Who is Maylis, the Belgian candidate who dreams of doing as well as Héléna?

Season 12 of the Star Academy is entitled to its Belgian candidate. After Héléna’s triumph last year, it is now Maylis, 23, who will represent the flat country.

Last season, Héléna made the hearts of French viewers beat faster. The young Belgian has gone very far in Star Academyto the point of being able to create his own songs today. In the 12th season of talent show, which arrives this Saturday, October 12 on TF1, another Belgian will try to do the same. Maylis, 23, comes from a small village near Namur. In music school, she was spotted on social networks by the casting teams of the Star Academy. It must be said that her Instagram and TikTok accounts are dotted with videos in which she covers the songs of her favorite artists, such as Birds of a Feather by Billie Eilish. Last year, Maylis followed Héléna’s journey: “I hope the public will appreciate me as much as she does. Héléna had a sunny personality. She was so cute that we wanted to hug her all the time. It’s a great pride for me to represent Belgium My only regret is that the Belgians cannot vote.”she confided to Sud Info.

Maylis is not fond of French songs

To hope to go as far as possible in the adventure, Maylis will have to delight the hearts of the French. She will surely achieve this by letting them enter her universe, focused on electro music and English-speaking artists. “I know very little French. I know the people but not the words. I hope they will give me a little bit of English during the season otherwise I will be lost all the timeshe said to France Blue. I’m very afraid that I’ll be paired up with someone by surprise and I won’t know the person.” The Belgian badminton coach is also dreading dance classes, like many other new recruits.

Star Academy : here is the objective that Maylis has set for herself this season

The one who has been singing since the age of five expects a lot from Star Academy. She hopes to find a “stage experience, working with musicians, managing stress, learning to dance, being very versatile about everything and meeting people in the industry, sharing an incredible experience”. On the other hand, she has no apprehensions about community life: “I’m sure everyone has a very good atmosphere, very friendly. It doesn’t stress me out at all, I’m used to living with people.” Maybe this will help him get far enough to achieve his goal: to be part of the tour Star Academy.

Article written in collaboration with 6Médias