After the 2024 Telethon, Mika will be much less present on French television

MUSIC – After M Pokora, Soprano, Kev Adams and finally Vianney, it is Mika's turn to take on the role of sponsor of the Telethon. The ex-coach of The Voice and French pop star is the face of this new fundraiser to benefit the fight against muscular dystrophy, which is being broadcast on the public service this Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 30.

It risks being “ very present », As Yannick Letranchant, director of special operations at France Télévisions, told AFP. “ He even wants to reconnect with the DNA of the first Telethons where the godfather or godmother jumped from one show to another live and ended up completely exhausted during the night from Saturday to Sunday. », he adds.

The event is close to Mika’s heart. “ The Telethon, we know where it was born and the remarkable people who built it. But, fundamentally, it comes from the French people “, the Lebanese-British-American singer previously said in a press release. Before adding: “ This word “popular”, often used to criticize, takes on a completely opposite meaning here. It's radical anti-snobbery, and I'm so proud to be a part of it. »

Fans of the singer: it's time to take advantage of it because you may not see him again on the air anytime soon, as he declared on Nagui's show Taratatain this month of November. “ You move a lot. You have a life as an artist who performs on stage, but also as a host in shows », Begins the France 2 presenter, before being cut off by Mika. “ No, but I'm reducing that now “, he concedes.

« In France, it's over »

Nagui continues: “ You work in Spain, England, France… » « No, in France, it's overMika interrupts. I'm stopping all my TV shows in France. » Until when and why? He said no more, but let out a slightly embarrassed laugh at the simple allusion to The Voice.

Mika joined the cast of TF1 telecrochet jurors in 2014, replacing Louis Bertignac. He remained there until the eighth season, then returned to the “All Stars” edition for the ten years of the program. And in 2023, we saw him again for an evening in the shoes of a “super coach” for a special event.

Abroad, the singer has also developed his CV as an animator. For several years, he was a coach of X-Factor in Italy, where he also set up his own telecrochet (Tonight Mika house). In 2021, he was seen in the Star AcademyCanadian version of the famous TF1 program, alongside (among others) Xavier Dolan and Lara Fabian. The following year, he took the lead in presenting Eurovision 2022 in Turin with Laura Pausini and Alessandro Cattelan.

No question, however, of abandoning music, as he confirmed to Nagui. The interpreter of Relax currently continues to survey the cities of Europe as part of its Apocalypse Calypso Tourwhich will soon make a stopover in the Netherlands and then in the United Kingdom. He will be back on stage in France next January, in Cannes. Mark your calendars, not your TV schedule.

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