Exceptionally broadcast this Saturday June 22, 2024 due to a match of the French football team the day before, the final of season 6 of Mask Singer finally crowned theHippopotamus. Who was hiding behind this ugly and cumbersome disguise? Unsurprisingly, as Inès Reg had guessed, it wasAgustin Galiana.
Agustin Galiana happy with his victory…
However, the former actor of the soap opera Here it all begins (TF1) does not yet seem to know how to digest this experience. Obviously, as he confided to Tele-Leisurehe is happy to have won this edition against the Scarecrow (Gérémy Crédeville) and the Leopard (Chimène Badi).
“With this show, I showed that I am more than what people say: a handsome guy. There, no one saw mehe exclaimed. I was in the body of a not very graceful character and I managed to get people to vote for me, without seeing my face, without seeing my body. I’m proud of that!“Despite everything, don’t expect to see him make another cameo in the future in a new Marc-Antoine Le Bret-style costume.
…after a horrible experience
Agustin Galiana has indeed clarified that this masked role was far from easy to assume on the sets and behind the scenes. “The first day when I put on the costume, It was really very, very complicated for me” whispered the one who nevertheless considers himself in very good physical condition, “I’m someone who plays sports, I eat very well, I don’t drink. I take care of myself.“
Contrary to appearances on stage, this costume would actually have been hellish to wear: “I made it very light. It felt like there was no effort to move. But I did a lot of work to make the character fun.“. According to his words, the actor/singer would have (almost) experienced the worst moments of his career indoors.”The first day, I had an anxiety attack in the costume and it took me thirty minutes to return to my normal statehe recalled. I was really out of breathI couldn’t breathe normally. I was very, very scared.“
In addition to limited freedom of movement, “When you put yourself in the costume, you stay like a Playmobil with your arms and legs stretched“, the hippopotamus would have quickly taken on the appearance of a permanent mental challenge, “I only breathed and saw through my nostrils (…) Being inside, it was like being in an oven.“
All this to not even be recognized by Laurent Ruquier with whom he has already worked in the theater and on The Big Heads. La lose.
