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.

La Voix
Season 1
Hosted byCharles Lafortune
JudgesMarc Dupré
Jean-Pierre Ferland
Marie-Mai
Ariane Moffatt
WinnerValérie Carpentier
Runner-upCharlotte Cardin-Goyer
Release
Original networkTVA
Original release20 January (2013-01-20) –
14 April 2013 (2013-04-14)
Season chronology
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Season 2

Season Summary

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  Winner
  Finalist
Coaches Candidates
Finalists Participant eliminated Participant eliminated Participant eliminated Participant eliminated Participant eliminated
Ariane Moffatt Valérie Carpentier Étienne Cousineau Stevens Simeon Valérie Clio Nerestant Dany Flanders Karine Deschamps
Marc Dupré Jérôme Couture Jael Bird Joseph Andie Duquette Edi Hysi Alexe Gaudreault-Dallaire Stéphanie et Sabrina Barabé
Marie-Mai Charlotte Cardin Jacynthe Véronneau Valérie Amyot Jeffrey Piton Fred Lebel Félix-Antoine Couturier
Jean-Pierre Ferland Étienne Cotton Julie Massicotte Meredith Marshall Maria Janice Galvez Joanie Roussel Jean Sébastien Lavoie

During the season, mentors also assisted various teams. They were:

Round 1: Blind auditions

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Episode 1

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Order Participant (age, city) Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Ariane Jean-Pierre Marie-Mai Marc
1 Amy-Jade Leblanc (16, Pointe-aux-Trembles) Ayoye – Offenbach    
2 Alex Balduzzi (16, Nice, France) AmsterdamJacques Brel
3 Bryan Tyler (51, Fredericton, NB) I'm a BluesmanJohnny Winter      
4 Claudia Parisien (19, Hawkesbury, ON) Comme avant – Marie-Mai  
5 Cyusa (?, Montreal) Chus au Québec, remix of I'm in Miami TrickLMFAO
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 HellAC/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 HeartJanis Joplin  
14 Sabrina et Stéphanie Barabé (28, Quebec City) The RoseBette Midler        
15 Stevens Simeon (19, Montreal) Lean on MeBill Withers      
16 Valérie Amyot (21, Quebec City) Cabaret – Cabaret        
17 Valérie Clio Nerestant (36, Saint-Hubert) Black Coffee – Ella Fitzgerald        

Episode 2

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Order Participant (age, city) Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Ariane Jean-Pierre Marie-Mai Marc
1 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 RiverJulie London    
5 Mathieu Dussault (31, Sherbrooke) ProvocanteMarjo
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 rebelleCarmen        
9 Gabryelle Frappier (27, Fleurimont) Nothing Compares 2 USinéad O'Connor  
10 Isabelle Sinclair et 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'amourJacques Brel    
12 Jeffrey Piton (23, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) The A TeamEd Sheeran        
13 Thomas Olivier (19, Montreal / Lille) Jeune et conDamien Saez  
14 Henrik Lajoie (22, Saint-Eugène) Brun (la couleur de l'amour) – Bernard Adamus  
15 Mark Elkes (32, Joliette / Crowborough) HurtNine Inch Nails  
16 Mélissa Blouin (18, Saint-Eustache) Adieu – Cœur de pirate
17 Nathalie Carbonneau (42, Malartic) Me and Bobby McGeeJanis Joplin    
18 Jean-Sébastien Lavoie (34, Montreal) Angels – Robbie Williams    

Episode 3

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Order Participant (age, city) Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Ariane Jean-Pierre Marie-Mai Marc
1 Karine Deschamps (32, Montreal) Chante encore – Daniel Bélanger    
2 Carolane Cloutier (19, East Broughton) Last NameCarrie Underwood  
3 Priscilla Vatrano (31, Pointe-aux-Trembles) Yoü and ILady Gaga        
4 Mathilda Kamuena (20, Montreal / Kinshasa) Je veux tout – Ariane Moffatt  
5 Érick-François Riendeau (42, Saint-Georges) All I Asked of You – 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 YouWhitney Houston  
9 Annie Chartrand (36, Saint-Lazare) Rock pour un gars d'bicycle – Diane Dufresne
10 Rick Hughes (50, Otterburn Park) Rock and RollLed Zeppelin      
11 Jean Ravel (51, Quebec City) Somebody to LoveQueen  
12 Myranie Castilloux (26, Quebec City / Paspébiac) Soon We'll Be FoundSia  
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

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Order Participant (age, city) Song Coach's and contestant's choices
Ariane Jean-Pierre Marie-Mai Marc
1 Émanuelle Robitaille (27, Quebec City) It's a Man's Man's Man's WorldJames Brown      
2 Virginie Péloquin (19, Montréal-Nord) Turning TablesAdele  
3 Simon Lacerte (19, Trois-Rivières) I Lost My Baby – Jean Leloup
4 Marie-Ève Bédard et 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 CheatsCarrie Underwood  
10 Marie-Pier Barnabé (30, Lévis) L'essentiel – Ginette Reno
11 Dany Flanders (47, Fort Lauderdale, Florida / Stanstead) Let's Get It OnMarvin 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'aimeJohnny Hallyday  
15 Charlotte Cardin-Goyer (18, Montreal) You Know I'm No GoodAmy 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.

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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-Mai Jacynthe Véronneau "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Carolane Cloutier
Ariane Moffat Dany Flanders "Dangereux" Rick Hughes
Marc Dupré Amy-Jade Leblanc "Encore une nuit" Virginie Péloquin
Jean-Pierre Ferland Joanie Roussel "Les yeux du cœur" Jacques Lebel
Marie-Mai Valérie Amyot "Tous les cris les S.O.S." Cynthia Harvey
Ariane Moffat Valérie Clio Nerestant "Man in the Mirror" Isabelle Robert
Marc Dupré Edi Hysi "Life Is a Highway" Stephan McNicoll
Jean-Pierre Ferland Maria–Janice Galvez "Les uns contre les autres" Gabryelle Frappier
Marc Dupré Andie Duquette "Rolling in the Deep" Nathalie Carbonneau
Jean-Pierre Ferland Julie Massicotte "Caline de Blues" Claudia Parisien
Marie-Mai Fred Lebel "Beat It" Jean Ravel
Ariane Moffat Karine Deschamps "Ella, elle l'a" Andréanne Martin
Marc Dupré Alexe Gaudreault "C'est Zéro" Julie Levac
Jean-Pierre Ferland Étienne Cotton "Je l'aime à mourir" Gabriella Delorme Grenier
Marie-Mai Charlotte Cardin-Goyer "Si tu savais" Carolyne Drolet
Ariane Moffat Étienne Cousineau "Miss Sarajevo" Mark Elkes
Marc Dupré Stéphanie et Sabrina Barabé "Reste là" Julie D'Aoust
Jean-Pierre Ferland Meredith Marshall "Un amour qui ne veut pas mourir" /
"Never Ending Love"
Roxanne Bacon
Marie-Mai Jeffrey Piton "Hey, Soul Sister" Marie-Eve Bédard et Marc-André Rouillard
Ariane Moffat Émanuelle Robitaille "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Ysabelle Bertrand
Marc Dupré Jérôme Couture "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Brian Tyler
Jean-Pierre Ferland Jean Sébastien Lavoie "La Manic" François Verreault-Girard
Marie-Mai Félix-Antoine Couturier "Si fragile" Jonathan Guilbault
Ariane Moffat Valérie Carpentier "La Vie en rose" Thomas Olivier
Marc Dupré Jael Bird Joseph "Parce qu'on vient de loin" Mathilda Kamuela
Jean-Pierre Ferland Myranie Castilloux "Calling You" Sylvie Pellerin
Marie-Mai Léa Morgane "Regarde-moi" Priscilla Vatrano
Ariane Moffat Stevens Simeon "L'Amour" Henrik Lajoie

Round 3: Chants de Bataille

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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 Dupré Edi Hysi "Entre deux mondes" Amy-Jade Leblanc
Jean-Pierre Ferland Maria Janice Galvez "Un peu plus haut" Myranie Castilloux
Marie-Mai Jacynthe Véronneau "Emmène-moi" Léa Morgane
Ariane Moffat Karine Deschamps "Réverbère" Émanuelle Robitaille

Round 4: Live shows (Directs)

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In this stage the contest is broadcast live with the public having a say in the fate of the contestants.

First finals (1/8)

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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-Mai Charlotte Cardin-Goyer "Autumn Leaves" Valérie Amyot "La forêt des mal-aimés" Félix-Antoine Couturier "Sensualité"
Jean-Pierre Ferland Étienne Cotton "Notre sentier" Maria Janice Galvez "Je ne suis qu'une chanson" Jean Sébastien Lavoie "When I Was Your Man"
Marc Dupré Jérôme Couture "Crazy" Jael Bird Joseph "Te quitter" Stéphanie et Sabrina Barabé "Tu es mon autre"
Ariane Moffat Étienne Cousineau "Hymne à l'amour" Valérie Clio Nerestant "J'ai vu" Karine Deschamps "Stop!"
Week 2
Marie-Mai Jacynthe Véronneau "Let It Be" Jeffrey Piton "T'es dans la lune" Fred Lebel "Baba O'Riley"
Jean-Pierre Ferland Julie Massicotte "Il était une fois des gens heureux" Meredith Marshall "Feeling Good" Joanie Roussel "Quand on ne vous aime plus"
Marc Dupré Edi Hysi "It Will Rain" Andie Duquette "Casser la voix" Alexe Gaudreault-Dallaire "Tout au bout de nos peines"
Ariane Moffat Valérie Carpentier "Video Games" Stevens Simeon "Soulman" Dany Flanders "Aimer d'amour"

Quarter finals

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Each group now containing four contestants each would be reduced to half, with one candidated from each group chosen by the public vote and one other saved by the coach.

  The contestant saved by public vote
  The contestant saved by the coach
  The contestant is eliminated
Coach Contestant First Song Contestant Second Song Contestant Third Song Contestant Fourth Song
Marie Mai Jacynthe Véronneau Belleville Rendez-vous Charlotte Cardin-Goyer Can't Take My Eyes Off You Jeffrey Piton Place de la République Valérie Amyot Candyman
Jean-Pierre Ferland Étienne Cotton Comme d'habitude Julie Massicotte Everybody Hurts Maria Janice Galvez Let It Rain Meredith Marshall Une femme avec toi
Marc Dupré Jérôme Couture Ce soir on danse à Naziland Jael Bird Joseph Father and Son Andie Duquette You Give Love a Bad Name Edi Hysi Ce que tu veux
Ariane Moffat Valérie Carpentier Skyfall Étienne Cousineau Memories Stevens Simeon Linoléum Valérie Clio Nerestant Time After Time

Semi-finals

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In this round the two remaining contestants in each team would perform against each other to arrive at one finalist from each team. The coach would distribute his 100 points between his two contestants. To this would be added the percentages obtained through public vote to arrive at a general average to decide the finalist from the group.

  The contestant is saved and reaches the final
  The contestant is eliminated
Coach Contestant First Song Points by Coach Points by public Total points Contestant Second Song Points by Coach Points by public Total points
Marie-Mai Jacynthe Véronneau Ave Maria 40 49 89 Charlotte Cardin-Goyer Hurt 60 51 111
Jean-Pierre Ferland Julie Massicotte Vivre avec celui qu'on aime 48 47 95 Étienne Cotton Coeur de rocker 52 53 105
Marc Dupré Jérôme Couture Cry Me a River 55 55 110 Jael Bird Joseph Je voudrais voir New York 45 45 90
Ariane Moffat Valérie Carpentier Dis, quand reviendras-tu? 58 89 147 Étienne Cousineau Life on Mars? 42 11 53

Finale

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Performances

In the final, the contestants had to sing a song written and composed by their respective coaches

Coach Participant Song Result
Marie-Mai Charlotte Cardin-Goyer "J'attends" Finalist
Jean-Pierre Ferland Étienne Cotton "Partir au vent" Finalist
Marc Dupré Jérôme Couture "Comme on attend le printemps" Finalist
Ariane Moffat Valérie Carpentier "À fleur de peau" Winner

Audiences

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Season Broadcasts Audience (Market share)
Premiere Finale Average
1 20 January 2013 – 14 April 2013 2,593,000 (59%),[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Cotes d'écoute — La voix attire 2 593 000 téléspectateurs". Canoe.ca. 21 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link).
  2. ^ Therrien, Richard (21 January 2013). "2,6 millions pour La voix". Le Soleil. Retrieved 23 January 2013..