The Voice Afrique Francophone


The Voice Afrique francophone is the French-speaking African version of the reality singing competition The Voice, broadcast on VoxAfrica. It is based on the show The Voice of Holland, created by John de Mol.
Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train singers on their team and occasionally perform with them. The competitors are selected in auditions where the coaches listen to the auditioning contestant without seeing them.

Coaches and hosts

The show is hosted by :fr:Claudy Siar|Claudy Siar. The original coaching panel included Charlotte Dipanda, Lokua Kanza, A'salfo and Singuila. All four coaches initially returned for the second season, but when the last shows were postponed, A'salfo and Dipanda were replaced by Youssoupha and :fr:Josey|Josey respectively, to serve as coaches from the Quarterfinals until the end of the season.
For the show's third cycle, :fr:Bana C4|Hiro Le Coq were confirmed as a new coach, while Charlotte Dipanda is also returning. On 26 July 2019, it was announced that Nayanka Bell will join the panel, along with Lokua Kanza who returns to the show for his third season as coach.

Series overview

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The Voice Kids Afrique Francophone

In February 2019, VoxAfrica announced their version of The Voice Kids, which is expected to start in 2020.