“We are at the circus”: Eddy Mitchell tackles the “Star Academy”

Solène Delinger 3:33 p.m., November 07, 2022

Eddy Mitchell is clearly not happy with the big return of

on TF1.

The 80-year-old singer is indeed not a big fan of singing shows.

Already in 2015, he had compared the candidates of

to "learned dogs" in an interview with

This time, it's

he's going after. 

"Beautiful voices are not enough"

"I experienced that with Jean Nohain, you know. So that's fine, that's enough. And it was much meaner, because when a singer didn't please, there was a real hook that took him away. Hop, at the see you again“, declared Eddy Mitchell in the program

on RTL.

And, he is not tender at all with the candidates of the tele-hook of TF1 that he would see surrounded by certain animals.

"Yes, we're at the circus. Clowns, sea lions, all that are missing. It's true that they are a bit of clever dogs who sing and have a beautiful voice. But beautiful voices are not enough" . 

“Interesting people came out of it”

This is not the first rant pushed by the singer against tele-hooks.

Already in 2010, he attacked the

.

"Interesting people came out of it, like Olivia Ruiz. We totally skipped the fact that she participated in 

 She's really talented. But that's not the case for everyone," he said. declared in an interview with

before adding: "We dangle them with so many things that they think that, to be a singer, it is enough to have a nice face. What does it mean to have a nice car and chicks? But they forgot that you have to sing too. At the time, I participated in 

 I came to sing and I left.