La Voix is the French Canadian version of The Voice. The first season of La Voix premiered on the TVA on 20 January 2013 and ended on 14 April 2013. It featured Marc Dupré, Jean-Pierre Ferland, Marie-Mai and Ariane Moffatt as the coaches. During the seasons mentors also took part. They were Daniel Bélanger, Claude Dubois, Annie Villeneuve and Fred St-Gelais. The series was produced by Stéphane Laporte and hosted by Charles Lafortune. The winner was Valérie Carpentier from Ariane Moffatt's Team.
Season summary Winner Finalist
CoachesCandidatesFinalistsParticipant eliminatedParticipant eliminatedParticipant eliminatedParticipant eliminatedParticipant eliminatedAriane MoffattValérie CarpentierÉtienne CousineauStevens SimeonValérie Clio NerestantDany FlandersKarine DeschampsMarc DupréJérôme CoutureJael Bird JosephAndie DuquetteEdi HysiAlexe Gaudreault-DallaireStéphanie and Sabrina BarabéMarie-MaiCharlotte CardinJacynthe VéronneauValérie AmyotJeffrey PitonFred LebelFélix-Antoine CouturierJean-Pierre FerlandÉtienne CottonJulie MassicotteMeredith MarshallMaria Janice GalvezJoanie RousselJean Sébastien Lavoie
During the season, mentors also assisted various teams. They were: Daniel Bélanger for Team Ariane Moffatt Claude Dubois for Team Jean-Pierre Ferland Annie Villeneuve for Team Marc Dupré Fred St-Gelais for Team Marie-Mai.
Round 1: Blind auditions Episode 1 Order Participant (age, city) Song Coach's and contestant's choices Ariane Jean-Pierre Marie-Mai Marc1 Amy-Jade Leblanc (16, Pointe-aux-Trembles) Ayoye – Offenbach — — 2 Alex Balduzzi (16, Nice, France) Amsterdam – Jacques Brel — — — —3 Bryan Tyler (51, Fredericton, NB) I'm a Bluesman – Johnny Winter — 4 Claudia Parisien (19, Hawkesbury, ON) Comme avant – Marie-Mai — — —5 Cyusa (?, Montreal) Chus au Québec, remix of I'm in Miami Trick – LMFAO — — — —6 Émilie Leclerc (24, Terrebonne) Demain n'existe pas – Lara Fabian — — — —7 Étienne Cousineau (32, Montreal) Ebben ne andro lontana – La Wally — — —8 Fred Lebel (41, Rimouski) Highway to Hell – AC/DC — — 9 Gabriella Delorme-Grenier (20, Saint-Eustache / La Paz, Bolivia) Avec le temps – Léo Ferré — — —10 Jacynthe Véronneau (20, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton) Animal – France D'Amour 11 Julie Massicotte (40, Trois-Rivières) Le monde est stone – Fabienne Thibeault/Starmania — — —12 Maria Janice Galvez (29, Angono, Philippines) Quand les hommes vivront d'amour – Raymond Lévesque — — —13 Meredith Marshall (48, Austin, USA) Piece of My Heart – Janis Joplin — — —14 Sabrina and Stéphanie Barabé (28, Quebec City) The Rose – Bette Midler 15 Stevens Simeon (19, Montreal) Lean on Me – Bill Withers — 16 Valérie Amyot (21, Quebec City) Cabaret – Cabaret 17 Valérie Clio Nerestant (36, Saint-Hubert) Black Coffee – Ella Fitzgerald
Episode 2 Order Participant (age, city) Song Coach's and contestant's choices Ariane Jean-Pierre Marie-Mai Marc1 Joanie Roussel (24, Sainte-Thérèse) L'amour existe encore – Céline Dion — — 2 Stephan McNicoll (42, Île-des-Soeurs) Burning Love – Elvis Presley — 3 Julie Lefebvre (25, La Prairie) I've Got the Music In Me – Kiki Dee — — — —4 Valérie Carpentier (19, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade) Cry Me a River – Julie London — —5 Mathieu Dussault (31, Sherbrooke) Provocante – Marjo — — — —6 Jael Bird Joseph (28, Trois-Rivières) Gravity – John Mayer — 7 Léa Morgane (16, Joliette) And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going – Dreamgirls — — 8 Sylvie Pellerin (54, Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton) L'amour est un oiseau rebelle – Carmen 9 Gabryelle Frappier (27, Fleurimont) Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinéad O'Connor — — —10 Isabelle Sinclair and Mathieu Provost (29 / 29, Aylmer / Montreal) J'te l'dis quand même – Patrick Bruel — — — —11 Alexe Gaudreault (20, Quebec City / Dolbeau-Mistassini) Quand on n'a que l'amour – Jacques Brel — — 12 Jeffrey Piton (23, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) The A Team – Ed Sheeran 13 Thomas Olivier (19, Montreal / Lille) Jeune et con – Damien Saez — — —14 Henrik Lajoie (22, Saint-Eugène) Brun (la couleur de l'amour) – Bernard Adamus — — —15 Mark Elkes (32, Joliette / Crowborough) Hurt – Nine Inch Nails — — —16 Mélissa Blouin (18, Saint-Eustache) Adieu – Cœur de pirate — — — —17 Nathalie Carbonneau (42, Malartic) Me and Bobby McGee – Janis Joplin — — 18 Jean-Sébastien Lavoie (34, Montreal) Angels – Robbie Williams — —
Episode 3 Order Participant (age, city) Song Coach's and contestant's choices Ariane Jean-Pierre Marie-Mai Marc1 Karine Deschamps (32, Montreal) "Chante encore" – Daniel Bélanger — — 2 Carolane Cloutier (19, East Broughton) "Last Name" – Carrie Underwood — — —3 Priscilla Vatrano (31, Pointe-aux-Trembles) "Yoü and I" – Lady Gaga 4 Mathilda Kamuena (20, Montreal / Kinshasa) "Je veux tout" – Ariane Moffatt — — — 5 Érick-François Riendeau (42, Saint-Georges) "All I Asked of You" – from The Phantom of the Opera — — — —6 Jérôme Couture (28, Longueuil / Saguenay) "Moves like Jagger" – Maroon 5 — 7 Andréanne Martin (25, Lac-Beauport) "Je veux" – Zaz — —8 Cynthia Harvey (37, Saguenay) "Saving All My Love For You" – Whitney Houston — — —9 Annie Chartrand (36, Saint-Lazare) "Rock pour un gars d'bicycle" – Diane Dufresne — — — —10 Rick Hughes (50, Otterburn Park) "Rock and Roll" – Led Zeppelin — 11 Jean Ravel (51, Quebec City) "Somebody to Love" – Queen — — —12 Myranie Castilloux (26, Quebec City / Paspébiac) "Soon We'll Be Found" – Sia — — —13 Kath Biss (24, Mascouche) "Amoureuse" – Marjo — — — —14 Félix-Antoine Couturier (30, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) "Mes blues passent pu dans porte" – Offenbach — — —15 Julie Levac (34, Terrebonne) "Mercy" – Duffy — — 16 Isabelle Robert (26, Blainville) "Stay" – Chaka Khan — — —17 Roxanne Bacon (17, Terrebonne) "Il m'a montré à yodler" – Manon Bédard — — —
Episode 4 Order Participant (age, city) Song Coach's and contestant's choices Ariane Jean-Pierre Marie-Mai Marc1 Émanuelle Robitaille (27, Quebec City) "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – James Brown —2 Virginie Péloquin (19, Montréal-Nord) "Turning Tables" – Adele — — — 3 Simon Lacerte (19, Trois-Rivières) "I Lost My Baby" – Jean Leloup — — — —4 Marie-Ève Bédard and Marc-André Rouillard (20 / 20, Drummondville) "Reviens-moi" – Dany Bédar — — —5 Edi Hysi (24, Montréal / Shkodra) "Heaven" – Bryan Adams — — — 6 Ysabelle Bertrand (22, Gatineau) "Boogie Oogie Oogie" – A Taste of Honey 7 Claudia Samson (16, La Malbaie) "I'm Alive" – Céline Dion — — — —8 Carolyne Drolet (26, Brossard) "J'te mentirais" – Patrick Bruel — 9 Julie D'Aoust (28, Gatineau) "Before He Cheats" – Carrie Underwood — — — 10 Marie-Pier Barnabé (30, Lévis) "L'essentiel" – Ginette Reno — — — —11 Dany Flanders (47, Fort Lauderdale, Florida / Stanstead) "Let's Get It On" – Marvin Gaye — — —12 François Verreault Girard (25, Château-Richer) "Cap enragé" – Zachary Richard — —13 Jacques Lebel (42, Montreal) "Je pense encore à toi" – Sylvain Cossette — —14 Étienne Cotton (31, Rimouski) "Que je t'aime" – Johnny Hallyday — —15 Charlotte Cardin-Goyer (18, Montreal) "You Know I'm No Good" – Amy Winehouse 16 Vicky Marchand (42, Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues) "Faire la paix avec l'amour" – Dany Bédar — —17 Andie Duquette (24, Montreal) "Barracuda" – Heart 18 Jonathan Guilbault (27, Montreal) "Spell It Out" – Gavin DeGraw
Round 2: Battle rounds During the battle round, two candidates from the same team are paired by the team coach to battle it out in a duo performance of a song chosen by the coach, who decides which of the performing duo moves on to the next round.
The contestant is saved The contestant is eliminated
Coach Winner Song Loser Marie-MaiJacynthe Véronneau "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"Carolane Cloutier Ariane MoffatDany Flanders "Dangereux"Rick Hughes Marc DupréAmy-Jade Leblanc "Encore une nuit"Virginie Péloquin Jean-Pierre FerlandJoanie Roussel "Les yeux du cœur"Jacques Lebel Marie-MaiValérie Amyot "Tous les cris les S.O.S."Cynthia Harvey Ariane MoffatValérie Clio Nerestant "Man in the Mirror"Isabelle Robert Marc DupréEdi Hysi "Life Is a Highway"Stephan McNicoll Jean-Pierre FerlandMaria–Janice Galvez "Les uns contre les autres"Gabryelle Frappier Marc DupréAndie Duquette "Rolling in the Deep"Nathalie Carbonneau Jean-Pierre FerlandJulie Massicotte "Caline de Blues"Claudia Parisien Marie-MaiFred Lebel "Beat It"Jean Ravel Ariane MoffatKarine Deschamps "Ella, elle l'a"Andréanne Martin Marc DupréAlexe Gaudreault "C'est Zéro"Julie Levac Jean-Pierre FerlandÉtienne Cotton "Je l'aime à mourir"Gabriella Delorme Grenier Marie-MaiCharlotte Cardin-Goyer "Si tu savais"Carolyne Drolet Ariane MoffatÉtienne Cousineau "Miss Sarajevo"Mark Elkes Marc DupréStéphanie and Sabrina Barabé "Reste là"Julie D'Aoust Jean-Pierre FerlandMeredith Marshall "Un amour qui ne veut pas mourir" / "Never Ending Love"Roxanne Bacon Marie-MaiJeffrey Piton "Hey, Soul Sister"Marie-Eve Bédard and Marc-André Rouillard Ariane MoffatÉmanuelle Robitaille "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"Ysabelle Bertrand Marc DupréJérôme Couture "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"Brian Tyler Jean-Pierre FerlandJean Sébastien Lavoie "La Manic"François Verreault-Girard Marie-MaiFélix-Antoine Couturier "Si fragile"Jonathan Guilbault Ariane MoffatValérie Carpentier "La Vie en rose"Thomas Olivier Marc DupréJael Bird Joseph "Parce qu'on vient de loin"Mathilda Kamuela Jean-Pierre FerlandMyranie Castilloux "Calling You"Sylvie Pellerin Marie-MaiLéa Morgane "Regarde-moi"Priscilla Vatrano Ariane MoffatStevens Simeon "L'Amour"Henrik Lajoie
Round 3: Chants de Bataille In this round, each coach chooses two contestants from the remaining seven in his team that should interpret solo a song chosen by the coach. At the end, the coach based on what he heard decides to keep one of them and send the other home, with him/her ending up with six contestants in his/her team.
The contestant is safe The contestant is eliminated Coach Winner Song Loser Marc DupréEdi Hysi "Entre deux mondes"Amy-Jade Leblanc Jean-Pierre FerlandMaria Janice Galvez "Un peu plus haut"Myranie Castilloux Marie-MaiJacynthe Véronneau "Emmène-moi"Léa Morgane Ariane MoffatKarine Deschamps "Réverbère"Émanuelle Robitaille
Round 4: Live shows (Directs)
In this stage the contest is broadcast live with the public having a say in the fate of the contestants.
First finals (1/8) The program spread on two weeks of 2 hours each, asks for each coach to nominate three of his contestants one week and three others the next, to sing songs of their own choice. Each day, one contestant is saved by the public vote and getting most votes, and one of the remaining two is saved by the coach with the third contestant being eliminated. At the end of this phase, each coach would end up with four of his six contestants for the following round.
The contestant is saved by public vote The contestant is saved by the coach The contestant is eliminated
Coach Contestant First Song Contestant Second Song Contestant Third Song Week 1 Marie-MaiCharlotte Cardin-Goyer "Autumn Leaves"Valérie Amyot "La forêt des mal-aimés"Félix-Antoine Couturier "Sensualité" Jean-Pierre FerlandÉtienne Cotton "Notre sentier"Maria Janice Galvez "Je ne suis qu'une chanson"Jean Sébastien Lavoie "When I Was Your Man" Marc DupréJérôme Couture "Crazy"Jael Bird Joseph "Te quitter"Stéphanie and Sabrina Barabé "Tu es mon autre" Ariane MoffatÉtienne Cousineau "Hymne à l'amour"Valérie Clio Nerestant "J'ai vu"Karine Deschamps "Stop!"Week 2 Marie-MaiJacynthe Véronneau "Let It Be"Jeffrey Piton "T'es dans la lune"Fred Lebel "Baba O'Riley" Jean-Pierre FerlandJulie Massicotte "Il était une fois des gens heureux"Meredith Marshall "Feeling Good"Joanie Roussel "Quand on ne vous aime plus" Marc DupréEdi Hysi "It Will Rain"Andie Duquette "Casser la voix"Alexe Gaudreault-Dallaire "Tout au bout de nos peines" Ariane MoffatValérie Carpentier "Video Games"Stevens Simeon "Soulman"Dany Flanders "Aimer d'amour"
Quarter finals