Giada, candidate for season 10 of The Voice.

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  • The tenth season of

    The Voice

    was launched Saturday on TF1.

  • Among the talents in the running for this first show, Giada, an Italian thirty-something who made a strong impression on

    Richard Cocciante's

    Il mio rifugio

    .

  • Giada has chosen to join Florent Pagny's team.

    “My brother had told me a lot of good things about it.

    I knew he liked beautiful voices, ”she explains to

    20 Minutes

    .

In her presentation, she said she hated the word "flashing", so complicated to pronounce for the Italian that she is, and being able to change the brakes on a car on her own.

In any case, Giada held the road perfectly on Saturday during the first blind audition session of the tenth season of 

The Voice

on TF1.

The four coaches have turned their chairs on his cover of

Il mio rifugio

, the hit by Richard Cocciante used in the soundtrack of the film

Tandem

.

The transalpine singer, she decided to get in the saddle with Florent Pagny.

Why did you try your luck at "The Voice" in France?

I live in Italy, but I have a little family in France.

It was my cousin who signed me up for the show.

I was not aware and I received an email from the production saying that they were interested in my application.

I had presented myself to the casting of the Italian version, but I had not been taken.

Why did you choose this song by Richard Cocciante…

Because I like him and I know he is very well known in France too.

I wanted to sing in Italian, but on a song that the French audience could sing with me.

When, after your performance, Vianney told you that you should de-sing, did you understand what he meant?

Everyone said nice things to me.

I didn't quite understand why he said like that.

It was a day full of emotions.

I said “yes, yes” to everyone but I probably didn't understand everything, I'm waiting for Saturday to see and understand a little better (laughs).

Did you know the coaches?

Yes.

I had seen them in

The Voice

in recent years during my visits to my brother in France.

I knew Florent Pagny, Marc Lavoine and Amel Bent.

I joined Florent's team because my brother had told me a lot of good things about it.

I knew he liked beautiful voices.

He had blocked Amel, so that meant he trusted me and I wanted to give him that trust back.

What is your relationship to French song?

For me, Lara Fabian, who is famous in Italy, is one of the best singers in the world.

I find French very musical, a little more than Italian, I really like speaking this language.

Singing in French for me is an adventure.

In the next step of the adventure, will you be heard singing in French?

Yes, because it is France that gives me an opportunity.

I waited thirty-four years to get there.

I have to sing for the public and I want to do it in French, songs that everyone knows.

Would you like to have a career in France?

I like to sing.

Where, it is not very important.

I would be happy to have a career in Italy, because it is my country of birth, but today, it is France which offers me an opportunity and I am very happy too.

  • Florent pagny

  • The Voice

  • Television

  • TF1