As expected, Sophie Grenier won The Voice on Sunday evening. Two months after taking off and establishing herself as the big favorite by taking on L’oiseau by René Simard in the blind auditions, the Franco-Ontarian continued her ascent by winning the popular vote.
Sophie won 42% of the vote, far ahead of Jay (26%), Christopher (23%) and Adam (9%). “It means so much to share French here,” the 17-year-old Ottawa native said after her triumph, as her visibly moved coach, Mario Pelchat, wiped away tears. Tears in a shower of confetti.
This victory was predictable. At least, by anyone who had taken a look at the show’s official Facebook account in the past few weeks. Each time a new post about the contestant appeared, it consistently garnered more likes than other contestants. In the semi-finals, her re-reading of the famous Let Me Dance by Dalida had accentuated the trend, in addition to dismissing another big name, Steffy Beyong.
Sunday evening, Sophie Grenier had pulled out the heavy artillery to hope to win this final: a bilingual version of an English song by Celine Dion from 1997, Let’s Talk About Love. To maximize her chances and rake as wide as possible, she had even surrounded herself with a choir of children (some of whom were not much younger than her). The total !
With her victory, Sophie Grenier receives a $50,000 scholarship and lands a record contract with Musicor.
Two other finalists had also adopted the strategy of cookie-cutter ballads to seduce the audience. Christopher Therrien has taken over I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing, a power hit from Aerosmith which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. The New Brunswick native delivered a very fair – if a little slick – rendition of Diane Warren’s title track, while the ever-enthusiastic Marjo waved her arms in the air. “That’s called singing,” said Mario Pelchat, once his stint on the microphone was complete.
Finally, Jay took the opposite strategy by offering a souvenir hit from Quebec rap group Muzion, which he dedicated “to hard-working people”. The Montrealer of Haitian origin even allowed himself to adapt the lyrics to the events of the last few days (freezing rain storm) by launching: “The Hydro breakdown shows that we are dependent on the system. »
Afterwards, his coach Corneille hailed his “courageous journey”, a journey during which he never hesitated to highlight Creole culture.
Lasting 2:30 hours, this final offered a dozen musical numbers. One of the highlights came when Ariane Roy, Les Shirley and Lou-Adriane Cassidy, supported by Sophie Grenier, shared the stage to offer their respective songs, brought together in a furious potpourri. You should have seen Marjo, standing in front of her armchair, clapping her hands and smiling toothily at this dazzling demonstration, visibly delighted to observe rocker women with as much passion as her.
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Ginette Reno delivered Bigger, an unreleased piece from C’est tout moi, her 42nd album, released on Friday. In great vocal form, the 76-year-old artist won over his audience, but we would still have liked a bonus souvenir extract, just to end in apotheosis.
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