Raphaëlle Ricci gives her version to Marlène Schaff

On August 31, 2002, TF1 launched season 2 of « Star Academy » seven months after the final of a first edition where Jenifer was declared the winner in front of 12 million viewers. Sixteen new students were selected, including Nolwenn Leroy, Emma Daumas, Georges-Alain Jones, Aurélie Konaté, Houcine Camara and Jérémy Chatelain. A casting where could have featured Marlene Schaff the current stage expression teacher for the program produced by Endemol France and DMLSTV.

“When I arrived in Paris, I was in Alice Donna’s school, who is Raphaëlle Ricci’s mother, and the entire class was invited to audition for season 2 of “Star Academy”she told in December to Tele-Leisure . Raphaëlle Ricci had debriefed Alice Donna and said of me: “Marlène sings really well but it’s a shame that she dresses like a farm girl.” »

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Marlène Schaff was only 19 years old during this experience to try to join the casting of “Star Academy”. “I went to spend my little money to look a little nice and I won’t hide from you that it demoralized meshe added to our colleagues. I’ve been auditioning for a good ten years and I’ve never heard someone dismiss a performer for their clothing. »

In 2013, TF1 broadcast her participation in season 2 of “The Voice” where she was eliminated at the first live prime stage in Louis Bertignac’s team. “I have been criticized over and over again for my appearance. I often wanted to give up”she introduced herself, with tears in her eyes, before her blind audition. Subsequently, Marlène Schaff continued to work for “The Voice” as a vocal coach.

“I would be stupid enough to fail someone because of their clothes… What a joke!” »

Raphaëlle Ricci

Raphaëlle Ricci broke her silence on Tuesday on her Facebook account by discovering an interview with Marlène Schaff in the magazine 7 Days TV in which she was asked to talk again about her failed casting at “Star Academy”. “Twenty years later, getting back the position of professor of stage expression created by Raphaëlle Ricci, I find it crazythe latter rejoiced. But I have no resentment, she is a brilliant woman who I admire very much. »

“Dear Marlène, I discovered with amazement that I would have failed you from “Star Academy” in 2002 and that would indeed be crazy… If it were true”replied Raphaëlle Ricci, explaining that she was not one of the people consulted to establish this casting at the time. “I already saw this story about you being passed over last year, supposedly because of your clothes, because I would be stupid enough to fail someone because of their clothes. What a joke! » And to conclude with a quote from Sophocles: “Talking a lot is one thing, speaking wisely is another.”