Remember: in 2001, millions of viewers discovered thirteen young personalities aged 20 to 29 in the very first season of Loft Story on M6. Among them was Aziz, who had left his mark on the public despite his rapid elimination after only two weeks of adventure. It was decided by a hair’s breadth: Aziz had obtained 49.6% of the votes against Jean-Édouard during the second bonus of Loft Story. But his personality hit the mark, notably thanks to his expressions like “There’s no lizard!” and his passion for martial arts. The 28-year-old young man had also received a big surprise on the set of M6: a meeting with his idol Jean-Claude Van Damme, who had given him a private lesson. A dream became reality for the man who had been practicing karate since the age of 11, and who had become a Thai boxing champion in Brittany. He also mastered kung-fu, kick-boxing and French boxing. of the Cult series on Prime Video on October 18, 2024, we wonder: what happened to him?
Aziz: after Loft Story
Abdel-Aziz Essayed, who grew up in Laval, did not make waves afterwards Loft Story. Discreet and faithful to his values, he refused to sing on the single Up and downthe anthem of the Lofteurs, and had declined the offer from TF1 to participate in the reality TV Square Viiip. “The Loft remains an extraordinary experience for me! I still made the front page of Paris Match and… Bushido Karate. For the general public, this magazine doesn’t mean much but for me, who bought it as a kid dreaming of having my photo in small size on the readers’ page, being on the cover, it was huge“, he confided to Télé Loisirs a few years later. He specified in passing that he had the privilege of posing during two photo shoots with Karl Lagerfeld, and that he became a father in 2010. He kept in touch with Delphine, Kimi, as well as that Christophe…
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