Permanent guest of Léa Salamé since the launch of the show Quelle époque! on France 2, Christophe Dechavanne was once again present on the set of the talk show Saturday January 18, 2025. That day, the former star host of TF1 revealed that the hits of a star singer from the 80s were in actually interpreted by someone else.
An emblematic face of the French audiovisual landscape, Christophe Dechavanne was in the heyday of TF1 during the 90s and 2000s. On the first channel, the host played successful shows such as: A golden family, The Wheel of Fortune, Hello it’s us!, or even Heaven my Tuesday!. But since 2022, it is on the public service side that the presenter has been working. In fact, he is Léa Salamé’s permanent guest on the show What an era!broadcast every Saturday in the second part of the evening on France 2. Saturday January 18, 2025, Christophe Dechavanne was present on the set of the host’s talk show for a new number. During the program, Léa Salamé organized a blind test with his guests on successful Belgian singers.
During this little musical interlude, the journalist notably broadcast on the air the famous hit by Plastic Bertrand entitled It’s great for me. It was at that moment that Christophe Dechavanne spoke to reveal astonishing information about the 80s star.Legend has it that it wasn’t Plastic Bertrand who sang“, first launched the former TF1 host. “Come on, a controversy!“, Léa Salamé then exclaimed on set. “Legend has always said that millions of records were sold with Plastic Bertrand, while it wasn’t his voice. It seems“, then insisted Christophe Dechavanne. The latter is right given that the main person himself admitted that he had not recorded his own hits.
Plastic Bertrand claims that his former partner prohibited him from accessing the studio
-“I am willing to say that it was not my voice, but it must also be said that all this was put together from scratch by Lou Deprijk“, revealed Plastic Bertrand in the columns of Parisian in 2010.”Lou Deprijk asked me to shut up in exchange for 0.5% of the rights, promising me that he would make a new version with my voice. Which he never did of course“, the 80s star also said. “I’m the victim. I wanted to singbut he banned me from the studio“, Plastic Bertrand finally concluded. The musician had also taken his former partner to court, but had lost his case.
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