''The Voice Belgique'' is a
francophone
French became an international language in the Middle Ages, when the power of the Kingdom of France made it the second international language, alongside Latin. This status continued to grow into the 18th century, by which time French was the l ...
Belgian reality television singing competition. The TV show is part of the international "Voice" franchise that started in the Netherlands as ''
The Voice of Holland
''The Voice of Holland'', also known as ''TVOH'', is a Dutch reality TV singing competition, that became a near global TV format franchise, created by media tycoon John de Mol and musician Roel van Velzen, in the Netherlands airing on RTL 4.
...
''. It kicked off on December 20, 2011, one month after its Flemish Belgian counterpart, ''
The Voice van Vlaanderen
''The Voice van Vlaanderen'' (; English-Dutch for ''The Voice of Flanders'') is a Belgian reality singing competition for the Flemish part of Belgium. It is part of the franchise that started in the Netherlands as ''The Voice of Holland''. It ...
'' went on air. It is currently airing on
La Une
La Une () is a Belgian national television channel, owned and operated by the French-language public-service broadcasting organization RTBF. La Une is the equivalent of Flemish station Eén, of the Flemish broadcaster VRT.
History
INR
Expe ...
from
RTBF
The ''Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française'' (RTBF, ''Belgian Radio-television of the French Community'', branded as rtbf.be) is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Commu ...
network.
One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.
Format
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 four acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final eight, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.
In the final phase, the remaining contestants (Final 24) 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.
Coaches and finalists
File:BJ SCOTT (c) SantinaVaccalluzzo.jpg, Beverly Jo Scott
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Biography
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(2011–2018, 2020–)
File:Lio 2013 4.jpg, Lio
Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furtado Tavares de Vasconcelos (born 17 June 1962), known professionally as Lio, is a Portuguese-Belgian singer and actress who was a pop icon in France and Belgium during the 1980s.
Life and career
Vanda Maria Ribeiro Furt ...
(2011–2012)
File:Quentin Mosimann 2011.jpg, Quentin Mosimann
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Quentin Mosimann took up hi ...
(2011–2013, 2016–2017)
File:Natasha St-Pier 2012.jpg, Natasha St-Pier
Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer of Acadian origin who has spent most of her career in France. She was coach in the second and third season of The Voice Belgique (''The Voice of Belgium'').
Career
Natasha St-Pier r ...
(2013–2014)
File:Bastian Baker-70.jpg, Bastian Baker
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He was coach in the thi ...
(2014)
File:Chimene Badi 2012.jpg, Chimène Badi
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Early life
Badi was born in Melun in the Paris suburbs to a family of Algerian origin. She spent her enti ...
(2015)
File:Stanislas au télévie 2013.jpg, Stanislas (2015–2016)
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(2017)
File:Slimane 04.jpg, Slimane Nebchi
Slimane Nebchi (born 13 October 1989), known professionally by the mononym Slimane (), is a French male singer and songwriter. Nebchi won season 5 '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' in 2016, and has since released a debut album and nine singles ...
(2018–2019)
File:Vitaa BTS "Vivre" 2.jpg, Vitaa
Charlotte Bendaoud (; born 14 March 1983), known by her stage name Vitaa (), is a French singer-songwriter.
Biography
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(2018–2019)
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File:Typh-barrow.jpg, Typh Barrow
Typh Barrow is a Belgian singer, songwriter, jurist, composer and pianist who was born in Brussels, Belgium. Her style is a mixture of pop and soul music with jazz and blues accents.
She is considered by the press to be the Belgian Adele or Amy W ...
(2019–)
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(2020–2021)
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File:Christophe Willem (20047479039).jpg, Christophe Willem
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Early life
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(2021–)
File:Black Mesrimes.jpg, Black M
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In 2014, he released his first solo album, entitled '' Les ...
(2021–)
Coaches' timeline
Note: in the anniversary season live shows, the show brought back historical coaches in every week in the live shows.
Coaches' teams
* Winning
* Runner-up
* Third place
* Fourth place
Series overview
''The Voice Kids Belgique''
In July 2019, RTBF announced that they would produce their own version of ''
The Voice Kids
''The Voice Kids'' is a version of ''The Voice'' TV series franchise in which children participate.
Versions
The first such variation was '' The Voice Kids'' from the Netherlands, which was followed by other international variants:
: Franchise wi ...
''. Like the
Flemish version, the Wallonian version requires participants to be between the ages of 8 and 14.
The Voice Belgique
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Given name
;Sliman
* Sliman Mansour (bor ...
, won the first season. As of April 12, 2022 casting for the second season is now open and is expected to premiere in the second half of 2022.
Coaches and finalists
File:Slimane 04.jpg, Slimane Nebchi
Slimane Nebchi (born 13 October 1989), known professionally by the mononym Slimane (), is a French male singer and songwriter. Nebchi won season 5 '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' in 2016, and has since released a debut album and nine singles ...
(2020)
File:Vitaa BTS "Vivre" 2.jpg, Vitaa
Charlotte Bendaoud (; born 14 March 1983), known by her stage name Vitaa (), is a French singer-songwriter.
Biography
Vitaa was discovered by DJ Kost, who paired her with Dadoo in a duet . They sang "Pas à pas" ('Step by Step'). It was at this e ...
(2020)
File:Paaspop 2014 Puggy 01.jpg, Matthew Irons (2020-)
File:Typh-barrow.jpg, Typh Barrow
Typh Barrow is a Belgian singer, songwriter, jurist, composer and pianist who was born in Brussels, Belgium. Her style is a mixture of pop and soul music with jazz and blues accents.
She is considered by the press to be the Belgian Adele or Amy W ...
(2023–)
File:Black Mesrimes.jpg, Black M
Alpha Diallo (born 27 December 1984), better known by his stage name Black M (originally Black Mesrimes), is a French rapper, singer, songwriter and member of the Sexion d'Assaut group.
In 2014, he released his first solo album, entitled '' Les ...
(2023–)
Coaches' timeline
Series overview
External links
''The Voice Belgique'' Official website
See also
*The Voice (franchise)
''The Voice'' is an international reality television singing competition franchise. It is based on the reality singing competition ''The Voice of Holland'', which was originally created by Dutch producer John de Mol and Dutch singer Roel van Ve ...
References
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Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
French-language television programming in Belgium
French-language television shows
2011 Belgian television series debuts
2010s Belgian television series
Belgian reality television series
La Une original programming