Florent Pagny resumes his place in “The Voice” this week, while the threat of his cancer still hovers. Uncertain about his health, the singer also confided in his future …
After two years of absence, the 14th season of The Voicelaunched on Saturday, February 1 on TF1, will first be that of the return of Florent Pagny. Alongside Vianney and new coaches Zaz and Patricia Kaas in the jury, the singer, a real emblem of the show, is eagerly awaited, after being forced to put his career in parentheses in 2022 to fight lung cancer.
To energize the tele-hook, production has revised the decor (a real arena to dramatize the issue a little more) and the mechanics of The Voice 2025 version. Exit Cross-Battles, make way for extended blind auditions and an unprecedented test of “groups”, in the form of collective tables. What revive the interest of viewers for the program.
But it is Florent Pagny who will first stir up the curiosity of fans. If he has given reassuring news for months on his health and he is delighted to resume his red chair, he remains vigilant. “There, everything is fine,” reassured the 63-year-old singer in Télé Loisirs mid-January. But he immediately warned: “Every three months, a doubt can happen because I have medical exams”. “We cross our fingers, it will be fine,” he says, aware that the disease can resurface at any time.
A trailer of The Voice With a powerful Florent Pagny
To stage this comeback, TF1 published a trailer for the 2025 season a few days ago The Voicewith a Florent Pagny in the spotlight. In the video, we first see Vianney, Patricia Kaas and Zaz, as intrigued by a melody from depths. The voice of a singer is gradually imposed, on the melody of a famous song. The three coaches launched in pursuit and arrive in the studios of The Voicewhere they discover a Florent Pagny on stage, from behind, in full interpretation of Caruso.
In this trailer of The Voicethe singer’s voice, recognizable among a thousand, is powerful. So much so that on social networks, some were able to wonder if Florent Pagny had really sang for the occasion or if it was an older recording. This Wednesday, January 22, production cut short the rumors and broadcast a backstage on Tiktok, showing the emblematic coach in full possession of his means. “A catch was enough,” he even was added.
This comeback in The Voicethe artist had not anticipated him so early. “I didn’t think I could come back in The Voice Before next year, “he also surprised.” The production turned my plans upside down. Finally, it is better so because with a new album and a tour planned in 2026, I will have less time, “he said, always in Télé Loisirs. A way to warn that his presence n ‘ is not assured at all for next year.