Why Chimène Badi regrets having done Dancing with the Stars (TF1): “I was pushed to…”

Won by Emmanuel Moire, season 3 of Dancing with the stars (TF1) also brought together Amel Bent, Taïg Khris, Lorie, Estelle Lefébure, Laura Flessel and Chimène Badi. The latter, who was accompanied by professional dancer Julien Brugel, today bitterly regrets this experience.

Chimène Badi on her participation in DALS

Interviewed in the latest issue of Here is, on the occasion of the release of his latest album Gospel & Soul, voice and soul, Chimène Badi revealed the depths of her thoughts on her time in VALLEY. “I just wasn't cut out for this program, I knew that, but I was pushed to do it. And at the time, I didn't yet have the strength to say no. What I can do today. I went into the adventure reluctantly, you don't succeed and it becomes torture”she admitted, specifying that she would never try the experience again even if she likes the show. “I wasn't comfortable, I felt naked. A man who is close, etc. However, I love dancing, in rehearsal I was tearing up my performances. But as soon as there were the cameras, it It's like I don't have any legs anymore.”she added, pointing to the stage costumes for the dances. “Alone, I would not have made the decision to take part in this competition. I think if it had been in another context, I would have just had a blast, because I think I'm a good dancer, but here, I was completely stuck…“, she already explained in 2017 on RTL.

Chimène Badi talks about Popstars

Dancing with the stars was not the only difficult show for Chimène Badi. The singer “did violence to himself” to participate in Pop stars who revealed it to the general public. “This show remains a good memory for me. At the time, I was far from imagining what awaited me. I felt like I was playing my life and I was discovering so many things… Everything was new. I forced myself to take part in it, I tried to open up even though I was uncomfortable in my own skin, I felt so out of place… I absolutely don't regret having done Popstars and if it had to be done again, I would do it again. It wasn't violent, we were respected, treated well, the montages we saw on television reflected reality.“, she said in an interview with Télé 7 Jours.