In 2003, Patxi Garat made a sensational entrance to the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys, to participate in season 3 of Star Academy. Very quickly, the young man from the Basque Country was able to impose his atypical and offbeat style to the point of cracking viewers. And after having shared the stage with many celebrities such as Phil Colins, Charles Aznavour, Lara Fabian or even Pascal Obispo, the 22-year-old young man had managed to climb to the semi-finals of the most famous telecrochet of the chain. TF1.
It was finally Michal and Élodie Frégé who had been chosen for a final affront and the pretty blonde had won the third edition of the Star Academy…
Twenty years after her appearance on the show, Patxi has just signed a rare interview with journalist Jordan De Luxe. The opportunity for him to explain why the singer Louane changed her life…
Patxi talks about her relationship with Louane
“She’s a girl that I adore, who has crazy talent” launched the singer and composer. “I wrote songs for her, a lot of songs on her first album including Day 1. I remember, I was on a bike in Amsterdam and it came right away. We were starting to work together and the The idea was to make songs together” he then explained. “We sold a million and a half albums, no one can expect such success!” he continued.
Always ready to get the worms out of his guests’ noses, Jordan De Luxe then asked Patxi about Louane’s success: “When you give a text like this to Louane, aren’t you a bit jealous ?”. And the former candidate of Star Ac ‘to answer by cutting it: “No. I anticipate the question. What makes the success of a song is also the person who will sing it. […] I’m thrilled, it changed my life, Star Academy changed my life and Louane’s album changed my life.”
Patxi then assured that this collaboration in 2015 literally contributed to him being more respected in the music world: “People liked me at Star Ac, they thought I was funny and cute, but this song contributed to changing Louane’s life, that means that I contributed to that.” he concluded.
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