Here is a champion that viewers of France 2 are not likely to forget. Charlotte, seventh biggest winner of Do not forget the lyrics, lost last Saturday to Joan, pocketing the prize pool of 366,000 euros. A nice sum that should allow this 30-year-old speech therapist to finish renovating her house, but also to thank her grandmother, a real support in this adventure, by taking her to the biathlon world championships next year.
It is very moved that Charlotte said goodbye to the show, after 59 participations and more than 900 songs in mind. But let the fans of the musical program rejoice, they will find it, this Friday, at 9:10 p.m., in the Masters Tournamentas a team this time, alongside Jennifer, 6th best maestro and Geoffrey, 17th best maestro.
You are back in the race, but to several now. Is it very different than playing alone?
We are concentrated in the same way, but the fact of being three is very pleasant and I find it very nice as an atmosphere. And I found Geoffrey who beat me two years ago [lors d’une première participation à N’oubliez pas les paroles]so I had some benchmarks.
Were you worried about certain candidates in particular?
They are all very strong and very complete, after that it depends on a lot of things, especially the draw.
Viewers saw you very moved during your elimination on Saturday. Was the emotion still so strong on your side when you saw these images again?
I was reliving the moments a bit through the broadcast, so also a bit of the defeat. Afterwards, I expected to lose anyway at some point… I hadn’t scored any points on my themes, I was starting from zero, I think that destabilized me. It had never happened to me, I was a little demobilized. But I was so proud to come this far that I had no regrets.
Did you think you’d get this far in the game and make it into the top 10 Maestros?
I secretly hoped so, but I never wanted to tell myself that it was possible or to set myself that as a goal, because I knew that it was a game and that my journey could have stopped before. I didn’t want to put any pressure on myself so I really tried to live show after show.
Have you received many messages since your departure?
Yes, I have received an impressive wave of goodwill since the end of the broadcast. There are really people who take the time to write me beautiful messages and who put their heart into it. It touched me a lot and made me very happy.
Did you expect to generate so much enthusiasm from viewers?
I was pleasantly surprised to read everything I could read, lots of people told me that they identified very much with what I could send back. I was told that I was able to convey emotions, something that I did not know but I found it very beautiful.
Was singing on TV stressful for you?
I didn’t necessarily think about it at first because I was so focused on my memory and the lyrics. But I had never taken singing lessons or sung in public, even my family had never heard me, except when I was little. I found the exercise difficult, with the stress I had blocked vocal cords and larynx. At the time, I wasn’t really into acting, but when it was broadcast, I told myself that I was going to work on that!
Have you had the feeling of relaxing show after show?
Yes it was progressive but especially on the last days when I tried to free myself and to sing really by making a little more abstraction of my stress and the lyrics. There, I saw the difference and it reassured me a little because the first broadcasts I couldn’t find my voice.
What drew you to this show?
I was immersed in French songs from a very young age, my parents listened to them a lot. When the show started I was watching it with my grandmother and I realized that I had a fairly broad musical base and she was the one who matured it.
What is your secret to storing so many lyrics?
I like it, so when it’s fun for my brain, it assimilates more easily. The more songs I discovered, the more I wanted to discover. It was my little moment of relaxation after my working days.
It’s still a real competition, it requires a lot of training?
Everyone manages according to what they want to give, I really wanted to put all the chances on my side so that everything goes as well as possible. I revise as much as possible, depending on what’s on the show because there are still songs that come up more often. Afterwards, I also really liked discovering songs that I didn’t know to expand my repertoire as much as possible.
Added to this are the shootings that follow one another in a fairly intensive way, is this a fatigue that must also be taken into account?
It was my great apprehension, but I experienced it better than I could imagine. Afterwards, I had a healthy lifestyle the weeks before, I had taken a little vitamin cure, I was able to sleep between shooting days, so in the end I lived it well.
Did you go back to work just after your elimination?
Yes ! The patients were waiting and I didn’t want to leave them too long, so I took over directly. The vast majority followed the show and it was very cute.
Apart from this “Maestros Tournament”, would you like to participate in other TV games?
Honestly I don’t think so. What I liked was the game itself plus the fact that it was a TV game. I’m so happy to be able to go back there on time… I won everything there.