Belgian candidate emblematic of the first season of telecrochet, Mario Barravecchia gives his opinion on this ambitious project.
Mario Barravecchia is part of the first cast of the Star Academy, perhaps the most mythical. The one where we find Jean-Pascal, Jenifer or Olivia Ruiz. This experience lived at the castle of Dammarie-les-Lys twenty years ago still sticks to the skin of the Liègeois, finalist of his promotion.
This Tuesday, learning that the famous telecrochet was going to resurface on TF1, his original channel, Mario Barravecchia directly had the reflex to call his friend Nikos Aliagas, just to confirm the information. But the star presenter, who was revealed by the Star Academycould not meet his expectations. “ Nikos was unaware. He told me he asked the channel, but did not have concrete confirmation “explains the former candidate, who admits however that “ the idea has been in the air for a while”. “Already at the prime of Star Academy’s 20th anniversary, we were talking about it with Alexia Laroche-Joubert and Mathieu Vergne, the show’s producers, but what seemed complicated was to bring the program back in the same format. Since then, they may have reached an agreement…”