He danced with Candice Pascal during season 2 of Dance with the stars, on TF1, and lost in the final to Shy’m who was accompanied by Maxime Dereymez. If Philippe Candeloro managed to climb to second place in the competition despite the very harsh scores from Chris Marques, this November 20, 2023, he settled his scores with the salsa champion.
“He was beating me up.”
About the latter, the figure skater confided to Jordan de Luxe, on C8: “I was always suspicious because I had seen how Chris Marques smashed (Jean-Marie) Bigard, at times, or Marthe Villalonga. And I found that a little scandalous, because we don’t talk to people who are older than you in that way, even if you judge them. On the contrary, you already say it’s good to be there.”
A behavior that Philippe Candeloro did not let slide, since he admits: “I told him, even on set at one point, he was fucking me.”. And added: “The problem is that when he gave me a 4, it gave me the impression that I had done a shitty dance, and that in fact it wasn’t true. It’s always embarrassing because in my sport, I suffered a lot from it, because when you get ripped off by the judges, you have a bit of nerves. And there, well even if it was a show, you put on a performance and you put in the effort for this performance“.
“He’s not bad”
Fortunately, the jury member “has evolved”, as noted by Philippe Candeloro, for the next 10 seasons. In private, the candidate understood by often explaining himself with Chris Marques: “he’s not bad, in fact he’s an actor on this show. He gives himself roles, and once you’re comfortable in that role, you either anticipate it, or you multiply it, or you belittles at a given moment. And then he knows how to do that very well, he’s a good salesman.”
Within the jury, Chris Marques was not the only one to behave in this way. Philippe Candeloro notes in fact: “There was Jean-Marc Généreux who was the good guy and Chris Marques who was the bad guy. Afterwards, you noticed in all the seasons, there was someone who changed roles, there was one who became a little more evil. And afterwards, there were the ladies of the jury too, who arrived. So, it tempered all this nastiness a little, but in fact it’s part of a role. Once you understand that…”
F.A.