The Voice Afrique Francophone Explained

The Voice Afrique francophone is the French-speaking African version of the reality singing competition The Voice, broadcast on VoxAfrica. It is based on the show The Voice of Holland, created by John de Mol.

Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train singers on their team and occasionally perform with them. The competitors are selected in auditions where the coaches listen to the auditioning contestant without seeing them.

Coaches and hosts

The show is hosted by Claudy Siar. The original coaching panel included Charlotte Dipanda, Lokua Kanza, A'salfo and Singuila. All four coaches initially returned for the second season, but when the last shows were postponed, A'salfo and Dipanda were replaced by Youssoupha and Josey respectively, to serve as coaches from the Quarterfinals until the end of the season.^[1]

For the show's third cycle, Hiro Le Coq were confirmed as a new coach,^[2] while Charlotte Dipanda is also returning.^[3] On 26 July 2019, it was announced that Nayanka Bell will join the panel, along with Lokua Kanza who returns to the show for his third season as coach.^[4]

Series overview

Season	Aired	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Winning coach	Hosts	Coaches (order)
								1	2	3	4
1	2016–2017	Pamela Baketana	Verushka	Marie-Love	Samson Nobou	Lokua Kanza	Claudy Siar	Lokua	Charlotte	Asalfo	Singuila
2	2017–2018	Victoire Biaku	Fulbert	René	Dadiposlim	Charlotte Dipanda
3	2020–2021	Lady Shine	Gyovanni	Carina Sen	Foganne Atsou	Nayanka Bell		Nayanka	Hiro
4	2024	Vova Music	Irma	Heraclès	Mondesir	Mix Premier	Yves	O'Nel	Josey	Mix	Didi B

The Voice Afrique Francophone Kids

In February 2019, VoxAfrica announced their version of The Voice Kids, which is expected to start with date which is soon to be announced.^[5] Sidiki Diabaté, Daphne Njie, Teeyah and KS Bloom were the coaches of the first season.

The first season of the series premiered on 1 October 2022 and was open to aspiring singers aged 8 to 15.^[6]

See also

• East Africa's Got Talent
• Idols (East African TV series)
• Idols (West African TV series)
• Project Fame West Africa

Notes

1. In season 2 of The Voice Afrique Francophone, A'salfo and Charlotte Dipanda originally signed up to serve as coaches full-time. However, due to a postponement which made the season finished later than planned, A'salfo and Dipanda were not able to resume their duties for the last four live shows because of pre-arranged commitments. Youssoupha and Josey replaced them, respectively, and served as coaches from the Quarterfinals until the end of the season. In the third season, Youssoupha again returned as coach replacing Nayanka Bell for the live shows, because Bell was unable to return due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mbena . Oscar . 24 March 2018 . The Voice Afrique: Charlotte Dipanda et Asalfo quittent l'émission. La raison . 24 March 2018 . afrikmag.com.
2. Web site: HIRO NOMMÉ COACH DANS LA SAISON 3 DE THE VOICE AFRIQUE. 14 July 2019. 4 July 2019.
3. Web site: Nous sommes très heureux du retour de @CharlotteDPA en qualité de coach pour la saison 3 de votre show préféré. 14 July 2019. 11 July 2019.
4. Web site: The Voice Afrique Francophone : les 4 coachs de la nouvelle saison désormais connus. 25 July 2019. 25 July 2019.
5. Web site: The Voice Afrique Francophone Saison 3 c'est parti!. VoxAfrica. 4 February 2019. 4 February 2019.
6. Web site: " The Voice Kids Afrique Francophone " saison 1: le casting est ouvert aux jeunes talents congolais, comment postuler?. Kabamba. Jérémie. Strong2kin Moov. 14 July 2022. French.