In this making-of of the opening ceremony entitled The Great Seine. The complete story to see on the Olympic Committee website, Thomas Jolly, the director of the event, makes revelations. Particularly on the people contacted to participate in the show. We already knew that he had not sent an invitation to David Guetta and Indochine, and that he had tried to convince Daft Punk to reform for the occasion. We learned today that he also tried to attract another pop icon made in France: Mylène Farmer. “As a great French singer… There is Mylène Farmer. But she was not available. There you go… So, she told me no”, he explains without going into details.
Confirmation through Victor Le Magne, the musical director of the Paris 2024 Games ceremonies.The Olympic Games open doors, he said, but there were also refusals.”
In the documentary, we see Thomas Jolly take the blame when he learns that the interpreter of “Disenchanted” declines the proposal that was made to him.
The information is not new, however. The question had already been addressed on C8 in the show Bang with Babaon May 24, notes the fansite mylene.net. Cyril Hanouna said: “Mylène Farmer at the Olympic Games? That would be huge!” The columnist Bernard Montiel responded: “She refused! You're asking me the question. I'm giving information that you didn't have. I know her, we're in the same restaurant almost every day.”
However, the calendar seemed favorable for Mylène Farmer. The Nevermore tour was then on standby. Three concerts were still scheduled, but after the Olympics. These are the two Stade de France dates postponed following the riots in France after the death of a young man killed by a police officer. Two concerts to which a third was added due to demand. Perhaps the singer had decided to take a vacation on these dates after her stadium tour which passed through the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels? Or had she started working on a new album? For the moment, it is difficult to know more.
Mylène Farmer: stop or still?
