In Do not forget the lyrics, sur France 2, Arsène amazes viewers with his incredible memory. With 191,000 euros in gains in 13 victories, the 22-year-old Rouennais is on the way to becoming a legend on the show."He is the ninth largest maestro, on his way to cross the 200 00 euro mark" launched Nagui, impressed, at the end of his thirteenth victory on April 9. Master 1 student in history at Mont-Saint-Aignan, in Normandy, Arsène has left nothing to chance to accumulate victories. He prepared himself like a marathon runner. "I learned seven hundred songs in almost two years and two hundred more in the last weeks before my first visit." does he tell Paris Normandy. "For two or three years, the people who take part in this program have been machines. I have been told that some people take a sabbatical year to learn the songs" he adds. Listener of Radio Nostalgie, he is particularly fan of French variety "Sardou and all the old-fashioned stuff from those years, Hervé Vilard, Sheila, Ringo".
A learning professional
After a first unsuccessful hearing in 2018, Arsene has decided to "professionalize" in his memorization techniques. Since 2019, he is able to learn 4 songs per day. He was also helped by a friend, Bernard, whom he called after the recordings. "With these 191,000 euros won, I realize that I have exceeded a lot of people. I am the first in terms of win / win ratio. I tell myself that if I stop there, it's already good. If I lose tomorrow, it's not bad already " he declares to Télé-Loisirs. Always humble, Arsène does enjoy his earnings to his mother. He offers him Thalasso treatments which he receives as a gift.
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