While TF1 is devoting a bonus event to pay tribute to Dorothée's career, this Friday January 24 from 9:10 p.m., the flagship host spoke about her life far from television sets.
Happy birthday TF1! At the start of the week, Europe's leading channel celebrated its fifty years of existence with an exceptional program retracing its history through the most memorable sequences of its cult programs. In order to continue the festivities, the front page has also decided to pay tribute to one of its former emblematic faces: it is Dorothée! Indeed, the idol of an entire generation, now aged 71will be entitled to a special bonus called Thank you Dorothy! and presented by Nikos Aliagas. On the menu for this evening event broadcast this Friday, January 24: archive images, a multitude of guests and even a new song by Dorothée.
“It hurts, but…” : Dorothée returns to the numerous criticisms including Dorothée Club was the target at the time
Last December, Tele-Leisure met the interpreter of Earthquake during a press conference dedicated to the tribute show. The opportunity to ask him what the Dorothée Club had meant to her. “A series of adventures and the opportunity to make charitable broadcasts in order to help others, without falling into misery”replied the host. “No Dorothée Club was also a way to be there for children who could not go on vacation. It meant a lot to me.”continued Frédérique Hoschedé, her real name. An extremely popular event with children but also the target of numerous criticisms claiming at the time that it was harmful to young audiences. “It hurts, of course… But when a program works, we always criticize it. Ultimately, what mattered to us was not the opinions of adults, but the reaction of our viewers. And they loved the show.”she said.
-“My life is calmer” : Dorothy (Dorothée Club) says more about his daily life
For ten years, the Dorothée Club will have had the heyday of TF1. But in August 1997, the program bowed out and disappeared from the air, the channel citing audience declines. But how did the main interested party experience this sudden stop? “I was preparing for it a little so I took it well. When I started this job, I always told myself that it would stop one day. I received a lot of messages of support from the public. The link is not It's never broken. Once the shock passed, I told myself that I had to take advantage of it to do something else because life goes on“Dorothée confided, with a smile, before revealing what her life looks like now. “She’s calmer! I have time to see my loved ones. Before, everyone knew that I wouldn't come if they invited me. Now I answer: 'Be careful, I can say yes!'“concluded the singer.
