“It was not me who made the decision, it was the production which made this choice”,
declares
Maxime Dereymez
in “Chez Jordan”, rebroadcast this Friday February 24 on C8.
After eleven years of good and loyal service, and a victory alongside Shy'm, the dancer present since the launch of the program in 2011 was absent from the last season of "Dancing with the stars" which crowned Billy Crawford.
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He announced the news this summer, via his Instagram account.
He develops what happened behind the scenes at Jordan De Luxe:
“We spoke, we had an interview and they made this decision and it does not matter at all because I think it is necessary know how to move on.
You have to know after eleven seasons, to evolve, know how to get out of your comfort zone so I thank them today
.
“I want something else”
Maxime Dereymez assures him, this decision “
has been running through his head for a few years”
.
He then explains that
“[he] had been hesitating for about two years
”
.
“
Not because I don't like the program, it put me forward.
It's a great show and I was proud and super happy to be part of it, except that after eleven years to evolve, you have to change a little bit
, ”he continues.
No regrets therefore for the dancer who recognizes, however, that the eleventh season was
“the season too many”
.
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Indeed, his participation with Lââm as a partner was marred by an eye infection.
“I showed myself in conditions which were not necessarily idyllic.
I should have forfeited, I was not fit to be on the set”,
he analyzes today.
For the future, Maxime Dereymez aspires
"to other things"
.
Finished being
"a dancer, always being the foil of a celebrity to put it forward, to make it shine
".
He repeats it
: “I want something else”
.
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