Passionate about music from a very young age, she confides: “I started singing and playing the violin at the age of 8 at the Grez-Doiceau academy. Wishing to enrich my repertoire, I took up the guitar to accompany the singing, and I also studied lyrical singing.
Valentine will bring her passion to the Antwerp Conservatory in 2018, where she will end up obtaining a master’s degree in jazz singing. Later, Just Vox was born. Oriane, another member of the group, remembers: “During my studies in Louvain-la-Neuve, I found myself sharing a roommate with Véronique and Valentine in a musical project room. We loved singing together, and we quickly noticed that our three voices blended very well. After our studies, we decided to create a group around our favorite instrument: the voice.
It was only later that the group wanted to add male vocals, which led to the audition of Big Ben and Philippe. Together, they devote themselves entirely to a cappella music.
An unexpected outcome
A few years ago, the group had already been approached by the show’s casting company.
“We refused because we first wanted to develop our musical project, specifies Valentine. This year, when the production asked us once again, we accepted because we know that this type of show can offer great visibility.”
For Philippe, the important thing was above all to share their music, without any particular expectations.
However, the reality turned out to be even more beautiful. “We really experienced the “golden buzzer” as an explosion of joy and emotion all together”.
Big Ben also remembers this magical moment: “I saw that Marianne James and Hélène Ségara had started to have tears in their eyes. At that moment, I said to myself that there was a chance that we could get the “golden buzzer”, even if of base, none of us had considered it “.
And what’s next?
Now, the group is working on preparing for the semi-finals, which will be filmed this Friday. Although they cannot yet reveal their song selection, Philippe gave us a behind-the-scenes look at this choice: “Our goal is to show the jury and the public that we know how to diversify in musical genres.”
Belgian viewers will be able to discover their performance on Plug RTL on November 26.
