Like Jean-Pascal Lacoste or Jenifer, singer Olivia Ruiz made herself known by participating in the very first season of the star Academy
in 2001. Visibility which allowed the semi-finalist to sign with Universal shortly after the broadcast of the telecrochet… A real springboard for the artist, however, the latter does not only have very good memories of her stay at the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys.
Guest on the airwavesEurope 1 this Monday, December 11, 2023 on the occasion of the release of his new album Reply scheduled for March 2023, Olivia Ruiz indeed returned to this first edition during which, according to her, some academics were unaware that it was a reality TV program.
“Let’s say we thought we knew where we were going, but everything changed along the way,” declared the interpreter of The chocolate woman. And to continue: “That is to say that at the start, it is presented to us as being a school. TF1 denies doing reality TV by saying: ‘We don’t do trash TV, it’s not the Loft . There we are in a learning center.
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New cameras added along the way
Facing Thomas Isle, Olivia Ruiz remembered an important detail. When the show did not meet with the expected success, production made the decision to add cameras in the bathrooms and even the bedrooms. “After three weeks, we were told: ‘The show is going to stop, it’s not working’. We can see that there is work being done in the house and then all of a sudden Suddenly, it’s taking off thanks to that. Which still says a lot… When we leave, you can imagine that we don’t want to go look at everything that has just happened, but that’s what we were told, yes.“recalled the 43-year-old woman who does not regret her participation in the program. “Definitely, it helped me,” she admitted live.
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