From behind the scenes, Nolwenn Leroy saw the talents slip away from under his nose one following the other until the small miracle. Great novelty of the 11th season of “The Voice”, the singer has a role of “good fairy”, she confided to us. When none of the four telecrochet coaches (Vianney, Amel Bent, Florent Pagny and Marc Lavoine) turns around, the 39-year-old artist has the opportunity to give them a second chance. During the first round of blind auditions, broadcast this Saturday evening on TF1, she fished out Jean Palau, 39, a cheese producer in the Pyrénées-Orientales. Quiet ! He doesn’t know it yet.
“John, where are you? “I’m on a bottle, with the calves. “Just before the performance of the singer farmer, viewers feasted on the video in which her husband, Denis, announces to the lucky one that he is taken in “The Voice”. On the set, he also brought a selection of cheeses, including one made from pasteurized milk especially for Amel Bent, already pregnant with her third child at the time of recording.
His interpretation of “Rise like a phoenix”, the title sung by Conchita Wurst at Eurovision 2014, did not convince the professionals, installed their red armchairs. Annoyed when he left the set, the young man, at the head of a farm of around thirty dairy cows, ewes, donkeys, geese, ducks, chickens and rabbits, burst into tears. “I don’t know if I would have the strength to go down this path once more,” he blurted out. But what he does not know then is that behind the scenes, Nolwenn Leroy pressed the buzzer. No way to let him go. “Me, I felt this phoenix from the start”, justifies the singer, underlining all the heart that the farmer from the Pyrenees, who has not frequented piano bars for fourteen years, has put behind the microphone. He will have the right to sue with her.