It is in view of the current situation that France is going through that Dany Boon thought about it and made his decision. After eight years of absence, the cult actor of French cinema has agreed to return to Les Enfoirés, after a phone call received by the concert producer, Anne Marcassus. In an interview given to Puremediasthe boss of DMLSTV, which also produces
star Academy
for example, reveals having called on many of the glories of Les Enfoirés, in the hope of bringing viewers back, and increase donationsin constant decline for several years.
“We called Dany to ask him to come back. He hadn’t been here for a long time. Given the situation, he told us he would be there”revealed Anne Marcassus, who was also able to count on M. Pokora, Lara Fabian, Shy’m, Jean-Baptiste Maunier and Raphaël, all back after long years of absence. This great return of historical faces will perhaps make viewers forget absences that are also notable, since the historic Mimie Mathy will not be there
just like Amel Bent, Christophe Maé, Gérard Jugnot, Isabelle Nanty, MC Solaar and Lorie Pester…
A drop in audiences = a drop in donations
Each year, the Enfoirés concert allows the Les Restos du coeur association to raise several million euros. Last year, 14 million euros were collected, or 14 million meals out of the 171 million distributed by the association during the winter period. The donations collected during the Enfoirés concert allow the Restos du coeur to represent on average 8 to 10% of the association’s resources…and it must not go down. For several years, the audiences of Enfoirés have been declining, and last year, only 8.07 million French people responded to the meeting. This score remains far from being a disaster, but is well below those achieved during the era of Jean-Jacques Goldman. In 2013, The Enfoirés music box achieved the historic record of the show, established at 12.72 million fans for 53% of the public.