“Vote 1”, “Eboqueen”, “Ebony the best”, “Ebony in the final!”. Signs as well as slogans were numerous on the Place des Arts in the town of Seine-Saint-Denis where several hundred people, some coming very early and from far away, had braved the cold to welcome “their” star. “Her voice, her personality, I love everything! And also that she represents me as a black woman”was moved by Rodela, who came to the gathering with a large sign which she passed to the young singer. “She sings really well, she’s strong in theater, she knows how to dance, she deserves everything and frankly to win!”argued Amandine for her part, admiring the journey of the young West Indian.
If the public is obviously won over by Ebony’s personality and performances, her supporters are also numerous to defend her in the face of the flood of criticism and attacks. “On the networks, I post messages to say to stop with all these hateful messages, explains Gina to us, because she deserves her place, she didn’t steal it!”
“There has been a lot of criticism, a lot of racism, but I don’t care about these people! We West Indians are all in, we’re putting that behind us and moving forward, she proved it this evening !”welcomed Corinne who likes to consider the young singer as her “niece”.
A fervent support which moved the young singer, who did not expect to see so many people. “I’m so happy to be here, it’s crazy! I love you too, I love you with all my heart”she told her supporters before singing a few extracts from her single released a year ago, the show’s anthem, her cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” mastered to perfection, without forgetting a duet with his father, very present at his side, Thierry Cham. “All the fans who came to support her, to show their love and support, I held back not to cry because it was emotional to see my baby on the stage and all these people for her”the latter was moved.“It’s so emotional, we reach a point where we no longer have words”his mother Cynthia also told us.
Until now, as she has never been nominated, she did not have the perspective of thinking that there was so much support, it was a discovery and a huge surprise for her
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A surprise was also reserved for the semi-finalist by her parents with the presence of the 100% female Guadeloupean group Kozaïka, a way of recalling the pride of her origins. “I have a thought for the West Indies. I am very proud to be Guadeloupean at Star Ac!”declared Ebony on the microphone.
Unfortunately, the West Indies public cannot vote directly for the young singer. “I raised the problem and they explained to me that there were contracts and clauses since the Star Academy restarted and that it was reserved exclusively for mainland France,” Thierry Cham told us, wanting avoid “politicize or enter into controversy” and hoping that the public, like for Anisha in the first season, votes “on merit” .
They told me that they are going to reshuffle the cards but that if they opened the votes for the Overseas now, it would be like an injustice compared to those who have already left. This will be a good action for the next broadcasts. But we remain positive, we will get around this!
In France, the “Bonitas” as they call themselves have notably organized themselves by setting up a prize pool to get as many votes as possible before the semi-final on Saturday evening for Ebony. And with the enthusiasm and energy visible last night among these supporters, the campaign will be carried out until the last minute to get people to vote 1 by text message to 71500 or via the MyTF1 application.
