Guest of the quarter-finals of France has incredible talent 2024 this Wednesday, December 4, Booder granted his Golden buzzer to magician Mathieu Stepson. On the sidelines of an interview given to Tele-Leisurethe comedian and actor justified his choice.
Every year, two celebrities have the opportunity to change an artist's life. This nineteenth season of France has incredible talent made no exception. During the first quarter-final, the four regular judges welcomed Booder as the fifth member of the jury. True to himself, the one who enjoys watching the program with his son lit up the set with his good humor and his well-felt jokes. In addition to offering its presence to viewers, the comedian awarded his Golden buzzer to Mathieu Stepson, the magician already impressive during the auditions, and therefore qualified for the semi-final without going through the deliberations.
“He amazed me“: Booder demonstrates his admiration for the magician Mathieu Stepson, candidate of France has incredible talent 2024
Already a semi-finalist in 2017 for his first participation in the talent competition, Mathieu Stepson raised the bar even higher this year by concocting a trick combining magic and surprise. “I told Éric Antoine that we have already seen so many magic tricks. Basically, when I saw Mathieu, I told myself that he was going to do the same tricks on me as the others“, recognizes Booder, who claims to be a close friend of experts in the field such as Kamel The Magician, Sossam and Gus, amazing in Friday all is allowed on TF1. The actor's pessimism, recently seen in a fiction noticed on the front page, quickly faded. “He had to amaze me. And actually, he amazed me. He amazed me with his way of being, his simplicity, his personality and his incredible turn. It was honestly very very strong“, continues the one who claims to have kept his childish soul.
“People in the audience told me he deserved it“: Booder returns to his Golden buzzer Mathieu Stepson
The main difficulty Booder encountered in his temporary role, aside from his reluctance to issue too harsh criticism of participants, was knowing when he should draw his ultimate weapon. “We are afraid of not giving it, telling ourselves that there will perhaps be better later, but we don't know if there will be better.“, he attests. If he salutes all the other artists he has had the chance to observe behind his desk, only Mathieu seems obvious to him. “If I had let the magic go, who would I have given it to? I don't know… It was so beautiful and magical.“Especially since the spectators present in the room seem to have agreed with him.”I met people from the public who told me that he deserved it“, he concludes.
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