On January 12, 2002, Jenifer caused a sensation by winning the very first edition of Star Academy, a show which is also back on TF1 this year. An event that had changed her destiny, since she had quickly become a star of French song, thanks to her hits like Under the sunreleased the year of his coronation, or my revolutionthe flagship title of his album The passage in 2004. Not to mention his many distinctions, including his prize at the NRJ Music Awards of 2003 as Francophone revelation of the year.
But the fact of having won the first edition of the star Academy was not that easy to manage for the artist from Nice, who did not necessarily feel entitled to win this competition. “I still remember all the advice from Armande and Raphaëlle Ricci. I will remember it all my life. Kamel [Ouali], he made me uninhibited. I had a feeling of guilt for a long time. I said to myself: ‘Why me and not someone else?’ And then I saw a lot of talent around me. I had a feeling of impostor“, she explained on October 29 in 50’Inside.
I was all alone
A self-criticism that may seem disproportionate to some, like the one she just issued this Wednesday, November 16 on the set of C to youas she viewed archives of her dating back to the day after her success at the star Academy, which is already 20 years old. “I was a zombie!“, she judged, before affirming that this video in question is “exactly the reflection of the mood” that she had at that time, when she had just spent several weeks of competition away from any social interaction, except with the other candidates, she who had “the habit of living in community with friends…“.
It should be noted that, if she has changed physically since then, her career currently continues to be in full swing since she recently released a new album entitled No. 9. She also, during her visit to the show, sang her song Waitingresulting from this project and dedicated to his three children: Aaron (born in 2003 from his relationship with Maxim Nucci), Joseph (fruits of his love with Thierry Neuvic, in 2014) and Juvanni (born in 2021 from his marriage to Ambroise Fieschi ).