Julien Doré looks back on his casting of “Nouvelle Star” and the “shame” felt

Today an accomplished artist, Julien Doré recently shared his memories of a memorable audition in the show 8:30 p.m. Le Dimanche, Sunday November 10, 2024, where he looked back on his beginnings in the telecrochet show Nouvelle Star. In 2007, still unknown, he appeared before the show's jury, a ukulele in hand. But against all odds, Marianne James, emblematic juror, asked him to sing without this instrument, an unexpected request which greatly destabilized him. Taken by surprise, he did not dare put down his ukulele, and the jury sent him back without him being able to perform anything. Fortunately, Virginie Efira, then presenter of the program, was able to find the right words to encourage him to return to the audition room. This small intervention changed everything. In the interview, Julien Doré even confides that he still feels a certain embarrassment when he thinks back to this precise moment. “I'm ashamed of not having known how to put down my instrument to sing,” he admits with a laugh, while still wondering about what his life would have been like if he hadn't found the courage to try again. luck that day.

At the time, Julien Doré was a young singer full of doubts and the stress of the audition was intense. Finding himself in front of the cameras and a recognized jury gave him the impression of being vulnerable. But it was thanks to the encouragement of Virginie Efira that he dared to cross the door again. Julien, Doré explains that he felt like he was “ashamed” of himself, but that afterwards (…)

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