ENFOIRES 2022. The Enfoirés 2022 concert was scheduled for this Friday, March 4, a new opportunity for the troupe of stars to call for donations in favor of the Restos du Cœur. Some artists were absent this year. Others will no longer come while several stars are turning their backs on the Enfoirés. Find out why.
It has become a tradition. After the recordings last January, the broadcast of the Enfoirés concert was set for this Friday, March 4, 2022, on TF1. The opportunity for the troupe of renowned artists to recall the importance of the Restos du Cœur association and, above all, to call for donations for the charity organization. Like every year, dozens of artists responded to shoot the Enfoirés 2022 concert. Unfortunately, some others were unable to travel to Montpellier, where the concerts were recorded in the absence of an audience. This obviously did not prevent the stars present from giving their all for the Restos du Cœur. In recent years, several artists have also decided to hand over and no longer come to the Enfoirés concerts. Others, moreover, never agreed to come, for several reasons. Below, you will find why some artists are absent from the concert of the Enfoirés.
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Relive the Enfoirés 2022 evening in pictures
Despite the absence of the public and a number of concert regulars, the Enfoirés 2022 show was once again a great evening that we invite you to relive in pictures in the slideshow below.
Booba doesn’t like the Enfoirés, that’s why
Rapper Booba comes into conflict with everyone. It is therefore not surprising that he criticizes the Enfoirés. In an interview with Here at the end of 2010, he took the opportunity to give his opinion on the artists who participate in this large charity gathering: “I find their way of doing things hypocritical… Seen from the outside, it looks like an almost sectarian choir who promotes himself on the misfortune of others “, he judged severely.
Master Gims does not come to the Enfoirés, he explained it
Master Gims, the former leader of the group Sexion d’Assaut, confided in 2013 to the Booska-p site that he would not feel “not comfortable in that world. I would feel hypocritical, I would pretend.” And also to incriminate the ridiculous costumes worn by the Enfoirés: “Once MC Solaar put on shorts, leather, garter belts… I wouldn’t be able to do that. […] It can be misinterpreted by my audience. I’m a street kid, I don’t see myself there.”
Why Julien Doré never came to Les Enfoirés
Julien Doré has always refused to be part of the Enfoirés despite numerous requests. The singer who won the Nouvelle Star in 2007 declared to the Swiss newspaper Le Matin in 2012: “They want us to believe that they are a group of friends, it’s rubbish. Footballers or rugby players who come just a evening to show their faces, it bothers me” before criticizing the very concept of the show: “I don’t like this display, I have another conception of charity. I prefer to help associations on my side without shout it from the rooftops.”
Yannick Noah spent until 2012 at the Enfoirés but, it’s over
Thanks to his popularity with the public, first as a tennis player and then as a singer, Yannick Noah was quickly integrated into the Enfoirés band. Present since 1993, he was part of all the editions between 2002 and 2007. But that year, he decided to stop going. The reason ? Five-star accommodation for artists: “I come to sing voluntarily for the Restos du Cœur. I’m not going to take the opportunity to have myself lodged in a palace for billionaires”, he confided to Point. We finally saw him in 2011 and 2012 but since then he hasn’t come to Les Enfoirés.
This is why Jean-Marie Bigard has not come to Les Enfoirés since 2001
“It is not absolutely useful that I am there” explained Jean-Marie Bigard at the microphone of RTL. “And I did not agree on two or three things, in particular, for example, keeping money that was not used when it was not Coluche’s will. He only did only one year since he died. There was money left over after distributing as many meals as possible and he gave the check for what was left to Abbé Pierre. Remember, saying: ‘He must not nothing left and all the money we collected must be used again. And so I didn’t really like this little emergency supply box.” We haven’t seen him in Les Enfoirés since 2001.
Eddy Mitchell left the Enfoirés since 1995, the reason
We have not seen Eddy Mitchell on the scene of the Enfoirés since 1995. Since then, the interpreter of Couleur mint à l’eau has not ceased to say in the press all the bad things he thought of this collective. He criticizes the choice, the mixing of genres (“I’m not going to accompany tennis players, TV guys. I’m not going to carry around with people who can’t sing” in the Point), the quality of the show ( “It’s pitiful humor” in Le Parisien) and criticizes this so-called good deed (“It’s become a commercial operation, good for them, but it has nothing to do with music”) .
Carla Bruni absent from Les Enfoirés 2022, why?
The former first lady Carla Bruni had taken the habit of participating in the concerts of the Enfoirés but 2022 will mark her absence. Like many of her comrades, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was exempted from participating in the Enfoirés 2022 show because she had been affected by the coronavirus. The organizers, however, did not specify whether she was positive herself or if she had been declared a contact case.
Why is Francis Cabrel now withdrawn from the Enfoirés?
Francis Cabrel was one of the pillars of the Enfoirés, having participated in 15 annual concerts between 1992 and 2010. But since then, the interpreter of Petite Marie has decided to no longer take part. The reason concerns his too advanced age according to him: “Les Enfoirés, I retired affected by the age limit, he explained to Parisian in 2015. Normally I will not return there, because there is full of young people – that’s what I wanted by the way – who take my place and the place of others.” Cabrel participated in Les Enfoirés for the last time in 2016. In October 2021, the singer definitively closed the door to a return to the troupe in the columns of Le Parisien: “I was asked again recently but I said: ‘No , excuse me’. I am of the age to be retired from the Enfoirés. To come back now, I would feel less in phase”.
Actress Claire Keim deprived of Enfoirés in 2022
This year, the Enfoirés 2022 had to deal with many unforeseen defections as we had the opportunity to tell you about throughout the evening. Claire Keim is one of the unfortunate stars who had planned to come again this year. Struck by the coronavirus – if it is a contamination or a contact case, we do not know – the actress had to avoid coming to the Enfoirés 2022.
The appointment is now traditional: the Enfoirés record their concert in January for a broadcast in March on TF1. This year, Friday March 4 was chosen to broadcast the Enfoirés 2022 concert, entitled for the occasion Un air d’Enfoirés. Unfortunately, the sanitary conditions were not met at the time of the recording in Montpellier to welcome spectators. The performances, however, went well in the South room of France Arena from January 20 to 24 but without an audience. People who booked a ticket had until January 31 to request their reimbursement or choose to sell them to contribute to the financing of the social missions of the Restos du Cœur.
We know who the stars present at the Enfoirés 2022 concerts are. Here is the complete list: Amel Bent, Amir, Soprano, Vianney, Garou, Kylian Mbappé, Thomas Pesquet, Mc Solaar, Pauline Deroulède, Philippe Lacheau, Tarek Boudali, Julien Arruti , Elodie Fontan, Marie-Agnès Gillot, Jean-Louis Aubert, Joyce Jonathan, Benabar, Camelia Jordana, Patrick Bruel, Catherine Lara, Nicolas Canteloup, Nolwenn Leroy, Claudio Capeo, Isabelle Nanty, Renaud Capuçon, Lorie Pester, Sébastien Chabal, Alice Pol, Julien Clerc, Anne Sila, Arnaud Ducret, Zazie, Patrick Fiori, Jérémy Frérot, Gérard Jugnot, Offenbach.
The Enfoirés 2022 anthem is called “There will always be a date”. The song was written by Jacques Veneruso, singer-songwriter who had the opportunity to work with many big names in song including Johnny Hallyday, Céline Dion, Michael Jones, Garou, Florent Pagny, Patrick Fiori or Michel Sardo.
In the logic of the Restos du Cœur, the Enfoirés show is never available for replay on the TF1 site. Indeed, the association seeks to sell as many DVDs and CDs as possible the day after the broadcast. The goal is to raise as much money as possible to help the most disadvantaged, it would be illogical to offer the concert in free replay. Viewers who want to watch the program again will have to put their hands in their wallets.
The CDs and DVDs of the Les Enfoirés concert are on sale everywhere in France, in stores and on the internet. Each sale allows the Restos du Cœur to distribute 17 meals to those in need. TF1 does not offer a replay of the Enfoirés concert for a simple reason: it would probably lower income from CD and DVD sales for Restos du Cœur. In 2019 and 2020, the Enfoirés concert made it possible to offer more than 15 million meals to people welcomed by the Restos du Coeur, specifies the official site.
You can make donations directly on the Restos du Cœur website to help the charity run and help those most in need. A Online Store makes it possible to offer gifts in the colors of Restos and Enfoirés. Sales directly help the association. You can also offer your help and become a volunteer at Restos du Coeur.