She may not have won the show but today enjoys a better career than some winners. Indeed, in 2002, a certain Chimene Badi participates in the flagship telecrochet ofM6 in the 2000s which also saw the birth of Mr. Pokora: “Popstars”. A program in which she will not be able to reach the end, but which will serve as a springboard for her. In particular thanks to Valéry Zeitoun, member of the jury and, at the time, director of the AZ label. Thanks to him, the artist who lived through real hell with his family in a village in Lot-et-Garonne will release his very first album the following year: “Between us”.
Whether Chimene Badi has nothing left to prove today, it was very early on that the legends of the trade placed their trust in him. The proof, in 2003, with the invitation of Johnny Hallyday. At that time, the candidate of “Popstars” is invited by the Taulier for his stadium tour. A privilege that the 40-year-old artist remembers and which still arouses great emotion in her. The proof, when he came to European 1 this Tuesday, July 11. guest in “The Summer Club”the interpreter of “I come from the south” couldn’t hold back tears while listening “I promise you” broadcast on the radio.
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Chimène Badi owes so much to Johnny Hallyday
“He’s an extraordinary man, Johnny Hallyday, and I’ve been through a crazy thing with him”confides the young artist once the piece has passed. “Humanly, he is extra, authentic with everything he has experienced”she continues, still moved, before praising the ex-companion of Laeticia Hallyday: “In this environment, I met a lot of artists, with exceptional careers, but Johnny, frankly, what humility, what a man’s truth, what kindness, he carried me”.
Throughout his life as an artist, Johnny Hallyday has been “like a godfather in the artistic life of Chimène Badi who claims to have “lived crazy moments with him”. “He is a wonderful person and it is a duo that I have experienced, which is in my heart and which I will never forget.she concluded, still very moved by this privileged moment, and especially his disappearance on December 5, 2017.
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