The TF1 program, known for associating celebrities from other diverse fields with dance professionals, this year selected three new dancers, whose CVs are as diverse as they are original.
Samuel Texier, from plumbing to parquet
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“I'm only 23 years old, but I've been working for ten years,” admits Samuel Texier. Originally from Bourg-en-Bresse, Wejdene's partner in this season of “Dance with the stars” on TF1 has had an extraordinary career. “I was an average student. When I was 14, I decided to find a job so that I could pay for dance lessons, ”he reveals. Exit high school, Samuel becomes a plumber on construction sites. " It was not easy. I have been the victim of bullying and insults. I have met as much garbage there as there are great people. "
For four years, by mental strength, the boy held on.
“When I was 18, I broke down.
I lost my job and put the dance on stand-by.
A depression, accompanied by dark thoughts.
His salvation?
His relatives.
After a break, he resumed competitions, won national titles and even opened for Beyoncé.
Today, his participation in the front page contest is an accomplishment.
“But not an end in itself,” he says.
My only desire is to make my parents and my family proud.
And to show young people that you can do it when you believe in your dreams.
"
Adrien Caby, baby dancer
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Dance has been flowing in Adrien Caby's veins since his birth. “My father has a dance school in Paris
(Georges & Rosy, in the 7th arrondissement)
. And, at 7, I started dancing, ”explains this 27-year-old Parisian. The click occurs when leaving college. "I followed a professional training to teach and, in parallel, I made competitions in France then abroad", explains the pro who then finds himself competing against ... Anthony Colette, another dancer of the emission. “But all is well, we get along very well. "
And if it happens today in "Dance with the stars", it is after a first abortive attempt.
“Five or seven years ago, I was approached, but I never followed up,” says the young man.
I didn't feel ready.
I still had things to learn.
When the production asks him again this season, he accepts.
“The Covid has also changed a lot of things.
I told myself that this was an opportunity to be seized.
“Even if the pace is not the same as his lessons.
“There, you have to prepare, teach a choreography in a week.
And manage a growing popularity.
“For the moment, I am not stopped, or very little, in the street.
It doesn't scare me ”.
Elsa Bois, the TV child
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She is the youngest of the competition. However, at 21, Elsa Bois is not at her first attempt. The eldest of three girls, all dancers, she has already won a dance competition on TF1. “It was in 2011, in a program by Christophe Dechavanne
Who will be the best tonight?
"Recalls the person, who, a year earlier, saw her little sister triumph in" Incredible talent "on M6.
For the past ten years, Elsa has not given up on dancing ... or studying.
“My mother wanted us to combine the two,” says the young graduate, since last June, with a license in sports, specializing in disability.
“I wanted to get my diploma.
That's when I was offered
Dance with the Stars
.
Or rather re-proposed, since the dancer had been approached for four years.
“Before, I was too young and I had my studies, she explains.
Now is the right time.
"
