“From the start, it was my favorite”, she recounts her meeting with Héléna Bailly from Star Academy

Camille Cerf made herself known to the general public by winning the title of Miss France 2015. Since then, she has never left the media scene and has multiplied projects and partnerships. Recently, the beauty queen released a clothing collection in collaboration with C&A. If she regularly shares her daily life on social networks, we also find her on TV sets, in shows such as Friday anything goes with Arthur, or even at the head of the program The French's favorite amusement parks.

If she is at the heart of certain programs, she also likes to be a viewer. Among the shows she follows closely is the Star Academy. A few months ago, following a combination of circumstances, Camille Cerf met Héléna Bailly, semi-finalist of season 11 of the Star Academyand appears in the music video for the song “Summer Body”. Here is the story of this collaboration.

Camille Cerf, Héléna fan: “I really loved it”

Summer body, I will spend the summer without you… The words of the song by Héléna Bailly resonate in the heads of many people. If this single contributed to the rise of the singer, Camille Cerf did not wait for Héléna to appear on the radio to be a fan of her. Indeed, Camille Cerf discovered the young artist following her participation in season 10 of the Star Academy. The crush was immediate: “From the first prime, she was immediately my favorite! I really loved it during the show and I then followed his entire journey”remembers Camille Cerf.

A path that the beauty queen followed even after the elimination of Héléna, on the verge of the final: “I loved his song Love for Real, and when I heard Summer Body, I found that the lyrics really spoke to everyone, and above all, they resonated within me”she explains.

“At first I thought it was fake” : The meeting between Camille Cerf and Héléna

Some time after the release of the song, Camille Cerf says she did a photo shoot with Pomme-Poire: “I was doing a shoot with the brand to show off my postpartum body. I then published a reel on Instagram, with Summer Body in the background.”

At the same time, Héléna and her team were working on the production of the video for the song, and were thinking of staging a Miss France competition. “When they saw that I posted the video, they thought it would be a good idea for me to be in the music video.”says Camille Cerf. “His agent then sent me a message and, at first, I didn't believe it, I thought it was fake! When I accepted, Héléna didn't believe it either! It was really good to meet”she continues, with a smile on her lips.

“I recognized a lot of myself in her.”

When the two personalities meet for the music video Summer Bodythe alchemy happens immediately. “She is Belgian and I am from Lille! We’re a bit like girls from the North.” In addition to this geographical proximity, Camille Cerf explains that she recognizes herself when she sees Héléna: “The Star Academy and Miss France are a bit the same: we acquire a really sudden notoriety.”

Since the former Miss France felt very close to the young singer, she wanted to watch over her: “I needed to make sure she was well looked after! So I was happy to meet her brother and sister-in-law who work with her!” Following this collaboration, Camille Cerf was invited to walk the carpet of NRJ Music Awardsalongside Héléna: “I hadn’t been there for 10 years, it was a real pleasure to go back!”

This year, the beauty queen still looks Star Academy. However, this year, she doesn't necessarily have favorites: “My favorites change every week!”she concludes.