This Thursday, July 14, 2022, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron had an appointment that they could not miss. The traditional parade of July 14, on the Champs-Elysées. An event notably marked by the hand kiss of the President of the Republic to his wife or by the presence of Naomi Campbell. And to finish on a high note, a former candidate for The Voice (TF1) made the show in front of the presidential couple.
It was on February 22 that Candice Parise learned that she was going to close the military parade in song, in front of Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte. An offer that cannot be refused. If she was chosen, it is in particular because, since 2018, she has been the official singer of the Paris firefighters. The 34-year-old young woman thus gave voice from the Place de la Concorde, sublime in a white dress signed Marck & Balsan, historical dresser of the army. One of its sleeves was in the colors of the flag of France. She notably performed the unreleased song France“a work that highlights everything that makes you proud to be French“as she explained to Parisian. Accompanied by the choir of the French army and 150 young people of sporting and academic excellence, she then sang Lin Marseille. A sublime performance that moved Brigitte Macron.
France 2 viewers who followed her may have recognized Candice Parise. The charming brunette from Croissy-sur-Seine (Yvelines) was not on her first television appearance. In 2006, she took part in the selections for the Eurovision Song Contest. She thus reached the final, but did not manage to convince against Virginie Pouchain. And in 2017, the public was able to discover it in The Voice. She had joined Florent Pagny’s team and had been eliminated during the battles test.
Candice Parise has been working on her voice since she was 11 years old. In particular, she had the chance to be on the bill for musicals Hair, Notre-Dame de Paris, Romeo and Juliet, Les Miserables, Holiday on Ice and The Wizard of Oz.