This Tuesday, November 7, 2023, in episode 3 of France Has Incredible Talent, this granny discovered on Tik Tok upsets the jury with her performance. At 84 years old, this candidate entered by her entourage in the competition galvanized the public with her performance. A revenge on life for this octogenarian.
Emotion sequence. This Tuesday, November 7, 2023, on the occasion of the broadcast of episode 3 of France has an incredible talent on M6Monica shocked the jury with her performance. At 84 years old, this resident of Évry-Courcouronnes in Essonne caused a sensation during the competition thanks to her interpretation of My God, a famous song sung by Edith Piaf. “It’s such a moving song that Edith Piaf sang so well. I find it very beautiful, although you have to have a lot of chest to sing it,” confides this 84-year-old grandmother whose performance took the breath away of the audience at France has an unbelievable talent.
Enough to arouse strong emotions in this lady from Marseille. “I never imagined that the audience would be so enthusiastic, especially the little kids who probably don’t know Edith Piaf and had never heard this song and who were applauding me. It warmed my heart”, she enthused. A real reward for Monica who never thought she would find herself on stage in front of the cameras. M6.
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Monica (France has incredible talent): “a little revenge”
If Karine Le Marchand and Marianne James had no other choice than to remain speechless at Monica’s performance, her entourage was also present to support her. Her daughter and granddaughter came to watch her performance under the watchful eye of her husband, Jacky. It is to him that Monica owes her moment of glory.
“He spoke to me about it one day and I told him: ‘don’t sign me up, I’m going to collapse on stage because of stage fright’”she remembers before adding: “I don’t regret it at all. It’s a great adventure. I never thought this could happen to me. It’s almost a shame that it happened so late in my life”. Monica ultimately saw this participation in France Has Incredible Talent as an opportunity to express her passion. “I always liked it. I was seven years old when I started singing, first in small children’s choirs, then in churches in Marseille, where I was born. she says.
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A passion that she exercised on a daily basis without pretension. “I sang a little bit everywhere I could… in competitions, at Club Med but also at the bank when there was a going away party. Even at night, when I wake up, I have a song in my head”, she confides. And to conclude: “When I was young, there weren’t all social networks. It was hard to make yourself known. Then, above all, I worked, I had 3 hours of transportation per day and my daughter, who I had to take care of. It’s a little revenge on life”. A performance to discover from 9:10 p.m. on M6.
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