Since the start of the show in 2001, the castle of Dammarie-Les-Lys has been the scene of rapprochements and even real love stories.
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Like Jenifer and Jean-Pascal in season 1, Emma Daumas and Fabien in season 2, Lucie Bernardoni and Gérgory Lemarchal in 2004 or Jérémy Amelin and Maud Verdeyen in season 5, viewers projected a romance between two academicians of this 2023 season: Héléna and Pierre.
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From the start of the adventure, the two new academicians shared a duet on the title
Shallow
by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper.
And during the almost three months at the castle, Pierre and Héléna grew closer (sharing songs and choreographies, sleeping side by side).
So much so that even academics were asking questions.
“I want to defend you but here…”
, declared Axel when he was still in the race.
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All hopes were therefore allowed.
And Internet users were not the only ones to dream of this love affair.
The production very quickly detected the potential of this ride and decided to play with it.
Starting with close-ups of one as the other sings during the prime, they continued by imagining what “Pierrina
’s” child would look like
if he had one.
“We are very complicit”
Cut off from the world and social networks, Héléna discovered these rumors when she was eliminated at the gates of the final.
“
I am quite surprised by everything I see, by everything I discovered,”
she confided to our colleagues at
Télé-Loisirs
.
“
Pierre and I are very close friends and we discovered a lot of things in common.
Musically speaking too, we like to listen to and sing the same songs, that's what brought us together naturally,"
explained the 21-year-old young woman before brushing aside any doubts:
"It's purely friendly and that's always been the case. summer so it's true that I'm a little surprised.
As a friend, I adore him.”
But viewers weren't the only ones to believe in the birth of a romance.
Some artists had also started to have doubts about the nature of the relationship between the Norman guitarist and the Belgian.
Starting with the comedian Kev Adams who, when he came to the castle, wanted to get to the bottom of the story.
Installed in the theater room, he had put his feet in the dish.
“There are a lot of rumors between Pierre and Héléna.
There is perhaps a little love story
,” he said, provoking no clear response from the two academicians.
“I tell you guys, I dream about this love story
,” Kev Adams confided.
“It
’s my private life, I prefer not to answer this question”
Helena
And he was obviously not the only one to have this wish.
The singer Maître Gims also joined in the fun by asking them the question directly during the semi-final bonus on Saturday January 27.
While Pierre and Héléna shared the stage with the rapper on his song
Do you love me?
, he - when singing - challenged the pair by changing the words somewhat and asking them:
“do you love him?”
.
Héléna also spoke about these foot calls which “
never made her really uncomfortable because it was always said with self-deprecation”.
Before continuing: “
We always laughed about it a lot because it’s better to laugh about it.
We know very well that nothing is happening, we laugh about it and it’s funny.”
The young Belgian, however, did not want to dwell further on her romantic situation.
In fact, at the start of the adventure she made no secret of being in a relationship with a young man.
However, for several weeks, the latter was no longer cited.
He was also noticeably absent during Héléna's last bonus.
Questioned by Télé-Loisirs, the person responded: “
So I’m sorry but that’s my private life, I prefer not to answer that question.”