Bilal Hassani: “Maybe my partner will wear the wig”

It was the big night! After two years of absence due to the coronavirus pandemic, “Dance with the stars” made a comeback this Friday, September 17, on TF1. In the program ? Frenzied dances and duets that dazzled viewers. Bilal Hassani was also expected at the turn. And for good reason ! For the first time in eleven seasons of “Dancing with the Stars”, the singer danced with a man. This male couple was unanimous and even obtained the four immunity buzzes, thus silencing all its detractors. Indeed, the choice of Bilal Hassani to dance with a man had strongly reacted.

Earlier in the week, in the program “Touche pas à mon poste”, Matthieu Delormeau was scandalized and lamented: “I’m shocked that in Dancing with the Stars, whoever dances with a boy this year is an extremely cartoonish gay.“Words that had aroused a lively controversy on the Internet. Moreover, a few hours before the broadcast of this first premium of” Dance with the stars “on TF1, Bilal Hassani was invited on the set of” Quotidien “, this Friday 17th September. The opportunity for the young man to come back to this controversy. “I still find it a shame that we are still here and that this kind of debate still exists“, he declared to Yann Barthès, before continuing:”I am a man, I present myself the way I want to. If I feel like putting on a wig every week, I will put on a wig every week (…), maybe my partner will wear the wig at some point. “

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To close the subject, he sent out a strong message: “It’s about time we had a little more fun with gender norms and gradually killed them “. One thing is certain, it is that Bilal Hassani has not finished surprising viewers since he will be back from the third premium of “Dance with the stars”, alongside his partner Jordan Mouillerac.

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In any case, many novelties were noted during this first of “Dancing with the stars”, which celebrates its 10th anniversary. First of all, this first bounty was not broadcast live. It was recorded, then edited, which somewhat confused fans of the show. In addition, the iconic opening dance was missing, which brought all the dancers together. Nevertheless, the jury, which has also been reshuffled and which is now composed of Chris Marques, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova and François Alu, has the possibility of directly qualifying a duo at the next stage. This is particularly what happened with Bilal Hassani, who dazzled the four members of the jury, but also viewers during his performance on the song “Courage To Change” by Sia.