Saturday October 15 was a big day for TF1. The channel revived the star Academy, more than 20 years after the airing of the very first season. During the live evening presented by Nikos Aliagas, viewers were able to discover the 13 new students of Château Dammarie-les-Lys who will fight to try to have the same course as previous winners such as Jenifer, Nolwenn Leroy or even Elodie Frégé. Among them, the 24-year-old Parisian, Leahwhich already presents itself as a strong head.
The one who in her portrait confided “do not support authority“proved it well in just two days of classes! Indeed, it only took her a few hours to get noticed – and be reprimanded – by three teachers. This Monday, October 17, she notably annoyed the expert in stage expression, Laura Balon. While the latter wanted to teach her students how to manage stress during a performance, Léa failed to show determination. “I can’t“, she let go in the face of her teacher’s exercise which consisted in not smiling. Neither one nor two, Laure Balon reframed: “So I don’t want to hear: ‘I can’t do it, I don’t feel it’. That’s outside“.
Léa ousted from a course
Trouble continued for Léa during her first dance class with Yanis Marshall. As he revealed the steps of his choreography, he surprised the young woman yawning. Which quickly made him jump. “Yawn in my head if you want next time! It’s super rude in real life, have you ever been told? When you’re in a class, it kind of feels like you’re pissing yourself off“, he sent her very upset. A reaction that the main interested party did not really understand. “How he said it! I felt like an uneducated street girl. (…) You can’t control a yawn“, said Léa after the course.
Like never two without three, the Beyoncé fan also found herself in the sights of Marlene Schaff, the repeater. In the live available on MYTF1 Max, it was possible to witness her ousting from the session after she made fun of the performance of her comrade Tiana on Lewis Capaldi’s hit, which will be present on Saturday evening, Someone you loved. With Carla, Léa was indeed unable to hold back her giggles when she heard the English accent of the youngest of the season. Marlène Schaff then asked them to leave her class: “Carla and Léa, go to the kitchen for a glass of water please go have a drink of water!“.”It’s fatigue, it made me laugh too much, because she was at the bottom“, Lea defended herself afterwards, admitting that she hadn’t done much better:”Me it was catastrophic“.
During the evaluations of the week, Léa ended up cracking up and even considered leaving the adventure.