There will be twelve of them waltzing, swinging or even jiving on the floor of “Dancing with the Stars” season 14. After having listed, for several weeks, the names of the candidates for this 2025 vintage of the competition, TF1 announced that the casting was now in full. On display, actors, athletes, singers and even a beauty queen.
Facing judges Jean-Marc Généreux, Fauve Hautot, Mel Charlot and Chris Marques – the same as last year -, Adil Rami and Frank Leboeuf, two former world football champions, will compete with another champion, the Olympic one. -here: swimmer Florent Manadou. Facing them, two journalists from France Télévisions: Sophie Davant and Nelson Monfort.
At their side, Ève Gilles – Miss France 2024 -, Claude Dartois, ex-candidate of “Koh-Lanta”, the actresses Charlotte de Turckheim and Mayane, first actress with Down syndrome to participate in the competition, and finally the singers Julie Zenatti, Lénie (“Star Academy”) and Jungeli will also be vying for the famous mirror ball trophy.
If the casting of professional dancers has not yet been made public, we already know that Christophe Licata will be back, even though he had been very reluctant after the highly publicized bickering between Natasha St-Pier and Inès Reg, with whom he danced during season 13. He explained to “Parisien” that he was “touched to the heart” by the candidate who was proposed to him by the production. “I know that with this partner, I am attacking a season with kindness and kindness. And I think I need it,” he confided.
