronger " | Carolane Cloutier |
Ariane Moffat | Dany Flanders | "Dangereux" | Rick Hughes |
Marc Dupré | Amy-Jade Leblanc | "Encore une nuit" | Virginie Péloquin |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Joanie Roussel | "Les yeux du cœur" | Jacques Lebel |
Marie-Mai | Valérie Amyot | "Tous les cris les S.O.S." | Cynthia Harvey |
Ariane Moffat | Valérie Clio Nerestant | "Man in the Mirror" | Isabelle Robert |
Marc Dupré | Edi Hysi | "Life Is a Highway" | Stephan McNicoll |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Maria–Janice Galvez | "Les uns contre les autres" | Gabryelle Frappier |
Marc Dupré | Andie Duquette | "Rolling in the Deep" | Nathalie Carbonneau |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Julie Massicotte | "Caline de Blues" | Claudia Parisien |
Marie-Mai | Fred Lebel | "Beat It" | Jean Ravel |
Ariane Moffat | Karine Deschamps | "Ella, elle l'a" | Andréanne Martin |
Marc Dupré | Alexe Gaudreault | "C'est Zéro" | Julie Levac |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Étienne Cotton | "Je l'aime à mourir" | Gabriella Delorme Grenier |
Marie-Mai | Charlotte Cardin-Goyer | "Si tu savais" | Carolyne Drolet |
Ariane Moffat | Étienne Cousineau | "Miss Sarajevo" | Mark Elkes |
Marc Dupré | Stéphanie et Sabrina Barabé | "Reste là" | Julie D'Aoust |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Meredith Marshall | "Un amour qui ne veut pas mourir" / "Never Ending Love" | Roxanne Bacon |
Marie-Mai | Jeffrey Piton | "Hey, Soul Sister" | Marie-Eve Bédard et Marc-André Rouillard |
Ariane Moffat | Émanuelle Robitaille | "No More Tears " | Ysabelle Bertrand |
Marc Dupré | Jérôme Couture | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Brian Tyler |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Jean Sébastien Lavoie | "La Manic" | François Verreault-Girard |
Marie-Mai | Félix-Antoine Couturier | "Si fragile" | Jonathan Guilbault |
Ariane Moffat | Valérie Carpentier | "La Vie en rose" | Thomas Olivier |
Marc Dupré | Jael Bird Joseph | "Parce qu'on vient de loin" | Mathilda Kamuela |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Myranie Castilloux | "Calling You" | Sylvie Pellerin |
Marie-Mai | Léa Morgane | "Regarde-moi" | Priscilla Vatrano |
Ariane Moffat | Stevens Simeon | "L'Amour" | Henrik Lajoie |
Round 3: Chants de Bataille
In this round, each coach chooses two contestants from the remaining seven in his team that should interpret solo a song chosen by the coach. At the end, the coach based on what he heard decides to keep one of them and send the other home, with him/her ending up with six contestants in his/her team.Coach | Winner | Song | Loser |
Marc Dupré | Edi Hysi | "Entre deux mondes" | Amy-Jade Leblanc |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Maria Janice Galvez | "Un peu plus haut" | Myranie Castilloux |
Marie-Mai | Jacynthe Véronneau | "Emmène-moi" | Léa Morgane |
Ariane Moffat | Karine Deschamps | "Réverbère" | Émanuelle Robitaille |
Round 4: Live shows (Directs)
In this stage the contest is broadcast live with the public having a say in the fate of the contestants.First finals (1/8)
The program spread on two weeks of 2 hours each, asks for each coach to nominate three of his contestants one week and three others the next, to sing songs of their own choice. Each day, one contestant is saved by the public vote and getting most votes, and one of the remaining two is saved by the coach with the third contestant being eliminated. At the end of this phase, each coach would end up with four of his six contestants for the following round.Coach | Contestant | First Song | Contestant | Second Song | Contestant | Third Song |
Week 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Marie-Mai | Charlotte Cardin-Goyer | "Autumn Leaves" | Valérie Amyot | "La forêt des mal-aimés" | Félix-Antoine Couturier | "Sensualité" |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Étienne Cotton | "Notre sentier" | Maria Janice Galvez | "Je ne suis qu'une chanson" | Jean Sébastien Lavoie | "When I Was Your Man" |
Marc Dupré | Jérôme Couture | "Crazy" | Jael Bird Joseph | "Te quitter" | Stéphanie et Sabrina Barabé | "Tu es mon autre" |
Ariane Moffat | Étienne Cousineau | "Hymne à l'amour" | Valérie Clio Nerestant | "J'ai vu" | Karine Deschamps | "Stop!" |
Week 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Marie-Mai | Jacynthe Véronneau | "Let It Be" | Jeffrey Piton | "T'es dans la lune" | Fred Lebel | "Baba O'Riley" |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Julie Massicotte | "Il était une fois des gens heureux" | Meredith Marshall | "Feeling Good" | Joanie Roussel | "Quand on ne vous aime plus" |
Marc Dupré | Edi Hysi | "It Will Rain" | Andie Duquette | "Casser la voix" | Alexe Gaudreault-Dallaire | "Tout au bout de nos peines" |
Ariane Moffat | Valérie Carpentier | "Video Games" | Stevens Simeon | "Soulman" | Dany Flanders | "Aimer d'amour" |
Quarter finals
Each group now containing four contestants each would be reduced to half, with one candidated from each group chosen by the public vote and one other saved by the coach.Coach | Contestant | First Song | Contestant | Second Song | Contestant | Third Song | Contestant | Fourth Song |
Marie Mai | Jacynthe Véronneau | Belleville Rendez-vous | Charlotte Cardin-Goyer | Can't Take My Eyes Off You | Jeffrey Piton | Place de la République | Valérie Amyot | Candyman |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Étienne Cotton | Comme d'habitude | Julie Massicotte | Everybody Hurts | Maria Janice Galvez | Let It Rain | Meredith Marshall | Une femme avec toi |
Marc Dupré | Jérôme Couture | Ce soir on danse à Naziland | Jael Bird Joseph | Father and Son | Andie Duquette | You Give Love a Bad Name | Edi Hysi | Ce que tu veux |
Ariane Moffat | Valérie Carpentier | Skyfall | Étienne Cousineau | Memories | Stevens Simeon | Linoléum | Valérie Clio Nerestant | Time After Time |
Semi-finals
In this round the two remaining contestants in each team would perform against each other to arrive at one finalist from each team. The coach would distribute his 100 points between his two contestants. To this would be added the percentages obtained through public vote to arrive at a general average to decide the finalist from the group.Coach | Contestant | First Song | Points by Coach | Points by public | Total points | Contestant | Second Song | Points by Coach | Points by public | Total points |
Marie-Mai | Jacynthe Véronneau | Ave Maria | 40 | 49 | 89 | Charlotte Cardin-Goyer | Hurt | 60 | 51 | 111 |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Julie Massicotte | Vivre avec celui qu'on aime | 48 | 47 | 95 | Étienne Cotton | Coeur de rocker | 52 | 53 | 105 |
Marc Dupré | Jérôme Couture | Cry Me a River | 55 | 55 | 110 | Jael Bird Joseph | Je voudrais voir New York | 45 | 45 | 90 |
Ariane Moffat | Valérie Carpentier | Dis, quand reviendras-tu? | 58 | 89 | 147 | Étienne Cousineau | Life on Mars? | 42 | 11 | 53 |
Finale
;PerformancesIn the final, the contestants had to sing a song written and composed by their respective coaches
Coach | Participant | Song | Result |
Marie-Mai | Charlotte Cardin-Goyer | "J'attends" | Finalist |
Jean-Pierre Ferland | Étienne Cotton | "Partir au vent" | Finalist |
Marc Dupré | Jérôme Couture | "Comme on attend le printemps" | Finalist |
Ariane Moffat | Valérie Carpentier | "À fleur de peau" | Winner |