During the broadcast of the “Star Academy” final (TF1), Saturday February 3, a detail during a performance did not escape certain Internet users: the dancers had in hand the latest issue of the far-right newspaper “Rivarol”. An investigation has been opened.
During the final of the star Academy (TF1), an improbable detail captured the attention of certain Internet users. While Julien performed “Que tu reviens” in a duet with Patrick Fiori, the dancers around them pretended to read a newspaper. But not just any: you just have to pause the video and look closer to realize that it is Rivarola far-right, anti-Semitic and Holocaust denial French weekly. Created in 1951, the newspaper has seen its successive directors and journalists repeatedly convicted for defamation, public insult, incitement to racial hatred and contestation of crimes against humanity.
The presence of this newspaper throughout an entire painting of the star Academy calls out. On the social network “Sa Une defends the Holocaust denier Vincent Reynouard who has just been extradited to France to be tried”, he specifies. Ari Kouts, consultant specializing in digital consulting for the Viseo group, also found the page visible on the screen, confirming that this is indeed the most recent issue. The Sleeping Giants collective, which wants to encourage advertisers to stop broadcasting their advertisements on far-right sites, questioned the production of the show on the social networkL : “Say TF1, when you’re looking for a newspaper to use as a prop on your show, you have nothing better than an anti-Semitic rag, negationist, racist and homophobic multiple times condemned to confidential distribution? What message do you want to send?”
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Production has opened an investigation
How does a number Rivarol could he be found in several copies on stage at studio 217? This is the question to which Endemol, which produces the star Academy, promised to respond. In an apology statement published on X this Sunday, February 4 and re-shared by Nikos Aliagas, the production company “[regrette et condamne] than a propaganda newspaper, in total opposition to the values of star Academyappeared in a painting last night during the final”. She indicates that she has opened an investigation and that those responsible will face sanctions.
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