The challenger to the record winnings winner in the game hosted by Nagui exceeded the €500,000 mark this Thursday, January 16. He is only €23,000 away from a new reign.
The one that Nagui mischievously got into the habit of nicknamed the “Queen Margaux“, unbeatable for five years in the kingdom of Don’t forget the words (NOPLP), the karaoke game show version of France 2, is she living the last hours of her reign?
Benoît Salmon, second in the NOPLP ranking, is €23,000 away from happiness. In other words, not much, a single victory could bring in €20,000. This Thursday, January 16, moreover, in the second part of the show, he won €20,000, exceeding the €500,000 mark that Margaux was the only one until now to have reached. It totals €507,000, a stone’s throw from the €530,000 of the top of the class.
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And if he exceeds it, he will therefore be the absolute number 1 since no candidate in the game declined almost everywhere in the world has ever reached this amount. Planetary champion, sorry!
He already has the record for victories: 76, eleven more than Louis. Margaux is satisfied with 59, while having accumulated more winnings. Fans on the Internet are venting against Nagui and NOPLP: “Come on Nagui, by giving her only unknown songs, you’re going to keep your queen Margaux, just very unfair and fake.”
Internet users think that the challenger is at a disadvantage
Leitmotif of the critics: “old songs“forgotten proposed in the final, the better to make the maestro fail and save money for the production… When, five years ago, the songs were “easier“. He is still lagging behind in terms of the number of bells (when it rings, it is because he has reached a number of words which does not allow the competitor to catch up): he was this Thursday, January 16 at 43, against 48 in Laurens.
The suspense is at its maximum. A windfall for the show, leader of this time slot, with more than three million viewers for its second part. Don’t forget the lyrics, there’s even a makeover of the decor and little “extras”: the return of the candidates’ loved ones, the voice of the original performers for the start of certain songs, the intervention of ex-maestros in video…
A musical human computer without AI
Benoît Salmon has been on screen since December 2. Little bun, little beard and little earring, this 31-year-old Angevin has a well-shaped and full head… A real musical human computer without AI, almost flawless jukebox, singing rather well, laughing and jumping, benoît revised non-stop for two years, ultimately capitalizing more than 1,100 songs. In short, a good match, and what’s more, he’s single.
“I have been singing since I was little, without ever having taken lessons“, he recently confided to our colleagues at West France. And the revisions are not from today… They date from his adolescence in the Nantes region: “With my best friends, we watched a lot of Disney: we covered the songs together and the journey home from school seemed less long while singing…“.
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A professional photographer, for portraits or weddings, he sometimes had difficulty making ends meet. Ancient history, with at least €500,000 aside. “I know I’ll never struggle again“, he rejoices in an interview for TV 7 dayswhile specifying: “I definitely don’t want to change who I am“.
With four friends, he has just bought a house. “We have joint projects around culture and ecology to make it an eco-friendly place, with animals, a vegetable garden and rooms to accommodate visitors.” Money can help. He plans to travel. “I also really want to write songs…” His own words, finally.
Four climbs
On several occasions, he has been hot, especially in recent days. And he had to spend four times in the chair of the suspended candidate, before offering himself “a comeback“, Nagui’s recurring formula. This was the case on Saturday January 11, catching up on the song The unhappy singerby Claude François. He intones “Like an unhappy singer“, and after a long, interminable hesitation-reflection, he adds “that we listen more“.
“You scared the family“, smiles Nagui, under the eyes of Benoît’s mother, sister and cousin. “You have to know how to stop so as not to say stupid things“, he retorts. Phew.
Monday January 13, he stumbles upon New York with youfrom Telephone. Sandy, facing him, looks very strong. “There I am dead, there is no doubt.“Too stressed, the young woman loses her means. Wednesday evening, Nagui communicates by video with a former maestro, Renaud, of Belgian origin. He asks her if there is a king in the Plat Pays named Benoît. A king , No. “A pope, yes“, German, that one.
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