This is one of the biggest reversals in the history of The Voice. The day after her qualification for the grand final of season 13, Adnaé, candidate for the team of Bigflo and Oli, announced that she was leaving the show. A decision carefully considered by the young thirty-year-old, pregnant with her first child. Because Adnaé currently lives in Mozambique, where she works as a naval engineer. It was therefore absolutely unthinkable for her to take the plane to France a few days before the end of her pregnancy. Interview.
How do you feel ?
I feel very good ! I am having a normal pregnancy, without any complications.
You had to announce it on social networks to justify your abandonment. Was that your wish?
We reached an agreement with production. We said to ourselves that it was the best thing to do so that everyone understood my decision to leave The Voice and let there be no rumours. Initially, I had difficulty with this idea of announcing it publicly because it is very personal.
Your decision to give up The Voice Did it happen naturally?
No, it was very difficult to take. Like all the participants in the show, my dream was to go as far as possible. I didn’t want to eliminate myself but in this case, it was the best thing to do.
Do you experience it as a sacrifice?
At first, I really experienced it as a sacrifice but then I told myself that it wasn’t really one. That’s life, things had to be done like that.
Were you pregnant since the start of your adventure?
I wasn’t pregnant when I went through the pre-castings last summer. It was a project and it took time so I told myself I could do both. I didn’t think I’d get this far The Voice, I told myself I would never need to announce it.
Were your coaches Bigflo and Oli aware of your pregnancy?
No, no one knew. I kept this little secret to myself at all stages of the competition. I wanted to savor this moment and anyway we didn’t even see that I was pregnant! I announced my pregnancy to production before the semi-final, for the sake of transparency. I realized at that moment that it was going a bit far. I was particularly upset so I didn’t think of telling Bigflo and Oli. Production told them a little later.
At that point, did you already know you were going to give up?
Yes, my decision was made. That’s why I gave everything during the semi-final. I knew it was the last time I sang on stage The Voice.
Have you heard from Bigflo and Oli since announcing your withdrawal?
No, but they are very busy at the moment! And it’s true that I didn’t necessarily make the effort to build relationships with them during the adventure because I wasn’t in the best conditions. I was going back and forth between France and Mozambique, it tired me a lot, and I was also exhausted by the pregnancy.
How did you hold up physically?
I’m super lucky. I didn’t have a very difficult start to my pregnancy so I could still travel between Paris and Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. But it’s true that I strained the rope a bit physically during certain trips and I had to take the blame.