Dance with the stars is an experience that marks a career. All the candidates keep all kinds of memories, good and bad. Sofia Essaïdi, from the first season in 2011, for example recently confided that she was “addicted to drugs” for a good part of the competition. Olivier Dion also reflected on his adventure during an interview for Jordan de Luxe in his new show At Jordan’s on Entertainment TV.
The Canadian singer and comedian participated in season 6 in 2015 and made it to the final with her partner Candice Pascal, finishing in third place. In addition to his secrets about the habit that the production has taken to stage him shirtless on many occasions, Olivier Dion has especially mentioned his juicy salary. A sum that rose crescendo as he progressed in the TF1 dance competition. “Why hide it?“, he assumed before revealing to have received 50,000 euros “nearly“.
And for him to explain this astronomical sum: the further he went in the competition, the more money he pocketed. Olivier Dion can therefore be delighted to have stayed until the end of the show, he who had “an very weak starting bouquet“, because he was not really known in France at the time. The former member of the musical The three Musketeers specifies that he had only signed to earn 10,000 euros by integrating the cast. “I was very very happy to make it to the final“, he therefore confessed. His beautiful check in his pocket, Olivier Dion decided to make good use of it. “I tried to be smart with my money. I took advantage of it, I placed a little, I was not too crazy“, he assured.
Since being seen in Dance with the starsthe charming 30-year-old brunette lent his voice in 2016 to the character of Branch in the animated film The Trolls and took over his role in 2020 for the sequel, Trolls 2. He also participated in 2018 in the first version of The Island: Celebrities on M6 hosted by Mike Horn.