Joost Klein (28) narrowly missed out on winning the final of the Belgian version as a coach on Friday evening The Voice. His pupil Maëlla Moquet, a real estate student, did not live up to her role as favorite.
Maëlle (20), who was already in the final of 2018 The Voice Kidscompeted against 17-year-old Bas in the final phase on Friday evening.
That still caused some unrest. After his impressive rendition of Sign of the times Harry Styles made him feel light-headed and had to sit down and drink water. Meanwhile, his fans in the audience were moved to tears. He eventually won.
The evening did not go smoothly for Maëlle either. An earlier performance of hers had to be canceled due to technical problems. Her last performance, with Impossible by James Arthur, came across as somewhat strained vocally. Afterwards, Klein had nothing but praise for his candidate, who has become more self-confident thanks to him.
From the bedroom
“How people have often told me that I can be a little too much… I want to use this airtime to say: You really are not too much,” Klein said. “You are precise enough. No matter how many times people criticize me for not knowing anything about music, I fucking know you can sing.”
Whether she has won or not, Maëlle is ready to enter the country as an artist tomorrow, according to Joost. He thinks her singing talent should leave her bedroom. “I feel honored that you have been able to assist me in this process. I have also started singing better because of you.”
The singer recorded it for Klein earlier in the day. “He sometimes seems like a strange guy in the media, but I don’t know him that way at all. He is super social, empathetic and inspiring. And a really cool guy. He did everything to support me and really listened to what I wanted.”
Argument with colleague
The lost final is a downer, but Klein’s first season as coach can be called a success. Maëlle was considered top favorite, wrote The Latest Newsand Joost is now also a star with the southern neighbors.
He has made the news several times in recent months due to striking actions as a coach. So he ‘broke’ the rules of the show and tried to become the father of a candidate to snare for his team. Even though the man was not even registered for the competition.
More serious was the collision he had with colleague Koen Wauters, the nestor among coaches. The recordings were stopped for a while because the two were in one fierce argument ended up. It threatened to get out of hand and ‘rude things’ were said, so the crew turned off their microphones. The conflict was discussed behind the scenes.
The final was broadcast live on VTM on Friday. Next week Klein will continue his world tour, which recently took him to the world-famous festival Coachella brought.
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