From the top of his eleven years, a record of Demis Roussos as a lucky charm, it is Raynaud who won the 8th season of “The Voice Kids”. This adorable kid from Reunion, who has done flawlessly since his arrival on the show eight weeks ago, quite logically won the TF 1 telecrochet and gave a fourth victory to his coach, Patrick Fiori, decidedly unbeatable.
The latter made the winning bet by betting on the powerful voice of his student and choosing to have him perform “I’m going”, a duet that he shares in principle with… Florent Pagny. “You deserve serious, you sang well, you see you have to believe it,” Patrick Fiori immediately said to his protege. “You come from far and you will go far,” added Gims, invited as a super-coach during this final.
All ended very strong
The suspense was complete until 11:50 p.m. Difficult to decide between Raynaud, Loghane and Sanaa after their final duet with their respective coach. Julien Doré also made the right choice with the softness of a piano cover of “Aline” by his friend Christophe to bring a smile back to the emotional Loghane. And Sanaa also ended very emotionally with her coach Louane on “The mills of my heart” by Michel Legrand. Sara and her coach Kendji were clearly a step below with an unsurprising version of “I love him to death” by Francis Cabrel.
This final quartet was a surprise for us as we were convinced that Romane had folded the competition from her first performance, at 10:10 p.m. She had just released a vitaminized cover of “Proud Mary”, a classic rock by the American group Creedence Clearwater Revival in the explosive version that Tina Turner had made of it in 1971. “The dance, the song, the breath, she managed like a pro, feasted Gims. There, it’s residence in Vegas, we have to discuss “he launched to Kendji. However, it was Sara and her tired voice on “As usual” who were qualified by viewers. The coaches had a hard time hiding their surprise.
A voice “as solid as the Eiffel Tower”
On the other hand, the logic had been respected in the other teams. The other telecrochet favourite, Raynaud, opened the final with a powerful version of “Since you’re leaving” by Jean-Jacques Goldman. A voice “as solid as the Eiffel Tower”, according to Nikos. “You go into people’s hearts, you are a sun,” added his coach Patrick Fiori, with tears in his eye. His first opponent, Aivan, the young Filipino from Switzerland, was easy but lacked magic on his cover of “Tu t’en iras” by La Zarra. The public logically excluded him from the super final.
At Julien Doré, it is also logically the Mosellane Loghane, 16, who had been qualified by the votes of the public, despite enormous stress and a quavering voice on “If you did not exist” by Joe Dassin. The youngest of the show, the blond Arthur, was not unworthy and even surprised his world by resuming Radiohead’s immense “Creep” in English at only 9 years old, which his coach had intelligently arranged and accelerated into a playful swing. . “We must not forget that we are here to play” did not fail to remind Julien Doré, for whom this is also the first participation.
« I will always love you », l’Everest de Sanaa
In the series “not even afraid”, the Gardois Sacha, at 11, also attacked Johnny Hallyday and “I promise you”. But Sanaa went even further by climbing Everest “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. A winning bet. Its treble even made Gims rise from his chair, arm raised, hand on his heart. Hyper moved, Louane ran to hug her student, who suffers from Elhers Danlos syndrome, a genetic disease of the bones and skin. “It’s a dingology” repeated Gims. But not a future winner.