La Voix, the TVA singing competition show that is currently in its 11th season, says it is making preliminary plans to institute a mandatory draft for its next season after the talent pool of undiscovered Quebec singers reached critically low levels.

The series has had more than 120 artists get past its blind audition stage, and “we’re concerned there just aren’t that many more undiscovered superstars-in-waiting left in the province,” said host Charles Lafortune. “So we need the government and the Union des Artistes to step in and require mandatory participation in La Voix for all singers who haven’t yet competed for it.”

The move is being supported by TVA, the Dix-30’s Théâtre Manuvie and Salle Pauline-Julien, who need C-level artists to fill their venues.