A new Star Academy bonus will be broadcast on TF1 on Saturday November 30, 2024. That day, a face familiar to viewers of the program will return to the set. Indeed, Héléna Bailly will perform for the first time on the TV hook stage of the first channel since her elimination in the semi-final during the previous edition.
As a reminder, Héléna Bailly faced the future winner of Star Academy 2023, Pierre Garnier, during this famous semi-final. If his opponent had a dazzling start to his career. The young woman has not been ashamed of her journey for the moment. Indeed, it has also enjoyed a certain success since leaving the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys. During an interview given to
Parisianshe notably returned to her elimination.
Unhappy Star Academy 2023 semi-finalist says she was 'glad to leave'
“I was happy to leave at that moment, she admits. Because I knew I had to move quickly afterwards. Despite my progress, I felt that I didn't have the profile of a winner and that, in any case, the tour was coming, so I wasn't going to be left with nothing.“, first declared Héléna Bailly. Today, the young woman is a hit with her first single, called Loved for real.
“It was absolutely crazy. Above all, this single was written by people I didn't know. I was afraid it wouldn't sound like me and when I first listened to it, I burst into tears“, underlined Héléna Bailly in particular. At the same time, her new title, entitled Summer Bodycurrently has more than 14 million streams on the platforms.
Héléna Bailly: “I didn’t lose my 5 kg before the summer for my summer body”
“Something magical happened that I can't explain. I didn't lose my 5 kg before the summer for my summer body but with the tour. I'm not going to bother making salads. And then I felt that I didn't need it, actually!“, explained Héléna Bailly. Subsequently, the singer took the opportunity to react to the numerous criticisms she received about her physique.
“We have all been victims of this. Some managed to get past it and others, like Candice and me, had a lot of trouble breaking away from it. They put their finger on my biggest complex. And then I was always on my phone. Before the show, when I took it, it was to look at the lives of others and then, suddenly, it's Héléna did this, Héléna went there… We have to try to get past it, but it's not it's not simple“, the singer finally concluded.
