The emotion was palpable at studio 217 on Friday night. At the fifth premium of Dance with the stars, Aurélie Pons had a heavy load on her shoulders: to prove that she was able to stay in the competition after her somewhat failed performance last week. But in the magneto broadcast before the choreography of the actress, the public learned terrible news. “Aurélie had to stop rehearsing and filming the series. A tragedy has occurred in her family and we do not know if she will resume training, ”commented her partner Adrien Caby.
Aurélie Pons then took the floor. “This week, it was quite difficult for me and my family since I lost my daddy,” she said. I had the choice to continue or stop the adventure. I decided to go on and dance some more and do a dance for him on Friday night because he liked the show and I would like to pay tribute to him. “
“I think you are a warrior”
After dancing a paso-doble to the tune of I wanna be a slave by Måneskin, the four members of the jury rose to applaud the actress. According to Camille Combal, the candidate did not ask for any preferential treatment and wanted to dance live and then be noted like all her other comrades despite the tragedy.
“I think you’re a warrior,” Denitsa Ikonomova said when speaking, before bursting into tears and falling into the arms of Aurélie Pons. “You were powerful, you were really amazing. “The judges then assigned their marks: 29 points were collected by the actress and her partner who qualified for the following week without going through the” face to face “box.
Friday night, Dance with the stars came first in the hearings. The fifth issue of the season was watched by 3.95 million faithful, or 20.9% of the public according to Médiamétrie figures relayed by Puremedia. The show shows a small drop of 100,000 viewers over a week.