domestic violence, addictions… “I saw myself dying”

Emma Daumas, the former semi-finalist of season 2 of Star Academy, has lived a thousand and one lives since 2002, the year in which she went from the shadows to the light. And if the sudden notoriety that she experienced at the beginning of the 2000s was not easy to manage, she had even harder experiences which she spoke about this October 14 in the show It starts today.

Emma Daumas and hell after Star Academy: depression, addictions…

Now aged 40, Emma Daumas experienced sudden fame thanks to her participation in Star Academy in 2002 and the success of her single you will be. But this notoriety was not easy to manage for the young woman who is “went from absolute anonymous to celebrity with great loneliness“, according to his confidences in Faustine Bollaert’s show.

“The Star Academy had effects that lasted for eight years during which I had depressive phases, including addictions, to try to fill this void (…) I had to fall very low to bounce back“, she also said. The singer even endured domestic violence, as she confided for the first time on the set of It starts today.

Emma Daumas, faced with domestic violence: “You have to save yourself, otherwise you will die…”

“I was in phases of self-destruction, and it went as far as a toxic relationship and domestic violence. This is the first time I’ve said it. I had to see myself dier, that a friend said to me: ‘Actually, now you have to run away because otherwise you’ll die, and it was the beginning of the survival instinct which makes us go back“, she remembered.

Today, Emma Daumas is the mother of two children aged 5 and 11 and has created an association to support musical creation in Avignon. His love for music has never wavered since between 2003 and 2021, the former Star Academy semi-finalist has released no less than 7 albums. She even continues to perform on stage and last summer she gave a series of concerts. A nice way to get back on track.