Santa “disgusted” to have left empty-handed from the NRJ Music Awards 2024

She is perhaps the one who delivered the most impressive performance of the ceremony. By jumping into the void from the roof of the Palais des Festivals literally on fire, and using a zip line, Santa dressed in a gladiator costume, put on a show during the NRJ Music Awards 2024 which were held in Cannes on Saturday November 2. But nominated in several categories including French-speaking female artist of the year and song of the year for her hit Start me againthe 33-year-old artist left empty-handed, losing to Vitaa and Pierre Garnier respectively. She did not hide her disappointment the day after the evening.

In an ephemeral story on Instagram which is no longer available today, and after thanking her fans for the mobilization, Samantha Cotta, her real name, writes: “We tell ourselves, we're a little disgusted but we're going to continue hacking. When the system doesn’t want us, we hack, we circumvent it”we could read. “I will try and continue to give the best performances and set fire everywhere”continues the ex-star of the group Hyphen Hyphen before congratulating himself on being, since the broadcast of the show on TF1, number one in ticket sales. Santa is due to perform at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on December 13.

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In a publication that is still clearly visible, she shares her performance and once again addresses her 200,000 “followers”: “Thank you very much for the great mobilization of piracy ‍️ I know that you worked en masse», she further indicates.

Santa always takes care of his stage performances. For one of the clips of his first success Salted popcornthe Niçoise was suspended from a crane with her piano more than 40 meters above the Place de la Bourse, in the heart of Brussels. The singer, author and composer caused a sensation this summer during the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games by covering Live for the best by Johnny Hallyday at the Stade de France. His piece Start me again became the anthem of the last promotion of the “Star Academy”.