This week, Ebony and Charles were immune and chose not to take part in the evaluations to take a breather. Wednesday, December 25, Michael Goldman announced the names of the two candidates named at the end of the tests and they were Marguerite and Ulysses? For what ? The son of Jean-Jacques Goldman had the difficult task of explaining to the two academicians the reasons for this choice. Concerning Marguerite, it was considered that her performance was “missing a technical element”, while for Ulysses, the jury regretted that “tics from the first week were back” even if “the music suited him very well”. If Ulysses accepted his fate, Ebony’s friend had a harder time…
Marguerite has difficulty accepting her appointment
At the end of her tether, she told her friend on December 27 that she wanted to cry as soon as she woke up. Worried about her, Ebony then declared off the record: “I hope that Marguerite will not stay in negative emotions for too long because if she wants to succeed in her performance to save her place, she must immediately change her mindset, otherwise she will stagnate, she will not succeed to work with a good state of mind”.
Very disappointed Marguerite confided her incomprehension to Hugues Hamelynck, the theater teacher: “In fact, I have the impression that I am reaching a point where if I want to flourish or at least to continue to advance in the competition, I would have to change my way of singing and suddenly, it’s a little difficult to understand what I would have to do to please you but still remain me too”. He then replied: “I know it’s hard for you to hear but that’s just the game, don’t stop at this evaluation and this nomination result which arrives too early anyway and which always makes you suffer. Don’t focus on that because that’s energy you’re wasting.”
The eliminated candidate is…
Saturday, December 28, a new bonus was held during which the candidates still in the running shone. For this last bonus of the year 2024, Ulysse sang his title with Ben l’Oncle Soul Soulman while Marine performed a medley of her greatest hits with Lorie. Maëlle, the winner of season 7 of The Voice, Ycare, Linh and Natasha St-Pier were also there and sang with the academics. Marguerite and Ulysses faced each other during the battle of the nominees to try to convince that they still deserved their place at the castle.
Alas, one of them had to leave the adventure… And it is for Marguerite that the Star Academy ends. Faced with this elimination, Ebony, to whom she was extremely close, burst into tears. “Marguerite, she’s been my pillar since the beginning of the adventure. It’s going to be so strange for me to be without her but I want her to know that it’s going to be very beautiful for her when she leaves.”declared Ebony on Karima Charni’s microphone as she prepared to join the castle. And Marguerite reacts on set: “I’m still here Ebo and I think of you a lot”. The young woman also told Nikos on set that she felt “lots of serenity”despite its elimination. “I feel really good. I think what I’ve been working on these last two days is that whatever happens to me, this is my path (…) I’m proud of myself”she concluded.
