Saturday November 23, Masseo bid farewell to the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys after being eliminated during the prime. All week, the candidates still in the running had to work extra hard to try to secure their place in the TF1 adventure. It was Ebony who was the first candidate to win her place on the tour since she reached the top of the top 3 in the ranking. Delighted, the young woman waited impatiently to find out who was going to join her. His comrades then took assessments to find out who would have this chance. Thursday, November 28, TF1 broadcast daily news from the Star Academy, the opportunity for Michael Goldman to announce to the students which of them were going to join Ebony for the tour. They joined each other in the theater and the director wasted no time in breaking the news to the two lucky contestants. It was first Marguerite who knew how to stand out and convinced the teachers and Pierre Garnier to vote for her.
She then got up and ran onto the stage, talking about her parents. “I'm shocked, but so happy. I'm so proud of myself, I find it crazy, I'm still delirious. I don't really realize, I admit“, she explained alone in the confessional. Second candidate to join the tour? Maureen. The one who sang Grégory Lemarchal during the first bonus burst into tears because she obtained the votes of her comrades. “Thanks friends! I don't even have words (…) I think you don't realize to what extent you have just fulfilled a childhood dream. Thank you, because the little three-year-old girl who didn't believe it and even the girl from a few years ago who didn't believe it at all, now she loves you more than anything. THANKS“, she said with tears in her eyes and in full hyperventilation. The six other candidates unfortunately did not have this chance and even if they were happy for their comrades, it was not time for celebration, enough to cheer you up. Surprised by the lack of enthusiasm of Charles and Ulysses, Michael Goldman asked them if they could be bothered to let out a smile.
Michael Goldman sets the record straight
“I know it's a bit hard, but we shouldn't experience it like traditional nominations.” he tried to reassure them. Then add: “You will not be on the bench, isolated, you will participate in lots of things, you will do duets, do not take it as a punishment, on the contrary, you have to stay inside and tell yourself that you will come back and that everything will be fine“. And so that's when he spoke directly to Ulysses and Charles who were sitting at the back of the theater and not really cheerful. “There might be a smile in the back row or are you sleeping? It's hot“, he tried to joke. To save the furniture, the two young men tried to defend themselves with a “we smile, we listen“.
