Djébril did not mince his words. A few days after hitting the legendary stage of the Accor Arena, as part of the tour of former candidates of the Star Academy, the ex-participant shared his contradictory feelings on Instagram after weeks spent on the roads of France and Belgium. If on stage good humor and complicity reigned between the young artists, behind the scenes, he said he felt discrimination against him. “I consider myself a survivor of the show,” he declared on his Instagram account, pointing out discrimination, exclusions and unequal treatment throughout his adventure. According to Djébril, some students were “favored” by production, while he constantly felt sidelined, neither respected as a person nor as an artist.
This feeling was reinforced by the ambient atmosphere, which he describes as “climate of division” which gave him the impression of “not to be in your place”. Faced with this rant, his adventure singing teacher Adeline Toniutti reacts. During an interview given to Here isthe singer declares: “I wasn't with them all the time. I don't know how he felt about it. I'm not stuck with them 24/7. Afterwards, if someone has a feeling, I think they need to be heard.” She continues: “Maybe the production didn't see it from the same angle, I don't know. But in any case, if he needs to express himself on this, he is right.”
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“It's important. Artists, we are there to express what we feel, to convey our emotions. I don't want to comment too much on that, because I wasn't there all the time,” adds the one which was not renewed for the third season of Star Academy. She assures that she has always demonstrated “kindness” and of “professionalism” during the academicians' evaluations, as well as in his comments. For her part, Cécile Chaduteau, the former stage expression teacher, says she doesn't understand this rant: “I don't know why it's hard for him […] I would like to know who things are not going well with. I don't know what happened to him. It saddens me, huh? I don't know. I'm not aware“.
Djebril sings his resentment in his first single Privilèges. “I went in blind thinking I was safe / It's not the story I expected, yeah / Naive I was to believe that my place was here / The reflection that I 'project seems wrong to you / Try twenty times harder to hope that someone will listen to me / Witness of contempt, by shouting, I think I'm running out of steam', he denounces with his song charged with emotions and symbol of his rebirth.
