Impressive ! Laurens, the Maestro of Do not forget the lyricsbroke a new record, in Nagui’s musical show broadcast on France 2. On Saturday November 18, 2023, the prodigy shattered his own record by ringing the bell no less than 13 times in a row during the second match of the evening, to a song by Francis Cabrel. As a reminder, the ringtone is used to warn the candidate that his opponent will no longer be able to beat him, even if he sings the entire same song correctly. Good news for the doctoral student in mathematics who had won his place in the Top 10 in the show the day before. Since October 27, 2023, Laurens has continued to climb the rankings and amaze viewers with currently 38 victories to his credit and 314,000 euros in prize pool. A nice revenge for the one who had passed the casting of the show for the first time in 2020 without success. “My mother signed me up for the casting in June 2020 because she saw that I loved the show. […] To be honest I wasn’t very good and the casting wasn’t successful.”he explained to Leisure TVNovember 13, 2023.
Laurens had already broken Louis’ record for bells in a row
But thanks to rigor and training over several years, the current Maestro was able to have his revenge. On Thursday November 9, 2023, the young Belgian had already equaled the record for bells in a row previously held by Louis Hexakil. On the song A long time from Amir he had obtained ten bells in a row. “If there was a record that I thought was unattainable, it was this one”he declared in the show before adding in all humility: “I thought I couldn’t do that.”. But Laurens’ prowess is no accident. Still in the columns of Tele-Leisurehe confided: “I already imagined myself participating in the show in middle school. […] I revised for three years before joining the program“. A job that paid off since Laurens claimed to know more than 1,000 songs today. Enough to ensure a few more broadcasts without problem. And this journey he owes in part to another great champion of the program: Margaux, the big winner of the Maestros Tournament in October 2023. “For certain songs, I watched the videos of the ‘Same songs’ made by candidates published on the social networks of Do not forget the lyrics. For difficult titles that I didn’t know […]I had watched a lot of videos where Margaux sang these pieces to learn them by heart”. An inspiration that will have paid off since Laurens is already qualified for the next Maestros Tournament.