It was an appointment that we would not have missed under any circumstances! This Thursday, January 16 from 7:30 p.m., TF1 organized its annual press conference Dancing with the stars. On the program, a photocall with great fanfare to photograph all the candidates (except those who are on vacation according to the channel) as well as the jury made up, like last year, of Fauve Hautot, Mel Charlot, Jean-Marc Généreux and Chris Marques. It was therefore in front of an army of journalists that the star host of the program, Camille Combal, opened the festivities by welcoming in turn the celebrities who agreed to embark on the adventure.
Marked by , the previous season attracted a very large audience. In fact, no less than 35 million French people have, even if only once, watched an episode of DALS. “For dancing, but also for something else…”ironically specifies Rémi Faure, director of streaming programs at TF1. A formula that works so well that the channel has decided not to change anything about the jury: “The question didn’t even arise”adds this senior manager of the chain facing a Camille Combal in great shape. It must be said that the one who has is suffering from a genetic disease which affects his eyes: keratoconus. A problem which will not prevent him from hosting this fourteenth season of Dancing with the stars and perhaps even, as he had already announced on numerous occasions, to dance himself alongside Fauve Hautot. “I make the commitment, I dance for the final”he said in particular during the conference.
Sophie Davant makes a sensational arrival at TF1
Among the candidates, she was one of the first to arrive on the stage of the TF1 amphitheater. “I’m paralyzed”then said the actress in front of a laughing Camille Combal. And to add about his participation: “But why did I accept? My husband told me ‘you’re going to be ridiculous in front of all of France’. You don’t realize that I’m in total panic.” A feeling far from being shared by, never left out to liven up the gallery and tease “the old woman” (Charlotte de Turckheim, editor’s note) despite the fact that he only gives himself a 3 out of 10 in dance. Ditto for his fellow footballer Frank Leboeuf who admitted: “I know how to move, I know how to rhythm but I don’t know how to dance”. Eve Gilles, more discreet, had prepared her speech well, specifying that participating in the show was for her a dream as big as that of being Miss France. It is therefore a year which is starting rather well for the one who has just passed on the crown to .
But the one that we were all waiting for, and who surprised everyone by announcing his participation in the show, is . It must be said that after several decades of hosting public service programs, the channel now finds itself with a much less busy schedule. “What a pleasure to be in this building”then exclaims the former presenter ofDeal done who ultimately had little opportunity to visit the premises of the first channel throughout his career before adding, looking amused: “It’s something else, it’s impressive”.
Florent Manaudou, the only one absent from the DALS conference
To continue the presentations, there are then, also a former journalist at France Télévisions, Lenie, emblematic candidate of the previous season of Star Academy, Claude, one of the most notable adventurers in the history of Koh LantaMayane, actress revealed by the phenomenal success of A little something extra, Junglewhose sign Little genius was certified diamond single, or even, author, composer and performer who needs no introduction. However, as Camille Combal pointed out, this makes “11 candidates, so one is missing”. Indeed, Florent Manaudoubronze medalist at the 2024 Olympic Games, was unable to make time for the press conference because he was… on vacation, on a road trip in New Zealand! The swimmer with the charming smile, however, wanted to leave a video message for journalists in which he specifies that he will be there during the . Will the 1m99 giant be as comfortable on the floor of Dancing with the stars than in the pools he has frequented since he was very young? Nothing is less certain.
See you on February 7 on TF1 for the launch of season 14 of Dancing with the Stars.
