After an intense summer, very busy with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Florent Manaudou has a change of scenery: he leaves the pools for the court of Dancing with the stars. He was also one of the first names in the casting for season 14 revealed by TF1. The swimmer will set off, along with the eleven other participating personalities, from Friday February 7, with the aim of succeeding Natasha St-Pier, who won the previous season. Absent from the press briefing organized by TF1 on January 16 because he was busy with a long-planned trip to Australia, the double bronze medalist at Paris 2024 took the time, before taking off, to answer some of our questions. Due to this trip, he had the exceptional authorization to discover his dancer and already experience a few days of rehearsals. : upon his return, the other competitors will have already started their training. The front page deviated from the rule so that he did not fall too late when returning to Paris. With him, we were able to exchange a few words about his partner… without knowing her identity. The secret is always well kept.
“They’re going to put me with…” : Why Florent Manaudou (Dancing with the Stars 2025) was convinced he knew his partner
After the suspense of the names of the personalities who make up the season, the second question is that of the composition of the dancing couples. If we have known since January 15 that Anthony Colette hung up his shirt and left the program, the mystery remains unsolved for the formation of the duos. Nevertheless, Florent Manaudou gave us his feelings after spending a few hours with his dancer. “It’s going well. I have a good connection with herwhich is important. We did 3 or 4 days of training, the opportunity to learn how each other works“. Quickly, the soul of the competitor returned, he adds: “I have good hope in our duo, I hope we will go far“.
Florent Manaudou on his dancer in DALS 2025 : “She can be hard on me, that’s no problem.”
One of the recipes for a duo to work well and go far is alchemy. The way in which the professional transmits her knowledge is therefore essential because she must adapt to the psychology of her student. For Florent Manaudou, his partner will have the choice: “She can be hard on me, that’s okay, but I will always demand more of myself than anyone. I will be the angrier of the two because I’m a bit of a perfectionistlike many athletes I think“. So, the swimmer opts for the second solution: “If she is a teacher, that will suit me very well. It will bring a gentleness that I don’t always have towards myself“.
Florent Manaudou in duet with Katrina Patchett or Candice Pascal in season 14 of Dancing with the stars ?
“I had imagined a little bit of all the dancers“he explained to us, before revealing his theory to us.”I said to myself ‘They’re going to put me with the biggest one’ because it is undoubtedly prettier in the image“Unfortunately for us, the swimmer held his tongue and didn’t give us any more details. Could it be Katrina Patchett or Candice Pascal? A little teasing and already well aware of the stakes, he slips in to close the subject: “You will see if the choice of production fell on the largest or not!“.
