While The Voice, the most beautiful voice in full swing on TF1 – the second issue of the Cross Battles will be broadcast this Saturday -, the presence of Florent Pagny in the semi-final and the final live was not confirmed until now. Suffering from lung cancer, the historic coach of The Voice participated in the recordings of the first tests before starting his chemotherapy sessions. It is therefore impossible for him to certify that he can ensure the live broadcasts which start on May 14. “In May, I don’t know… I still have six months of chemo, so I’m going to finish in May. I don’t know how I will be following six monthshe confided on the set of 20 hours of TF1. So far, the first (chemotherapy, editor’s note.) goes well, but hey, anything can happen too. Maybe in May, I’m impeccable, and maybe in May, I’m tired… We’ll organize ourselves.”
This Tuesday, in a press release, TF1 however announced that the four coaches, including Florent Pagny, were going to “live an evening full of emotions and surprises” in the semi-final. The interpreter of My freedom of thought will obviously be present for the live broadcasts. It now remains to be seen if he will settle in the emblematic red armchair alongside his comrades, Vianney, Amel Bent and Marc Lavoine or if he will appear in duplex on a giant screen as Lara Fabian had done during the season 9 because she was stuck in Montreal in full confinement.
