After two years of absence, "Dance with the stars" is back on Friday evening

Louise Bernard, with Alexis Patri 10:17 am, September 17, 2021

The TF1 show "Dance with the stars" returns to the air on Friday evening, after two years of absence forced by the Covid-19.

The host Camille Combal and the candidates Tayc and Lola Dubini share at the microphone of "Media Culture" their excitement about this return.

The program will notably welcome Jean-Paul Gaultier to its jury.

INTERVIEW

Dance with the stars

, let's go!

The TF1 show launches its season 11 Friday evening, after two years of absence imposed by the Covid-19.

And the program comes back with new things.

First major change: the day of broadcast.

The show runs from Saturday evening to Friday evening.

Camille Combal continues to present the show but now without Karine Ferri.

She will only take care of the second part of the evening, to collect the candidates' confidences and review their services.

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On the jury side, only Chris Marques is back.

At his side three newbies.

First François Alu, dancer of the Paris opera.

Then Denitsa Ikonomova, new in the jury but not in the program: she is one of the historical dancers of the show, which she has already won four times.

And then, the last very prestigious juror: the former couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier.

"Jean-Paul Gaultier is the Wikipedia of 

Dancing with the stars

"

"I think he will have this sensitive chord which has made him a very, very great designer," said the microphone of Europe 1 Karine Ferri.

"He does wonderful shows. A parade is a show. It's totally consistent with 

Dancing with the Stars.

"

"Jean-Paul Gaultier is the Wikipedia of 

Dancing with the stars

"

, abounds Camille Combal.

"He knows every winner, every season, he loves the program and he is very happy to participate. For us, it's a huge chance. Jean-Paul Gaultier, what! It's crazy! It's like Messi coming to PSG. "

This year, the jury will have a little more weight in the competition, since it will have magic buzzers to automatically qualify a couple of dancers or, on the contrary, put one in danger by sending it directly to the test. face-to-face.

Still it is necessary that all the jurors agree.

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On the casting side, 

Dance with the Stars 

will have 13 candidates. Among the most famous names, we can cite Bilal Hassani, Lââm, Dita Von Teese, Lucie Lucas, Vaimalama Chaves (Miss France 2019). This year, many rookies will speak more to young viewers: YouTuber Michou, singer Wejdene, and Lola Dubini.

The latter is a comedian, actress, YouTuber, singer.

All he needed was one string to his bow: dancing.

She wants to take advantage of the show to send a message to the young people who follow her.

"When I was younger I saw Valérie Damidot do a decoration show, it was a little revelation. When I saw women like Laurence Boccolini, etc., I said to myself that it was possible", recalls- she.

"We need more positive representations in the media. And for so many things: physics, disability, etc. We need to open up mentalities. The program can also be used for that."

"If I win, my mother will sleep with the trophy"

Another candidate: singer Tayc. Very popular with young people, he intends to make himself known to other generations by participating in the show. And he has a little personal challenge to take up. “My mom really watches the show all the time. One night she told me that when I was a star, she would be happy to laugh at me,” he explains. "I told her, okay, I'll do the show. And if I won she could sleep with the trophy for a week."

Not all

Dancing with the Stars

viewers 

will discover all of the contestants on the first night, as not all of them will dance. The presentation will be done in two prizes, with a couple of dancers eliminated each time. The return of the show is Friday evening at 9:05 pm on TF1. Camille Combal has a message on this subject. "It's Friday night, we're going to hammer it: Friday night! Even I am not immune to showing up on the set on a Saturday night!", Laughs the host. . The Saturday evenings of TF1 are now occupied by 

The Voice

.