La France a un incroyable talent (series 8)
The eighth series of the French talent competition programme La France a un incroyable talent was broadcast on M6 from 15 October to 10 December 2013. At the end of the seventh season, hosts Alex Goude and Sandrine Corman announced that there would indeed be a return. M6 then confirmed the announcement, sharing details of open auditions, and that everyone wishing to participate could register on the website.
| La France a un incroyable talent | |
|---|---|
| Series 8 | |
 From L to R, judges Deissenberg, Rozon, Edelstein, Dave. | |
| Presented by | Jérôme Anthony Alex Goude Sandrine Corman |
| Judges | Dave Andrée Deissenberg Sophie Edelstein Gilbert Rozon |
| Winner | Simon Heulle |
| Series chronology | |
Series overview
For the 8th series, the show hired new judge Andrée Deissenberg, director of the Crazy Horse Saloon. The Season, once again, was presented by Alex Goude and Sandrine Corman, while sister show La France a un incroyable talent, It Continues was presented by Jérôme Anthony. Joining Deissenberg, all three judges came back from the previous season, Gilbert Rozon, Sophie Edelstein and Dave.
This time, the winner would receive a check for €100,000 & would be part of the upcoming Just for Laughs festival. As well as this, they would also become part of judge Dave's concert.
The auditions for series 8 took place in Issy-les-Moulineaux from 22 August to 27 August 2013.
In the Semi-Finals, unlike previous years, the contestants weren't divided into groups. At the end of the show, two contestants were selected to advance to the final, via a public vote. Then, the judging panel were given some time to deliberate their choice of two contestants to advance from the remaining eight. The first semi-final had considerably poor viewership, however this was down to the show being broadcast at the same time as the France - Ukraine match in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
| Participant | Genre | Act | Semi-final | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy G | Variety/Singing | Comedy Singer | 1 | Eliminated |
| Aurelia The Air Deline | Singing/Dance | Singer & Dancer | 2 | Eliminated |
| Captin Frodo | Contortion | Contortionist | 2 | Eliminated |
| Cellkilt | Singing | Singing Group | 1 | Finalist |
| Charles Brutus | Singing | Singer | 2 | Eliminated |
| Chris Kiliano | Acrobatics | Acrobat | 3 | Eliminated |
| Costic | Singing | Singer | 1 | Finalist |
| David Pereira | Aerial | Aerialist | 3 | Finalist |
| Domonic Dagenais | Air Guitar | Air Guitarist & Trampoline Act | 1 | Eliminated |
| End Of The Week | Rap | Rapping Group | 3 | Finalist |
| Enzo Weyne | Magic | Magician | 1 | Finalist |
| Explosion de Caca the Rock 'n' Lol band | Singing | Novelty Rock Band | 3 | Eliminated |
| Franky Zapta | Variety | Flyboard Act | 3 | Finalist |
| Freelusion | Multimedia | Multimedia Dancers | 1 | Eliminated |
| Hugo Desmarais | Aerial | Aerialist | 1 | Eliminated |
| Infanlim | Dance | Glow-Light Dance Group | 2 | Finalist |
| Le Collectif Russe Duduk | Music | Band | 2 | Finalist |
| Lisa | Singing | Singer | 3 | Eliminated |
| Mark Steiger | Animals | Parrot Act | 1 | Eliminated |
| Michael Goudeau | Variety | Juggler | 2 | Eliminated |
| Milan | Contortion/Dance | Dancer | 2 | Eliminated |
| Romeo & Lada | Dance | Burlesque Dancers | 3 | Eliminated |
| Sakir | ||||
| Simon Heulle | ||||
| So Unikid | ||||
| Tale Of Voices | ||||
| Team Vovinam | ||||
| Thierry Masson | ||||
| Wanted Posse | ||||
| Young Boyzz |
Semi-final Summary
Semi-final 1
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rozon | Edelstein | Deissenberg | Dave | |||
| Hugo Desmarais | 1 | Eliminated | ||||
| Costic | 2 | Advanced (Won Public Vote) | ||||
| Tale Of Voices | 3 | Eliminated | ||||
| Enzo Weyne | 4 | Advanced (Won Judges' Choice) | ||||
| Freelusion | 5 | Eliminated | ||||
| Wanted Posse | 6 | Advanced (Won Judges' Choice) | ||||
| Cellkilt | 7 | Advanced (Won Public Vote) | ||||
| Mark Steiger | 8 | Eliminated | ||||
| Amy G | 9 |  |
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Eliminated | ||
| Domonic Dagenais | 10 | |
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Eliminated |
Semi-final 2
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rozon | Edelstein | Deissenberg | Dave | |||
| Young Boyzz | 1 | Advanced (Won Public Vote) | ||||
| Simon Heulle | 2 | Advanced (Won Public Vote) | ||||
| Infanlim | 3 | Advanced (Won Judges' Choice) | ||||
| Le Collectif Russe Duduk | 4 | Advanced (Won Judges' Choice) | ||||
| Captin Frodo | 5 | Eliminated | ||||
| Team Vovinam | 6 | |
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Eliminated | |
| Charles Brutus | 7 | Eliminated | ||||
| Michael Goudeau | 8 | |
Eliminated | |||
| Milan | 9 | |
Eliminated | |||
| Aurelia The Air Deline | 10 | |
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Eliminated | |
Semi-final 3
| Semi-Finalist | Order | Buzzes | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rozon | Edelstein | Deissenberg | Dave | |||
| End Of The Week | 1 | Advanced (Won Judges' Choice) | ||||
| David Pereira | 2 | Advanced (Won Judges' Choice) | ||||
| So Unikid | 3 | |
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Advanced (Won Public Vote) | ||
| Thierry Masson | 4 | |
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Eliminated | ||
| Explosion de Caca the Rock 'n' Lol band | 5 | Eliminated | ||||
| Chris Kiliano | 6 | Eliminated | ||||
| Lisa | 7 | |
Eliminated | |||
| Sakir | 8 | |
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Eliminated | ||
| Romeo & Lada | 9 | |
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Eliminated | ||
| Franky Zapta | 10 | Advanced (Won Public Vote) | ||||
Final Summary
| Finalist | Order | Finished |
|---|---|---|
| Simon Heulle | 1 | Winner |
| Costic | 2 | 4th |
| Enzo Weyne | 3 | 6th |
| Young Boyzz | 4 | 7th |
| Infanlim | 5 | 12th |
| Le Collectif Russe Duduk | 6 | 11th |
| Wanted Posse | 7 | 9th |
| David Pereira | 8 | 3rd |
| Cellkilt | 9 | 5th |
| So Unikid | 10 | Runner-Up |
| End of The Week | 11 | 10th |
| Franky Zapata | 12 | 8th |