The evening “linked destinies“, this was the name given by Nikos Aliagas to the fourth bonus of season 12 of Star Academy this Saturday, November 2, 2024 on TF1, at the end of a special pairs week. The two pairs who performed the least well in the evaluations according to the teachers were Ulysse & Marine and Thomas & Maïa. All four of them were nominated.
Star Academy: Thomas dubbed by Patrick Fiori
The TF1 talent show stage welcomed Hatik, Hoshi, AaRON, Pascal Obispo and Patrick Fiori this Saturday, who performed Corsica with Noah, Charles and Thomas. The latter, who amazed the public, also amazed the artist, who gave him a nice gift live. Patrick Fiori invited the young singer to come and share a duet with him on stage at the Stade du Vélodrome in Marseille! More than a consolation prize, a privilege for the one who was eliminated a few moments later. If Thomas had already been nominated during the first week of the adventure, Internet users did not hide their disappointment upon learning of his departure.
Michael Goldman saddened by Thomas' elimination
It was the same for the director of Dammarie-lès-Lys, Michael Goldman, who was keen to firmly support the young man, as he had already done last month: “It's all the more difficult because this week is perhaps the best week you've had at the castle. You have progressed in all areas… It makes me sad, because I think Thomas is one of the most underrated students in the group. For me, he is truly an exceptional singer. But above all, he's a kid, but, upsetting! At the first evaluation, he gave a speech and he gave us all goosebumps. And we saw, this evening, when he sang with Patrick, all the emotion that this boy is capable of releasing. So the only advice I can give you – and frankly, I'm not sure I would give it to everyone: keep singing, because you're really made for it, Thomas“. Touching words that made Thomas collapse into tears.
