1- The turtle:
In the New Star, season 4, this nickname was given to him by Marianne James, during the castings of Toulouse. In 2006, he emerged victorious from the M6 show, ahead of Miss Dominique, who today ensures that the production favored him.
2- Cardboard:
His first album “Inventory” released in 2007, a year after his victory, was a hit in stores, selling over a million copies. The key titles “Elected product of the year”, “Double je”, “Jacques said”, “Quelle chance/September” are written by Zazie. Valérie Lemercier and Philippe Katerine also participate in the album. In 2008, his hit “Double Je” received the Victoire de la Musique as the original song of the year.
3- The Enfoirés:
He joined the Enfoirés troupe in 2008. Christophe Willem had to be absent from concerts in 2012 and 2022.
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4- Cinema:
Long before breaking into the cinema, Christophe Willem burst onto the screen in “Alive”, Frédéric Berthe’s film about the world of musicals, starring Richard Anconina. In addition to its stunning performance (“Why am I in pain“), we also retained the interpretation of Maxim Nucci, who signed the music for the feature film. On the actor side, the turtle also played in 2020, in the TV movie “I love you Hairstyle”by Muriel Robin.
5- News:
On the strength of his five albums (after “Inventory”, “Caffeine”, “Prismophonic”, “Apparently”, “Rio”) whose sales have accumulated a million copies, Christophe Willem is now a coach for the Belgian edition of The Voice. He took on the same responsibility in X Factor (2011), as well as in Destination Eurovision (2018-2019), previously.
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