Encore une chance

Encore une chance
Judges Richard Cross
Mia Frye
Stéphane Joffre-Roméas
Morgan Serrano
Original language(s) French
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 6
Broadcast
Original channel NRJ 12
Original run 24 January 2012 – 27 February 2012

Encore une chance (meaning Again a chance in French, full title Encore une chance: Les plus belles de la téléréalités (meaning Again a chance: the most beautiful voices of reality television in French) is a French reality television show broadcast on French music television network NRJ 12 in January and February 2012, and comprising six shows with the first on 24 January 2012 and the finals on 27 February. The music competition gave a new chance to 32 contestants in various music competition shows in France that had failed to win in their bids giving them a new chance with two winners signing contracts with NRJ and given chances to record with established artist. The winner in the female category was Lucie Azard, a contestant from French Star Academy in season 7 held in 2007-2008. She won the chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer K.Maro.[1][2]

The winner in the female category was Lucie Azard, a contestant from French Star Academy in season 7 held in 2007-2008. She won the chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer K.Maro.[3][4]

Due to lower than expected viewership of the program, the series was moved from prime time to late night slot for the second half of the series.

Jury

The jury was composed of music professionals:[5]

Contestants

The 32 contestants, 16 male and 16 female, with none of them winners in the series they took part in, came from the following musical reality television series (winners in bold):

Name Channel Seasons Male contestants Female contestants
Star Academy
TF1
8 seasons
from 2001 to 2008
Romain (2003, Star Academy 3)
Pierre Mathyss (2005, Star Academy 5)
Harold (2008, Star Academy 8)
Jessica Marquez (2001-2 Star Academy 1)
Anne-Laure Sibon (2002, Star Academy 2)
Hoda (2004, Star Academy 4)
Cynthia Brown (2006, Star Academy 6)
Lucie Azard (2006-7, Star Academy 7)
Popstars
M6
4 seasons
2001, 2002, 2003,
2007
Leandro (2002, Popstars 2)
Rida (2002, Popstars 2)
Vanessa (2001, Popstars 1)
Élodie (2002, Popstars 2)
Lily (2002, Popstars 2)
Ibtissem (2007, Popstars 4)
Jessie (2007, Popstars 4)
Nouvelle Star
M6
8 seasons
from 2003 to 2010
Charles (2004, Nouvelle Star 2)
Malik (2005, Nouvelle Star 3)
Bruno Rua (2006, Nouvelle Star 4)
Julien-Baptiste (2006, Nouvelle Star 4)
Tigane Drammeh (2007, Nouvelle Star 5)
Lary Lambert (2009, Nouvelle Star 7)
Thomas (2009, Nouvelle Star 7)
Babeth Lando (2004, Nouvelle Star 2)
Lucille (2008, Nouvelle Star 6)
X Factor
W9 / M6
2 seasons
2009 / 2011
Adrien (2011, X Factor 2)
Jordan (2011, X Factor 2)
Nedjim (2011, X Factor 2)
Slimane (2011, X Factor 2)
Cyrielle (2009, X Factor 1)
Julie (2009, X Factor 1)
Marie (2009, X Factor 1)
Ana (2011, X Factor 2)

Finalists / Winners

The 8 finalists who had the chance to compete in an episode registered in Canada were:

The 2012 winner in the male category was Larry Lambert, originally a contestant in Nouvelle Star in season 7 of the series in 2009. He won a chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer Corneille.

The winner in the female category was Lucie Azard, a contestant from French Star Academy in season 7 held in 2007-2008. She won the chance to record in cooperation with Canadian singer K.Maro.

Results table

Contestants
(male)
Series Eliminations Contestants
(female)
Series Eliminations
Lary Lambert Nouvelle Star 7
Winner
(with Corneille)
Lucie Azard Star Academy 7
Winner
(with K.Maro)
Tigane Drammeh Nouvelle Star 5 27 February 2012 Cynthia Brown Star Academy 6 27 February 2012
Bruno Rua Nouvelle Star 4 21 February 2012 Jessie Popstars 4 27 February 2012
Nedjim X Factor 2 21 February 2012 Anne-Laure Sibon Star Academy 2 21 February 2012
Slimane X Factor 2 14 February 2012 Babeth Lando Nouvelle Star 2 21 February 2012
Pierre Mathyss Star Academy 5 7 February 2012 Vanessa Popstars 1 21 February 2012
Harold Star Academy 8 31 January 2012 Jessica Marquez Star Academy 1 7 February 2012
Romain Star Academy 3 31 January 2012 Ana X Factor 2 31 January 2012
Adrien X Factor 2 24 January 2012 Hoda Star Academy 4 31 January 2012
Charles Nouvelle Star 2 24 January 2012 Julie X Factor 1 31 January 2012
Jordan X Factor 2 24 January 2012 Lily Popstars 2 31 January 2012
Julien-Baptiste Nouvelle Star 4 24 January 2012 Lucille Nouvelle Star 6 31 January 2012
Leandro Popstars 2 24 January 2012 Cyrielle X Factor 1 24 January 2012
Malik Nouvelle Star 3 24 January 2012 Élodie Popstars 2 24 January 2012
Rida Popstars 2 24 January 2012 Ibtissem Popstars 4 24 January 2012
Thomas Nouvelle Star 7 24 January 2012 Marie X Factor 1 24 January 2012

Viewers

Episode Date Time Viewers Share
of market
1
Tuesday 24 January 2012 20:35-22:40 584,000
2.2%
2
Tuesday 31 January 2012 20:35-22:40 403,000
1.5%
3
Tuesday 7 February 2012 20:35-22:40 348,000
1.3%
4
Tuesday 14 February 2012 22:30-00:10 370,000
2.6%
5
Tuesday 21 February 2012 22:30-00:10 346,000
2.6%
6
Monday 27 February 2012 20:35-22:40 303,000
1.2%

References