Emblematic figure of the star Academy,Grégory Lemarchal
aroused the emotion of the French since his arrival at the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys in 2004. 20 years after his adventure, Pierre and Laurence Lemarchal, the parents of the candidate who died of cystic fibrosis in 2007,
Karima Charni, co-host of the star Academy and former student of the singer’s promotion as well as Nathalie Andréartistic director of the first 8 seasons of the program, were the guests of the last episode of Generation(s) Star Academy presented by Romain Fresnu and broadcast on the airwaves of France Blue this Tuesday, January 9, 2024. The opportunity for the quartet to discuss the great moments of the singerWrite the story.
“The artists who came to the Star Ac’ bonuses all wanted to sing with Grégory”confided Nathalie André in particular. “They had a lot of respect for him”. However, a celebrity would one day lose patience. “It happened once that an artist got angry becausehe hadn’t arrived on set. In principle it was the students who got angry”remembered Nathalie André who did not fail to reframe the guest. “JI took him by the handI took him behind, and I remember, we opened the door to where he was doing his exercises with the physiotherapist and I said to him: ‘Do you want to go to his place?’ He immediately apologized.”
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“We pampered him”
According to Nathalie André, everyone present at the castle took particular care of Grégory Lemarchal. “We all smoked, at the time there was no law, and there were two people for whom we had to stop smoking, it was Céline Dion and Grégory. We all complained about her, but for Grégory, We were all very careful.”
“It’s not that we pampered him but we were all very careful. However, I saw plenty of students, we didn’t keep this love with everyone, but there was something there from the start “, concluded the former artistic director. Touching confidences.
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