''The Voice Afrique francophone'' is the French-speaking African version of the reality singing competition ''

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'', broadcast on VoxAfrica. It is based on the show ''

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'', created by

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. 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 Claudy Siar. The original coaching panel included Charlotte Dipanda,

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, A'salfo and

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. All four coaches initially returned for the second season, but when the last shows were postponed, A'salfo and Dipanda were replaced by

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and Josey respectively, to serve as coaches from the Quarterfinals until the end of the season. For the show's third cycle, Hiro Le Coq were confirmed as a new coach, while Charlotte Dipanda is also returning. On 26 July 2019, it was announced that

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will join the panel, along with Lokua Kanza who returns to the show for his third season as coach.

Series overview

The Voice Afrique Francophone Kids

In February 2019, VoxAfrica announced their version of ''The Voice Kids'', which is expected to start with date which is soon to be announced.

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, Daphne Njie,

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and KS Bloom were the coaches of the first season. The first season of the series premiered on 1 October 2022 and was open to aspiring singers aged 8 to 15.

Notes

# In season 2 of The Voice Afrique Francophone, A'salfo and Charlotte Dipanda originally signed up to serve as coaches full-time. However, due to a postponement which made the season finished later than planned, A'salfo and Dipanda were not able to resume their duties for the last four live shows because of pre-arranged commitments. Youssoupha and Josey replaced them, respectively, and served as coaches from the Quarterfinals until the end of the season. In the third season, Youssoupha again returned as coach replacing Nayanka Bell for the live shows, because Bell was unable to return due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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French-language television shows