À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star

À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star
Country of origin	France
Release
Original network	M6
Original release	2003 – 2003

À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star
Season 1
Broadcast from	March 27, 2003 – July 10, 2003
Host(s)	Benjamin Castaldi
Winner
Jonatan Cerrada
Genre(s)	Pop
Runner-up
Thierry Amiel

Finalists
(With dates of elimination)
Jonatan Cerrada	Winner
Thierry Amiel	July 10
Jean-Sébastien Lavoie	July 3
Alexis Juliard	June 26
Laetizia Alberti	June 19
Yoann Kelyann	June 12
Jonathan Hassen-Ali	June 5
Cindie Bruzzi	May 29
Priscilla	May 22
Gabrielle Ducomble	May 15

À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star (Looking for the new Star) is a reality television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in La Francophonie. It was hosted by Benjamin Castaldi. The Belgian singer Jonatan Cerrada won over Thierry Amiel with 50.4% of the total votes, and went on to represent France at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, with "À chaque pas".

After the first season the show was renamed Nouvelle Star.

Auditions

The first series of À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star had seven audition cities to find the best talent in all of La Francophonie :

Toulouse (8 February)

Lyon (14 February)

Marseille (18 February)

Rennes (22 February)

Paris (28 February)

Brussels (7 March)

Montreal (14 March)

Jury

• Dove Attia - Music producer
• Varda Kakon
• Lionel Florence - Songwriter
• André Manoukian - Musician & choreographer

Finals elimination chart

Date	Bottom Three
May 15	Gabrielle Ducomble	Cindie Bruzzi	Yoann Kelyann
May 22	Priscilla	Alexis Juliard	Cindie Bruzzi(2)
May 29	Cindie Bruzzi(3)	Jonathan	Thierry Amiel
June 5	Jonathan(2)	Alexis Juliard(2)	Yoann Kelyann(2)
	Bottom Two
June 12	Yoann Kelyann(3)	Laetizia Alberti
June 19	Laetizia Alberti(2)	Alexis Juliard(3)
June 26	Alexis Juliard(4)	Jonatan Cerrada
July 3	Jean Sébastien Lavoie
July 10	Thierry Amiel	Jonatan Cerrada

External links

• Official Site (French)
• Unofficial site