Saturday evening was broadcast a new episode of the blind auditions in The Voice. The coaches were once again able to expand their teams and Amel Bent was particularly surprised to find a loved one on stage, namely Jerome Sebag. The latter is well known in the music world thanks to his talents as a composer. He also wrote for Amel Bent, since he is the author of some of his most famous songs like you are no longer here and Or I’ll.
After only a few notes of his performance on my reverence of Véronique Sanson, Amel Bent recognized it. “I know that voice! He made me songs“, she let go before buzzing. The coach was followed by Vianney and Marc Lavoine. But when discussing with Jérôme, the discussion quickly turned into a debate. Amel Bent feared that the public would think that she favors “her buddy” in her team, Vianney had the impression that Jérôme had simply come “surprise your girlfriend” and Marc Lavoine dreaded having to coach a candidate who “has a job“. Reactions that Jérôme did not expect.
“It’s marked ‘I want you’, but in the speech, it’s more like ‘I don’t really want you. In the end, what are we going to do with you?‘”, he intervened on the set. Jérôme finally chose to join the team of Amel Bent, who nevertheless warned him: “There I’m not your friend, I’m not your singer for the time of a song, I’m your coach“.
She was uncompromising
Starting from his casting, although qualified, Jérôme was somewhat disappointed with the course of events. “I was surprised, because I thought she (Amel Bent, editor’s note) was going to welcome me with a big smile“, he confided during an interview for Gala. And to add:But I understand the discomfort of seeing myself there. The coach has a responsibility in his choice, and after a month, there are the Battles where half of the talents are eliminated. She had to say to herself: ‘I can’t keep him because there is a bond between us, and if I eliminate him, I’m going to be bad’“.
Finally, everything seems to have gone well during their work sessions. “She was uncompromising, and I expected no less of her. She was almost harder than with the others, but afterwards, it may be subjective“, he confided. The result of his coaching will be to be discovered during the Battles!