It's a small revolution.
Many glossed over the identity of the future binomial of Bilal Hassani for this eleventh edition of "Dance with the Stars" since his name appeared in the casting.
It is now official and confirmed by the production of the show: the former Eurovision candidate Bilal Hassani will form a duet with a man.
“I remember those evenings watching this show, light years away from imagining that I would ever do it.
I hope we will make history, together, this year, in Dance With The Stars season 11, ”he said on his Instagram account.
📣 #BreakingNews
There will be a “KING” in this season of #DALS!
😉 @iambilalhassani joins the #DALSfamily ✨
RDV soon for Dance With The Stars on @ TF1 and @ MYTF1 💃🕺 pic.twitter.com/baCv6ifOuT
- Dance With The Stars (@ DALS_TF1) August 20, 2021
Who will be his dance partner?
Mystery for now.
But TF1 will maintain the suspense until the start of the show and without a doubt, make noise around the first same-sex couple in this French edition of “Dance with the Stars”.
TF1, and BBC France Productions are following a trend from across the Atlantic. In the US, Youtuber JoJo Siwa will also join "Dancing With the Stars" next month as the show's first same-sex couple, US producers said Thursday. 18-year-old JoJo Siwa, who earlier this year said she is pansexual, will be paired with a professional dancer when the show launches its 30th season in September. This will be the first time that the US version of the dance show has featured people of the same sex dancing together. The first celebrity same-sex couple appeared in the UK version, 'Strictly Come Dancing,' in 2020. “I think that's cool. I think it breaks a wall, ”JoJo Siwa told US reporters, according to Reuters.
Varied casting for all tastes
In addition, in France, the cast will welcome the American pin-up Dita Von Teese, the young singer Wejdene, or the youtubeur Michou in the new edition of "Dance with the stars" broadcast from September 17 on TF1, according to a press release published Tuesday by the group.
After two years of absence due to a health crisis, the show, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2019, will return for its 11th edition.
Its concept?
Associate dance specialists with personalities totally foreign to this discipline to help them progress and compete under the eyes of judges and viewers.
On the casting side, TF1 announces twelve celebrities including: Dita Von Teese, icon of burlesque stripping;
singer Bilal Hassani;
the young youtubeur Michou;
the singers Lola Dubini, Lââm and Wejdene, as we already mentioned at the beginning of August;
humorist Gérémy Crédeville;
singer Tayc;
the actresses Lucie Lucas ("Clem") and Aurélie Pons ("Here everything begins");
the singer and actor Jean-Baptiste Maunier and Moussa Niang, multi-participant of Koh-Lanta.
✨It's official!
@DitaVonTeese will be participating in the next season of #DALS!
Who do you think will be his partner?
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- Dance With The Stars (@ DALS_TF1) August 24, 2021
The competitors will be decided by a jury made up of dancers Chris Marques and Denitsa Ikonomova, couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier and principal dancer at the Paris Opera, François Alu.
Exit Shy'm so.
The "mechanics of the show" - co-hosted by Camille Combal then by Karine Ferri in the second part of the evening - "will evolve considerably" in order to "make the competition even more exciting and interactive", promises TF1 in a press release.
