“‘The Voice' is making its revolution“, while returning”to the fundamentals“. This is the message passed this Wednesday, November 27 by Rémi Faure, the director of streaming programs at TF1, during the press conference for the next season of tele-hook. The program, which will begin its 14th season, go like this”once again become the largest open stage in France, with tens of thousands of applications received“and allow the 4 coaches”to take their best talents live, without the help of the audience on set, without being able to steal from each other, this is the purity of the format“, explained the manager.
A new stage appears
No more “cross battles” and “super cross battles”, where the public present during the recording decided which candidate continued the adventure. The game mechanics have been revised, and the “groups” stage appears between the blind auditions and the battles, which arrive a little later than usual. During this stage, each coach must compose teams of 4 talents maximum (they chose 16 at the end of the auditions). Each group will then have to perform on the stage of “The Voice” in a table completely imagined by the coach. “They have carte blanche,” confided Pascal Guix, the artistic producer of the show. A crucial phase since each team of talents will go from 16 to 6 at the end of this stage.
This is when the battles will take place, 3 per team, broadcast only for one evening. The 12 candidates selected by the coaches will then compete in the live semi-final, where viewers will take control of the rest of the competition, to choose which candidate will represent their coach in the final. There will therefore be one talent per coach during the final, where the winner will be chosen as usual by the public.
Possibility of drafting a candidate not selected at the auditions
To inaugurate this new mechanism, the front page has almost completely renewed its jury. Exit Zazie, Mika and Bigflo and Oli, only Vianney returns. He will find Florent Pagny, the historic coach who is returning to the show, at his side. Two new recruits complete the quartet: Patricia Kaas and Zaz. The four coaches will be entitled to another novelty during the blind auditions: the “second chance” button.
Placed in front of them like the “block” button, this will allow them to draft a candidate for whom they have not looked back. If they have any regrets, they will be able to hear the candidate again during a second blind performance where the latter will try to convince them once again. Each coach will be able to press the button once during the season. The “block” rule is renewed, each coach will be able to twice prevent one of his rivals from fighting to recover a talent during the auditions.
For this new season, the production has seen things big and the set of the show has also been revised. The audience, which will be more numerous, surrounds the stage to give “one side arena“, confided Pascal Guix. The “family room”, which accommodates the candidates' relatives, was moved and is located on the main stage, higher up, so that the singers' families can attend the performances live. “A great new playground“, according to the artistic producer of the show.
