- TF1 broadcasts this Saturday, from 9:05 pm, the second episode of the blind auditions of season 9 of "The Voice".
- Among the talents vying, Suzanne Allary, 77 years old and dean of the show, all seasons combined.
- The singer, who has been giving voice for fifty-five years, participates above all to defend "the realistic French song" and by "challenge".
If courtesy requires that we do not ask for the age of a lady, Sandrine Allary has no problem with assuming her 77 spring. “In my head, I'm 20, in my movements I'm 50, in my ideas, I'm 25. So, for now, everything is fine! », She assures to 20 Minutes , in a sparkling voice on the other end of the phone. Viewers will discover it this Saturday on TF1 in the blind auditions of The Voice . Whatever the result, the septuagenarian has already entered the history of telecrochet by becoming the oldest talent in all nine seasons.
In her early youth, Sandrine Allary was, for three years, clarinetist in the orchestra of the Besançon opera (Doubs). She quickly put away (or rather sold) her instruments to devote herself to singing. She has been traveling the roads of France and even the seas for fifty-five years to perform in galas, community celebrations or on cruise ships. A route taken away from the TV sets and the star-system projectors. "I tried to make my way, but I don't know how to knock on doors," she said modestly in her video presentation which will be broadcast on TF1.
"She had the glow of a beginner in her eyes"
To find herself at The Voice , she had to be spotted during one of her performances at the Red Carpet , a cabaret in Limoges (Haute-Vienne). The day after her visit, when she returned home to Vichy (Allier), Sandrine Allary received a call from the manager of the auditorium. "Are you sitting? Asked his interlocutor. "No, I'm ironing," she says with disarming first degree. "Sit down because The Voice is going to call you to audition." "
She had a hard time believing it, but it was true: she was soon to embark on the adventure of telecrochet. "She doesn't look like anyone else," says casting director Bruno Berberes to 20 Minutes . When I saw her sing, she had the glow of a beginner in her eyes. There was a passion in her as if she was starting her career. She did not seem to regret or ask for a second chance. "
The "challenge" of a "go-getter"
“It's not the show that will allow me to make a career. My career is behind me, ”confirms Sandrine Allary. For her, The Voice is "a challenge". “I am a go-getter. I told my adorable husband, who has always supported me, that I would participate to go to the end. Not to win mas because I want to defend the realistic French song, with text. "
She, who follows the standards of Piaf, Michèle Torr, Gilbert Bécaud or Ginette Reno in her singing tricks, wants to "show young people that we can have fun with French song". The septuagenarian says that in her audience at the Red Carpet , there are more and more young people. "At the end, some come to see me and say to me:" How beautiful it was, madam, this song by Piaf! " The kind of compliment that goes straight to Sandrine's heart because she believes that we "do not defend enough" these titles from the repertoire.
This is why, whatever the outcome of her adventure in The Voice , she will tirelessly continue to ring out these words from a time that those under 20 would benefit from knowing. She would also like to work with a musician for "more modern" reorchestrations. Sandrine Allary assures her once again in a voice that does not look old: “I still have so many good things to give to this French song. "
Television
We tell you what you don't see on TV in "The Voice"
Television
How Season 9 of "The Voice" intends to get back on track
- Music
- TF1
- Television
- The Voice
- French song