The Voice: la plus belle voix season 3 explained

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Host:	Nikos Aliagas Karine Ferri
Judges:	Florent Pagny, Jenifer, Mika, Garou
Winner:	Kendji Girac

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(season 3) is the third season of the French reality singing competition, created by media tycoon John de Mol. It was aired from 11 January 2014 to 10 May 2014 on TF1.

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.

Three of the coaches continued from season 2, namely were Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou. But the fourth coach Louis Bertignac from seasons 1 and 2 was replaced by British singer Mika. Kendji Girac of Team Mika was the third season winner with finale held on May 10, 2014.

Overview

– Winning Coach/Contestant. Winner and finalists are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.

– Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.

– 2nd Runner-Up Coach/Contestant. Final contestant first listed.

Results

Stage 1 : « Auditions à l'aveugle » (Blind Auditions)

The Blind Auditions were broadcast on 11, 18, 25 January and 1, 8 and 15 February 2014.

Key

Episode 1: January 11, 2014

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
Order	Contestant	Song	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
1	Pierre Edel	House of the rising sun – The Animals		—
2	Leïla Huissoud	Caravane – Raphael
3	Linda Lee Hopkins	Can't Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli	—	—	—	—
4	Igit	Fever – Peggy Lee
5	Manon	Formidable – Stromae			—
6	Emma Shaka	Purple Rain – Prince			—	—
7	Marina D'Amico	Papaoutai – Stromae
8	Alex	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) – Sylvester	—
9	Alejandro Reyes	Wake Me Up! – Avicii	—	—	—	—
10	Spleen	Toxic – Britney Spears				—
11	Julie Erikssen	Underwater – Mika			—	—

Episode 2: January 18, 2014

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
Order	Contestant	Song	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
1	Sarah Jad	Étienne - Guesch Patti			—
2	Maximilien Philippe	When I Was Your Man – Bruno Mars			—
3	Antho	Love Me Again – John Newman	—	—	—	—
4	Kendji Girac	Bella – Maître Gims	—	—		—
5	Caroline Savoie	Ain't No Sunshine – Bill Withers
6	Santo Barracato	'O sole mio – Giovanni Capurro & Eduardo di Capua		—	—	—
7	Amir Haddad	Candle in the Wind – Elton John
8	Elliott	Nightcall – Kavinsky	—		—	—
9	Juliette Moraine	Jalouse – Mademoiselle K		—	—	—
10	Gwendal Marimoutou	I Am What I Am – Gloria Gaynor	—
11	Ayrton Paris	Les Lacs du Connemara – Michel Sardou	—	—	—	—
12	Jérémy Bertini	Ave Maria – Charles Gounod			—

Episode 3: January 25, 2014

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
Order	Contestant	Song	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
1	Élodie Martelet	Still Loving You – Scorpions
2	Fabien Incardona	Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush	—	—	—	—
3	Stacey King	Skyfall – Adele		—
4	Florence Coste	Hymne à l'amour – Édith Piaf	—		—	—
5	Quentin	Wonderful Life – Black	—
6	Doushka Esposito	Ave Maria de Caccini – Vladimir Vavilov	—	—	—	—
7	Fabienne Della-Moniqua	The Great Gig in the Sky – Pink Floyd				—
8	Charlie	Que je t'aime – Johnny Hallyday	—	—	—
9	Mélissa Maugran	Love on Top – Beyoncé		—	—
10	Rich Ly	Ne me quitte pas – Jacques Brel	—		—	—
11	Aline Lahoud	Khedni Maak – Salwa Al Katrib
12	La Petite Shade	Royals – Lorde	—		—	—

Episode 4: February 1, 2014

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
Order	Contestant	Song	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
1	Flo	Angie – Rolling Stones			—
2	Bruno Moreno	Sur ma peau – Louis Delort		—	—	—
3	Natacha Andreani	One Day / Reckoning Song – Asaf Avidan
4	Théo	Caravane – Raphael	—	—	—	—
5	Wesley	You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban			—	—
6	Tifayne	Teardrops – Womack & Womack			—
7	Marie Payet	This Love – Maroon 5	—	—	—	—
8	Fréro Delavega		—	—		—
9	Lioan	Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
10	Margie	L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole	—		—	—
11	Akram Sedkaoui		—	—
12	Alexia Rabé	Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word – Elton John		—	—

Episode 5: February 8, 2014

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
Order	Contestant	Song	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
1	Noémie Garcia	Roar – Katy Perry			—
2		(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story – Shirley Bassey	—		—	—
3	Virgil	Les murs porteurs – Florent Pagny	—	—	—	—
4	Cloé	Toxic – Britney Spears			—
5	Adrien Abelli			—	—	—
6	Mélissa Bon		—	—		—
7	Roman	I Want You Back – The Jackson Five
8	Carine Robert	Woman in Love – Barbra Streisand		—	—	—
9	Chloé	Dis-lui toi que je t'aime – Vanessa Paradis	—	—	—	—
10	Jérémy Ichou	The Man Who Can't Be Moved – The Script			—
11	Liv	Let It Be – The Beatles	—	—	—	—
12	Najwa	Mercy – Duffy	—	—		—
13		Listen – Beyoncé		—	—	—

Episode 6: February 15, 2014

Order	Contestant	Song	Coaches' and Contestants' Choices
Order	Contestant	Song	Florent Pagny	Jenifer	Mika	Garou
1	Mamido	Halo – Beyoncé	—		—
2	François Lachance	Impossible – James Arthur	—		—	—
3	Kenzy	La Mer – Charles Trenet	—	—	—	—
4	Youness	Abdel Kader – Rachid Taha, Khaled, Faudel	—	—
5	Jacynthe Véronneau	The House of the Rising Sun – The Animals	—		—
6	Laetitia Sole	Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey	—	—	—	—
7	Kissamilé	Hometown Glory – Adele		—
8	Claudia Costa	Canção do Mar – Dulce Pontes	—	—
9	Ayelya	Next to Me – Emeli Sandé	—
10	Teiva	Hymne à l'amour – Édith Piaf
11	Sophie Delmas	Applause – Lady Gaga

Stage 2 : « Battles Musicales » (Musical Battles)

During the battles, each coach was assisted by another singer as assistant coach, during the preparations to the show:

Florent Pagny was assisted by Hélène Ségara and Pascal Obispo;
Jenifer was assisted by Stanislas and Élodie Frégé;
Mika was assisted by Kylie Minogue;
Garou was assisted by Corneille and Gérald de Palmas.

Episode 7: February 22, 2014

Order	Coach	Winner	Loser(s) or stolen	Coach(es) buzzing for loser (Winning coach in bold)	Song
1	Jenifer	Manon Trinquier	Ayelya	—	Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus
2	Mika	Marina D'Amico	Claudia Costa	Florent Pagny	La Mamma – Charles Aznavour
3	Florent Pagny	Wesley	Edu del Prado	—	Soulman – Ben l'Oncle Soul
4	Garou	Maximilien Philippe	Noémie Garcia	—	Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word – Elton John
5	Jenifer	Ginie Line	Sarah Jad	—	Come Back to Me – HollySiz
6	Mika	Caroline Savoie	Mélissa Bon		Wasting My Young Years – London Grammar
7	Florent Pagny	Alexia Rabé		Jenifer	Tout – Lara Fabian

Episode 8: March 1, 2014

Order	Coach	Winner	Loser(s) or stolen	Coach(es) buzzing for loser (Winning coach in bold)	Song
1	Florent Pagny	Stacey King		—	Sober – Pink
2	Mika	Spleen	Pierre Edel		Bennie and the Jets – Elton John
3	Jenifer	Elliott	Leïla Huissoud Florence Coste	—	C'est dit – Calogero
4	Garou	Flo	Roman	Jenifer	You Really Got Me – The Kinks
5	Mika	Élodie Martelet	Najwa	—	No Surprises – Radiohead
6	Garou	Mélissa Maugran	Alex	—	Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
7	Florent Pagny	Teiva	Jérémy Bertini	—	Vivo per lei – Andrea Bocelli

Episode 9: March 8, 2014

Order	Coach	Winner	Loser(s) or stolen	Coach(es) buzzing for loser (Winning coach in bold)	Song
1	Jenifer	Emma Shaka	Jacynthe Véronneau		Les Amants d'un jour – Édith Piaf
2	Florent Pagny	Juliette Moraine		—	It's Raining Men – The Weather Girls
3	Garou	Igit	Charlie	Florent Pagny	Like a Hobo – Charlie Winston
4		Fabienne Della-Moniqua	Akram Sedkaoui	—	Life on Mars? – David Bowie
5	Jenifer	Amir Haddad	François Lachance	—	Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
6			Youness	—	Tous les mêmes – Stromae
7		Gwendal Marimoutou	Kissamilé	—	Fan – Pascal Obispo

Episode 10: March 15, 2014

Order	Winner	Loser(s) or stolen	Coach(es) buzzing for loser (Winning coach in bold)	Song
1	Tifayne	Mamido	—	I'm Every Woman – Chaka Khan
2	Fréro Delavega	Quentin	—	Il y a – Vanessa Paradis
3	Lioan	Margie	—	Summertime – George Gershwin
4	Bruno Moreno	Jérémy Ichou	—	Pinball Wizard – The Who
5	Natacha Andreani	Cloé	Mika	Le chemin – Kyo
6	La Petite Shade	Rich Ly	—	Burn – Ellie Goulding
7	Adrien Abelli	Santo Barracato	—	Derrière l'amour – Johnny Hallyday

Teams after the battle rounds

Contestants retained after battle rounds, who will go to the live rounds (in blue, the contestants stolen by other teams):

Teams during the battles

Maximilien Philippe Flo Mélissa Maugran Igit Gwendal Marimoutou Tifayne Natacha Andreani	Manon Trinquier Ginie Line Elliott Emma Shaka Amir Haddad Lioan La Petite Shade	Wesley Alexia Rabé Stacey King Teiva Juliette Moraine Bruno Moreno Adrien Abelli	Marina D'Amico Caroline Savoie Spleen Élodie Martelet Fabienne Della-Moniqua Kendji Girac Fréro Delavega
Mélissa Bon (Mika) Pierre Edel (Mika)	Julie Erikssen (Florent Pagny) Roman (Garou)	Claudia Costa (Mika) Charlie (Garou)	Jacynthe Véronneau (Jenifer) Cloé (Garou)

Stage 3 : « épreuve ultime »

"L'épreuve ultime" was a new step introduced for the first time in the French show lasting two episodes. The process was designed to reduce contestants to six by team.

Within their respective teams, each coach would select three contestants each to sing a song of their choice. With each coach, two of his three contestants would forward to the live shows and the third would be eliminated.

Garou and Jenifer presented their "trios" on 22 March 2014, with Mika and Florent Pagny following suit on 29 March 2014. Later on, contestants Louane and Atef were invited in the first on 22 March, the second on 29 March.

Episode 11 - L'épreuve ultime 1: 22 March 2014

At the beginning of the episode, the four coaches sang together "Vieille canaille" from Serge Gainsbourg and Eddy Mitchell, au début de l'émission.

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Result
1	Garou	Maximilien Philippe	Je t'aime – Lara Fabian	Saved
2		Mélissa Maugran	L'Air du vent – Native	Eliminated
3		Flo	Ces idées-là – Louis Bertignac	Saved
4	Garou	Gwendal Marimoutou	River Deep, Mountain High – Céline Dion	Eliminated
5		Pierre Edel	Amsterdam – Jacques Brel	Save
6		Natacha Andreani	Don't You Remember – Adele	Saved
7	Garou	Igit	Les Bonbons – Jacques Brel	Saved
8		Mélissa Bon	Paris-Seychelles – Julien Doré	Eliminated
9		Tifayne	L'Anamour – Serge Gainsbourg	Saved
10	Jenifer	Julie Erikssen	Stop! – Sam Brown	Eliminated
11		Ginie Line	Rue de la Paix – Zazie	Saved
12		Emma Shaka	Domino – Jessie J	Saved
13	Jenifer	Manon Trinquier	Sois heureux – Charles-Baptiste	Saved
14		Elliott	Summertime Sadness – Lana Del Rey	Eliminated
15		La Petite Shade	Battez-vous – Brigitte	Saved
16	Jenifer	Amir Haddad	Né en 17 à Leidenstadt – Fredericks Goldman Jones	Saved
17		Roman	Le vent nous portera – Noir Désir	Eliminated
18		Lioan	Amoureuse – Véronique Sanson	Saved

Episode 12 - L'épreuve ultime 2: 29 March 2014

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Result
1	Mika	Élodie Martelet	Tandem – Vanessa Paradis	Saved
2		Spleen	Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy) – Céline Dion	Saved
3		Fabienne Della-Moniqua	Marcia Baila – Rita Mitsouko	Eliminated
4	Mika	Marina D'Amico	Something's Got a Hold On Me – Etta James	Saved
5		Caroline Savoie	Vancouver – Véronique Sanson	Saved
6		Jacynthe Véronneau	Let It Be – The Beatles	Eliminated
7	Mika	Cloé	Hung Up – Madonna	Eliminated
8		Kendji Girac	Hotel California – The Eagles	Saved
9		Fréro Delavega	P.I.M.P. – 50 Cent	Saved
10	Florent Pagny	Stacey King	Sa raison d'être – Pascal Obispo	Saved
11		Adrien Abelli	My Heart Will Go On – Céline Dion	Eliminated
12		Bruno Moreno	L'Assasymphonie – Florent Mothe	Saved
13	Florent Pagny	Teiva	All Night Long (All Night) – Lionel Richie	Eliminated
14		Juliette Moraine	Bang-Bang – Sheila	Saved
15		Wesley	Believe – Cher	Saved
16	Florent Pagny	Claudia Costa	Under – Alex Hepburn	Saved
17		Charlie	Tous les cris les S.O.S. – Daniel Balavoine	Saved
18		Alexia Rabé	Queen of the Night – Whitney Houston	Eliminated

Contestants after "l'épreuve ultime"Candidats retenus après l'épreuve ultime, et qui vont participer aux primes en direct :

Stage 4 : « Primes » (Live Shows)

With 24 contestants remaining, six per team 6, in each live episode called "Primes", one or more contestants would be eliminated from the team. During the first two episodes, the contestants were divided into trios (2 per team). One contestant would be saved by public vote, one by coach of each respective team and one eliminated.

Légende

Episode 13 - prime 1: 5 April 2014

At the beginning of the episode, the four coaches sang "Relax, Take It Easy" from Mika, "Tourner ma page" from Jenifer, "Et un jour une femme" from Florent Pagny, and "Seul" from Garou.

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Result
1	Garou	Natacha Andreani	Dernière danse – Indila	Saved by the coach
2		Pierre Edel		Eliminated
3		Igit	New York, New York – Frank Sinatra	Saved by the public
4		Amir Haddad		Saved by the public
5		Ginie Line	I Love Rock 'n' Roll – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts	Eliminated
6		Manon Trinquier		Saved by the coach
7		Juliette Moraine		Saved by the coach
8		Bruno Moreno	Alors on danse – Stromae	Eliminated
9		Stacey King	Si je m'en sors – Julie Zenatti	Saved by the public
10	Mika	Caroline Savoie	Somewhere Only We Know – Keane	Saved by the coach
11		Kendji Girac	Ma philosophie – Amel Bent	Saved by the public
12		Spleen	It's Oh So Quiet – Björk	Eliminated

Songs outside competition

Order	Singers	Song
1	Garou and his Team	Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
2	Jenifer and her Team	Louxor j'adore – Philippe Katerine
3	Florent Pagny and his Team	Face à la mer – Calogero & Passi
4	Mika and his Team Spleen)	Just Can't Get Enough – Depeche Mode

Episode 14 - prime 2: 12 April 2014

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Result
1		La Petite Shade	Happy – Pharrell Williams	Saved by the public
2		Lioan	The Power of Love – Frankie Goes to Hollywood	Saved by the coach
3		Emma Shaka	Pour ne pas vivre seul – Dalida	Eliminated
4		Wesley	Laisse-moi t'aimer – Mike Brant	Saved by the coach
5		Charlie	Le coup d'soleil – Richard Cocciante	Saved by the public
6		Claudia Costa	Je l'aime à mourir – Francis Cabrel	Eliminated
7	Mika	Marina D'Amico	La complainte de la butte – Cora Vaucaire	Eliminated
8		Fréro Delavega	Sympathique (je ne veux pas travailler) – Pink Martini	Saved by the coach
9		Élodie Martelet		Saved by the public
10	Garou	Maximilien Philippe	Hurt – Christina Aguilera	Saved by the public
11		Tifayne	Addicted To You – Avicii	Eliminated
12		Flo	Knockin' on Heaven's Door – Bob Dylan	Saved by the coach

Song outside competition

Order	Singers	Song
1	Jenifer and her Team	"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" – Stevie Wonder
2	Florent Pagny and his Team	L'air du temps – Florent Pagny & Cécilia Cara
3	Mika and his Team	Elle me dit – Mika
4	Garou and his Team	Sur la route – Gérald de Palmas

Contestants after first two episodes in prime stage

Episode 15 - prime 3: 19 April 2014

At the beginning of the episode, the four coaches sang "Quand on arrive en ville" from Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger.

With 16 contestants remaining, 4 per team, the public vote saves one contestant, and the coach of each respective team another contestant with the third contestant from each team eliminated.

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Result
1	Jenifer	Manon Trinquier	Don't Stop the Music – Rihanna	Saved by the coach
2		Amir Haddad	Lucie – Pascal Obispo	Saved by the public
3		La Petite Shade	L'Eau à la bouche – Serge Gainsbourg	Saved by the public
4		Lioan	Toulouse – Claude Nougaro	Eliminated
5	Florent Pagny	Wesley	Get Lucky – Daft Punk	Saved by the coach
6		Juliette Moraine	Without You – Harry Nilsson	Eliminated
7		Stacey King	Rolling in the Deep – Adele	Saved by the public
8		Charlie	Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye	Saved by the public
9	Garou	Flo	Ça (c'est vraiment toi) – Téléphone	Saved by the coach
10		Igit	Hit the Road Jack – Ray Charles	Saved by the public
11		Natacha Andreani	Wings – Birdy	Eliminated
12		Maximilien Philippe	Le Graal – Kyo	Saved by the public
13	Mika	Caroline Savoie	Pour que tu m'aimes encore – Céline Dion	Eliminated
14		Kendji Girac	Mad World – Tears for Fears	Saved by the public
15		Élodie Martelet	Osez Joséphine – Alain Bashung	Saved by the coach
16		Fréro Delavega	Let Her Go – Passenger	Saved by the public

Episode 16 - prime 4 - Quarter-finals: 26 April 2014

With Final 12 remaining, three per team, the public vote saves one contestant each, coach of each respective team would save another contestant and one would be eliminated. At the beginning of the 16th episode, the four coaches sang "Kiss" from Prince.

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Result
1	Mika	Kendji Girac	Allumer le feu – Johnny Hallyday	Saved by the public
2		Élodie Martelet	Stay – Rihanna & Mikky Ekko	Saved by the coach
3		Fréro Delavega	Je m'voyais déjà – Charles Aznavour	Eliminated
4	Garou	Maximilien Philippe	The Show Must Go On – Queen	Sauvé par le public
5		Flo	Ghost – Skip the Use	Eliminated
6		Igit	Vous les femmes – Julio Iglesias	Saved by the coach
7	Jenifer	Amir Haddad	Just the Way You Are – Bruno Mars	Saved by the public
8		Manon Trinquier	Je me suis fait tout petit – Georges Brassens	Saved by the coach
9		La Petite Shade	7 Seconds – Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry	Eliminated
10	Florent Pagny	Charlie	Foule sentimentale – Alain Souchon	Eliminated
11		Stacey King	Je suis malade – Serge Lama	Saved by the coach
12		Wesley	Puisque tu pars – Jean-Jacques Goldman	Saved by the public

Episode 17 : prime 5 - Semi-finals: 3 May 2014

In the semi-finals and the finals, the two best candidates per team qualify in each team.

Votes are based on 150 points in total: Each coach would place his 50 points between his final 2 contestants. He should not distribute them equally but should give advantage to one of his /her two finalists. The votes of the public will be allocated based on votes for a total of 100 points. One contestant per team reaches the final.

Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Public vote result /100	Coach vote result /50	Total Points /150	Result
1	Garou	Maximilien Philippe	Le blues du businessman – Claude Dubois	56.0	22	78.0	Qualified for the final
2	Garou	Igit	I Put a Spell on You – Screamin' Jay Hawkins	44.0	28	72.0	Eliminated
3	Mika	Élodie Martelet	Another Love – Tom Odell	27.3	27	54.3	Eliminated
4	Mika	Kendji Girac	Belle – Garou, Daniel Lavoie and Patrick Fiori	72.7	23	95.7	Qualified for the final
5	Florent Pagny	Stacey King	We Don't Need Another Hero – Tina Turner	31.0	26	57.0	Eliminated
6	Florent Pagny	Wesley	We Are the Champions – Queen	69.0	24	93.0	Qualified for the final
7	Jenifer	Manon Trinquier	Que je t'aime – Johnny Hallyday	42.1	28	70.1	Eliminated
8	Jenifer	Amir Haddad	Comme un fils – Corneille	57.9	22	79.9	Qualified for the final

Performances outside competition

Order	Singers	Song
1	The Final 8	À nos actes manqués – Fredericks Goldman Jones
2	Team Garou	It's Not Unusual – Tom Jones
3	Team Mika	Papaoutai – Stromae
4	Team Florent Pagny	Locked Out of Heaven – Bruno Mars
5	Team Jenifer	(I've Had) The Time of My Life – Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

Episode 18 - prime 6 - Final: 10 May 2014

The final of season 3 is scheduled for 10 May 2014 on TF1.

The four finalists are:

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Order	Coach	Contestant	Song	Duo with	Public vote result	Status
1	Florent Pagny	Wesley	Superstition – Stevie Wonder	/	10%	Fourth
8			L'Envie d'aimer – Daniel Lévi	Pascal Obispo
11			Et maintenant – Gilbert Bécaud	Florent Pagny
2	Garou	Maximilien Philippe	Comme d'habitude – Claude François	/	21%	Second
5			I'm Outta Love – Anastacia	Anastacia
10			With a Little Help from My Friends – Joe Cocker	Garou
3	Mika	Kendji Girac	Amor de mis amores & Volare – Gipsy Kings	/	51%	Winner
7			Temps à nouveau – Jean-Louis Aubert	Jean-Louis Aubert
12			L'Aigle noir – Barbara	Mika
4	Jenifer	Amir Haddad	All of Me – John Legend	/	18%	Third
6			La Voix des sages – Yannick Noah	Yannick Noah
9			Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer – Calogero	Jenifer