The countdown is on. D-10 before the launch of the new season of "Star Academy". And for this 2023 edition, some major changes are to be noted. Starting with the cast of teachers who make up the academy. Michael Goldman agrees to take on the role of the school's director once again, Adeline Toniutti as singing teacher, Marlène Schaff and Lucie Bernardoni will be the rehearsal coaches. As for Pierre de Brauer, he kept his hat as a theatre teacher.
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The same cannot be said for Laure Ballon, a former teacher of stage expression, and Yanis Marshall, a former dance teacher, who have been replaced by Cécile Chaduteau and Malika Benjelloun respectively. The two women made their baptism of fire on Wednesday, October 25, on the set of "Quotidien" alongside Nikos Aliagas and Michael Goldman. "Every year we can change [teachers], it's going to take longer. No one deserved it. They are great artists. We're going to try... And this year we have two teachers, frankly...", says Nikos Aliagas to introduce the new teachers.
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And while the names of faculty members are known to all, the same cannot be said for those of students. Apart from Lola, who discovered her participation live on Yann Barthès' set, the secret remains impenetrable. At least until tonight... The host asks Michael Goldman about one candidate in particular: a man named Axel. "I love his profile, he's a singer. After that, there's a lot of work, especially on the interpretation," reveals the director, turning to Cécile Chaduteau, who still doesn't know anything about him at this precise moment.
"Let's take it down!"
Yann Barthès then proposes, in exclusivity, to unveil some images of this mystery student. A short video shows the young man, during the auditions, performing J'y vais by Patrick Fiori and Florent Pagny. Too impatient to hear back from the professionals, the presenter can't help but question them about his performance. "Come on, go now. Axel, we're taking him down!" he jokes. Cécile Chaduteau launched the "hostilities" by declaring, benevolently: "These are not problems. To me, he has an obvious lack of self-confidence, but it's so cute."
Mocked by Yann Barthès, the stage expression teacher tries to make up for it by saying that everyone has a lack of confidence in him. "He's extraordinary because he's trying, anyway. He has that desire, and that's really important. [...] If I may say so, it's in his eye that you can see that he doesn't trust," she adds. Now it's Malika Benjelloun's turn, who, unlike her colleague, highlights the young man's potential in dance. "If he's looking over there tonight, he's got to be... He got his money's worth [...] He's already debriefed," Yann Barthès quipped, while Cécile Duchateau tried to make up for it. "It's true that here, the poor man, he got scanned in front of everyone," admits Malika Benjelloun, embarrassed.