''Encore une chance'' (meaning Again a chance in French, full title ''Encore une chance: Les plus belles voix de la téléréalités'' (meaning Again a chance: the most beautiful voices of reality television in French) is a French reality television show broadcast on French music television network

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in January and February 2012, and comprising six shows with the first on 24 January 2012 and the finals on 27 February. The music competition gave a new chance to 32 contestants in various music competition shows in France that had failed to win in their bids giving them a new chance with two winners signing contracts with

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and given chances to record with established artist. The winner in the female category was Lucie Azard, a contestant from French ''

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'' in season 7 held in 2007-2008. She won the chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer K.Maro. The winner in the female category was Lucie Azard, a contestant from French ''

'' in season 7 held in 2007-2008. She won the chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer K.Maro. Due to lower than expected viewership of the program, the series was moved from prime time to late night slot for the second half of the series.

Jury

The jury was composed of music professionals:Telle est le télé: Morgan Serrano, Stéphane Joffre-Roméas, Mia Frye, Morgan Serrano - membres de la jurie d'Encore une chance les plus belles voix de la téléréalités sur NRJ 12
*Richard Cross - a vocal coach *Mia Frye - choreographer *Morgan Serrano - DJ at NRJ Radio *Stéphane Joffre-Roméas, a director at

Contestants

The 32 contestants, 16 male and 16 female, with none of them winners in the series they took part in, came from the following musical reality television series (winners in bold):

Finalists / Winners

The 8 finalists who had the chance to compete in an episode registered in Canada were: *Jessie Amseli *Lucie Azard *Cynthia Brown *Tigane Drammeh *Larry Lambert *Nedjim Mahtallah *Bruno Rua *Anne-Laure Sibon The 2012 winner in the male category was Larry Lambert, originally a contestant in ''

Nouvelle Star ''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia. It was broadcast by M6 in seasons 1–8 befor ...

'' in season 7 of the series in 2009. He won a chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer

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. The winner in the female category was Lucie Azard, a contestant from French ''

'' in season 7 held in 2007-2008. She won the chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer K.Maro.

Results table

Viewers

References

{{reflist French music television series NRJ 12 original programming