Marc Dupré has occupied a big red chair for eight of the last nine seasons of The voice at VAT. The singer-songwriter missed the sixth version to devote himself more to his family and he is withdrawing from the next edition, the tenth, scheduled for winter 2024, to break in his new comedy show entitled Oh come on !
In addition to two laps at The junior voicewe feel that Marc Dupré, our leathery and now pearly pop-rocker, has reached the extreme, but not enough for the fire to start up again.
I was afraid of his departure and that everything would end there. Because Marc Dupré has been a pillar of this tele-hook since its launch in 2013.
He is familiar with the world of pop music and skillfully masters the medium of television, which is essential for a seat to rotate for several years.
All the coaches of The voice did not combine these two talents and several of them struggled, live, in front of host Charles Lafortune. The first was Jean-Pierre Ferland, a super talented artist, a monument of Quebec song, who unfortunately did not know the basic codes and mechanics of reality TV. Result: he still looked lost and out of place.
This winter, the very flexible Marjo also had difficulty selling her salad to candidates, a crucial part of the show where coaches are jostling to recruit the future stars of Quebec.
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Instead of courting with words (or the eyes of the heart?), Marjo multiplied the stepsettes and did not manage to channel her overflowing energy into short, touching, funny or punchy sentences like her comrade Marc Dupré or like Corneille, who was eloquent, concise and precise in each of his interventions.
Louis-Jean Cormier, member of the second season of The voicealso embodied this type of coach in verve and relevant, to which the competitors systematically turned. Lara Fabian, present in the sixth and seventh editions, also fell into the category of coach inspiring, who provided enlightening advice, as she later reproduced in the famous “debriefings” of Star Academy.
Unlike Corneille, Lara or Louis-Jean, we had the very ringed Éric Lapointe, who accumulated six appearances at The voice, the second record for longevity after Marc Dupré. It cannot be said that Mr. Marie-Stone, a man of few words, but of many guttural sounds, was a prominent figure in The voicemaybe for the wrong reasons.
More often than not, he stared at the contestant with a gaze that was both glassy and extremely intense, metaphorically flexing his tavern rocker muscles.
Garou, even though he was there only two years, was more interesting to follow in this category of scratchy voices.
Eric Lapointe however won The voice in 2017 thanks to Ludovick Bourgeois, the darling of the public. The only time Marc Dupré won was with Kevin Bazinet, in 2015, the year of Dominique Fils-Aimé, Mathieu Holubowski and Alicia Moffet, who all have great careers eight years later.
Personally, I still blame Isabelle Boulay for having imposed Yoan Garneau, alias the cowboy from Ferme-Neuve, in Quebec showbiz. A Roger Whittaker was enough.
When it first appeared at Mel’s Studios, the coach Mario Pelchat rode to victory with his 17-year-old protege Sophie Grenier. Very good addition that this Mario Pelchat, sensitive and frank.
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Roxane Bruneau
To replace Marc Dupré, The voice opted for Roxane Bruneau, who piloted The second voice on TVA+ last winter. The 32-year-old singer, who does things her own way, we are starting to know, knows how to act and speak in front of a camera, no worries on that side. She connects perfectly with the audience.
It’s the “coaching and training” aspect of the competitors that bothers me and bothers me. Roxane Bruneau is an autodidact who doesn’t have that many years of experience. Will she be able to distribute just enough little bits of her to her friends?
As for Marjo, unsurprisingly, she won’t be back in 2024 either. The voice.
To succeed him, place to France D’Amour, who occupied twice, last spring, the revolving throne of Marjo in The voice. She was then suffering from COVID-19. This is a wise and informed choice.
When France D’Amour got comfortable between Corneille and Mario Pelchat at the end of March, we knew instantly that this program suited her like a glove. She was funny, enthusiastic and sagacious. In addition, she has behind her tie a radio hit called I hear your voice. I mean, it couldn’t be more organic as a marriage.
Bonus: France D’Amour will be able to woo her future fighters by telling them: animal I have chosen you, come closer and our desires will be seen.
Also, France D’Amour will not go elsewhere and will not go further. She will sing like a beast to keep herself alive.