Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Lucie Lucas, Lââm… Who is participating in “Dance with the stars” this year? – LCI

They are actors, singers or thrill seekers. What do they have in common? A level in ballroom dances and Latin dances probably close to zero. And yet, all agreed to surpass themselves and to try the adventure “Dance with the stars”. After two years of interruption due to the pandemic, the TF1 dance competition will return in September for an eleventh season with a new cast which should speak to the youngest.

The personalities will not be the only ones to take their first steps on the set of the show. Four-time winner of the show, Denitsa Ikonomova leaves the professional dancers and joins a completely overhauled jury. Chris Marques welcomes the couturier Jean Paul Gaultier and the Paris Opera dancer François Alu to their side.

Jean Baptiste Maunier

The public discovered him as a singer when he was only 14 years old. He will now be able to observe his qualities as a dancer. And according to him, it is not won. “As you can see since I was little I have this innate talent for dancing… .or not…”, the movie star has fun The chorists on his Instagram page in the caption of a cute archive video showing him sketching a few steps during childhood. “It’s a real challenge that awaits me and I can’t wait to start this adventure with you! Now, it’s time to Dance!”, assures the young dad of 30 years who goes on stage with the Enfoirés every year. An experience that should help him manage his stress as well as possible once on the floor of Studio 217.

Lucie Lucas

She is the first to have announced her participation. The star of the series Clem “really wants to take on a huge physical challenge” and “always dreamed of knowing how to dance”. The actress can count on valuable advice, those of the winner of season 8 Augustin Galiana who plays her half-brother in the TF1 series.

Lââm

At first resistant to the idea of ​​coming to dance live on television, she finally feels ready. Three years after being contacted by the production, the singer revealed in the 90s believes she has “nothing to lose except 20 kilos“. To hell with the complexes, she only wants one thing: “that people discover another Lââm. The real one”.

Wejdene

Powered by TikTok, the song “Anissa” made the teenager and her mistakes in French the phenomenon of the first confinement. “At 16, I made all of France dance”, was proud with LCI that she will now have to learn to master choreographies more complicated than those that have fun reproducing the users of the social network that made her a star. She will already be able to boast of having made the history of the program even before having met her partner. Because she becomes, at 17, the youngest participant of the show.

Tayc

Like Wejdene, Tayc (pronounced Taykee) made part of France dance with his Afrolov – music mixing R&B romance with African sounds. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, know that his clips have more than 465 million views on YouTube, where he is followed by more than 1.34 million people. They are more than 3 million to listen to it each month on Spotify. He was among the French-speaking revelations nominated at the NRJ Music Awards last year.

Moussa

From the posts of “Koh-Lanta” to the floor of “Dance with the stars”, there is only one step. Two or one drunk? Moussa will discover it very soon in the eleventh season of the TF1 dance competition. The adventurer, who reached the pole test during the first of his three participations in the adventure game, will be able to count on his fighting spirit to apprehend a discipline as sporting as it is demanding.

Lola Dubini

She has become one of the regular faces of TF1. YouTuber, actress and singer, the young woman is already enjoying her new status. “Too anxious to learn how to be a star”, she writes on Instagram where she is followed by half a million people. Lola Dubini will meet backstage dancer Ines Vandamme with whom she participated in the show “Stars à nu”.

Gérémy Crédeville

TF1 viewers got to know him in “Friday everything is allowed”. It is with the humor that characterizes him that Gérémy Crédeville confirmed that he was participating in “DALS”. “Participating is the right word … As flexible as a terrace, less graceful than a clam, my experience with parquet comes down to a laminate laid 6 years ago in a 12m2 room”, he smiles on Instagram, having fun as Lola Dubini of the star label that comes with the show. “So I wish a lot of courage – and patience – to the star with whom I will soon ‘dance'”, continues the comedian who is already very supported on his social networks.

The other members of this 11th promotion of “Dance with the stars” will be revealed before the competition resumes in September.