Is Julien going through a bad patch? The 24-year-old chose to sing the title Hopelessly Devoted To You by Olivia Newton-John for the second part of the evaluations of this fifth week of competition of the star Academy. And the least we can say is that his interpretation left his teachers unmoved… Once he left the rehearsal room, Michael Goldman, Cécile Chaduteau, Pierre de Brauer and Adeline Toniutti debated the performance of the academician. “I hope that I’m not going to be nominated. That would make me lose my temper because I’m not used to having what I consider to be failures. And there, failure after failure drives me crazy.” the boy from Pau confided to his comrades, feeling mixed about his work.
“We feel that he always has intensity, the desire to tell us something, to share an emotion, but he still has this slightly special poker face. He starts one emotion, then he moves on to something else, it doesn’t seem natural. I wasn’t hooked at all“, said Pierre de Brauer, professor of stage expression since season 10. His colleague Adeline Toniutti, agreed: “The problem is that there is a sincere part of him, but his body reflects that there is another insincere part. He is not breathing, you cannot see his sternum move. I’ve told him 15,000 times! He has tics too.” analyzed the singing teacher. And to add: “There’s a part where I’m emotional with him, and another part where I tell myself that he hasn’t come all the way yet. That’s what bothers me, especially with the technical level that he has, he should be able to go further.”
If Julien’s performance disappointed his teachers, the singer can nevertheless be reassured: Michael Goldman was rather convinced by his performance. “I see all the flaws, I understand very well that it is divisive, but the fact remains that Julien caught me straight from the first note. I love his voice. It almost makes up for everything else.“, explained the director of the Academy of Young Talents against the advice of his colleagues.
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Julien recovered after his failure in a trio with Candice and Pierre
Finally, the nominees of the week are Margot, Axel and Candice. Enough to reassure their friend, who has had a bad start to his week… In the daily newspaper this Tuesday, the candidates had to perform a trio song on the theme of the musical. Teamed up with Candice and Pierre, Julien sang Little sister by Ben L’oncle Soul but their interpretation did not allow them to stand out. “I see your disappointment Julien, you shouldn’t, what your group did was very good!” Michael Goldman tried to reassure him. Upset, the young man nevertheless had difficulty calming his nerves: “In moments when I start to get angry, when I feel that there is something that tickles me, I should not talk to people too much. I can be unpleasant. With what I gave myself as a goal for the week, It’s a first failure that I don’t like at all.” Perfectionism, when you hold us…
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