Nouvelle Star season 7

The 7th season of Nouvelle Star premiered on February 24, 2009, on M6. Soan Faya was declared the winner on June 9, 2009, beating out runner-up Leïla Aissaoui.

Nouvelle Star
Season 7
Hosted byVirginie Guilhaume
JudgesPhilippe Manœuvre, André Manoukian, Lio, Sinclair
WinnerSoan Faya
Runner-upLeïla Aissaoui
Release
Original networkM6
Original releaseFebruary 24 (2009-02-24) –
June 9, 2009 (2009-06-09)
Season chronology
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Season 8

Changes & Early Process

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Virginie Guilhaume became the new host of Nouvelle Star, succeeding previous host Virginie Efira. Philippe Manœuvre, André Manoukian, Lio, and Sinclair reprised their roles as judges on the show. The show also adopted a new opening title sequence, similar to that of American Idol.

Auditions were held from October 13 to December 6, 2008, in Marseille, Lille, Toulouse, Rennes, Lyon and Paris.

Contestants

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Top 10 Finalists

  • Soan Faya (27) - Winner
  • Leïla Aissaoui (18) - Runner-up
  • Camélia Jordana (16)
  • Thomas Bonneau (17)
  • Dalé (24)
  • Damien Vanni (29)
  • Lary Lambert (20)
  • Mahdi Jaggae (27)
  • Mélissa Reffas (18)
  • Yoann Pigny (21)

NOTE: Lary selected as the 10th finalist by the jury.

Semifinalists (Top 15)

  • Antoine Vignette (25)
  • Charlotte Robin (21)
  • Maria Paz (21)
  • Mickaël Frémeaux (25)
  • Yasmina (17)

Eliminations - Top 10

Date Theme Bottom Three
14 April Yoann Pigny Leïla Aissaoui Thomas Bonneau
21 April Love Songs Mélissa Reffas Thomas Bonneau (2) Leïla Aissaoui (2)
28 April Dance Floor Mahdi Jaggae Leïla Aissaoui (3) Lary Lambert
5 May Lary Lambert (2) Thomas Bonneau (3) Dalé Grenoble
12 May Cinema Damien Leïla Aissaoui (4) Dalé Grenoble (2)
19 May Viewer's Choice Dalé Grenoble (3) Soan Faya Thomas Bonneau (4)
Bottom Two
26 May Quarterfinal Thomas Bonneau (5) Camélia Jordana
2 June Semifinal Camélia-Jordana (2) Soan Faya (2)
9 June Final Leïla Aissaoui (5) Soan Faya

Semifinalists

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The jury selected fifteen contestants to move onto the live semifinal round, which aired April 7. At the end of the show, nine contestants were voted through to the top ten by the public. The jury then selected one contestant from the bottom six to advance to the finals.

Soan Faya was the winner of this season.

Advancing to the Top 10 (Public Vote) - Dalé • Camélia Jordana • Damien • Mahdi • Leïla • Soan • Mélissa • Thomas • Yoann

Jury's Choice - Lary

Semifinalist (Age) Song Original Artist Jury Vote Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Antoine Vignette (25) Viva La Vida Coldplay
 
 
 
 
Eliminated
Charlotte Robin (21) You Know I'm No Good Amy Winehouse
 
 
 
 
Eliminated
Maria Paz (21) Porque Te Vas Jeanette
 
 
 
 
Eliminated
Mickaël Frémeaux (25) Voyage, Voyage Desireless
 
 
 
 
Eliminated
Yasmina (17) I Was Made For Loving You Kiss
 
 
 
 
Eliminated

Finalists

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Soan Faya

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Soan Faya - 27 years old, auditioned in Paris.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 Le Vent Nous Portera Noir Désir
 
 
 
 
6th / Top 10
Top 10 Ma Petite Entreprise Alain Bashung
 
 
 
 
3rd / Top 9
Top 9 Boys Don't Cry The Cure
 
 
 
 
5th / Top 8
Top 8 Les Mots bleus Christophe
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 7
Top 7 Alabama Song The Doors
 
 
 
Absent 1st / Top 6
Top 6 Requiem pour un con Serge Gainsbourg
 
 
 
 
2nd / Top 5
My Way Frank Sinatra
 
 
 
 
Top 5 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
 
 
 
 
4th / Bottom 2
Ces gens-là Jacques Brel
 
 
 
 
Top 4 La mauvaise réputation Georges Brassens / Sinsemilia
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 3
One U2
 
 
 
 
Top 3 Poupée de cire, poupée de son France Gall
 
 
 
 
2nd / Top 2
L'acordéonniste Edith Piaf
 
 
 
 
Personal Jesus Depeche Mode
 
 
 
 
Finale Je veux du soleil Au P'tit Bonheur
 
 
 
 
1st / Winner
Aux sombres héros de l'amer Noir Désir
 
 
 
 
Break On Through The Doors
 
 
 
 

Leïla Aissaoui

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Leïla Aissaoui - 18 years old, auditioned in Rennes.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 Marcia Baila Rita Mitsouko
 
 
 
 
5th / Top 10
Top 10 My Baby Just Cares For Me Nina Simone
 
 
 
 
9th / Bottom 2
Top 9 Dès que je te vois Vanessa Paradis
 
 
 
 
7th / Bottom 3
Top 8 Wannabe Spice Girls
 
 
 
 
6th / Bottom 2
Top 7 Frozen Madonna
 
 
 
Absent 2nd / Top 6
Top 6 Think Aretha Franklin
 
 
 
 
5th / Bottom 2
Parle plus bas Dalida
 
 
 
 
Top 5 Babooshka Kate Bush
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 4
Ma plus belle histoire d'amour Barbara
 
 
 
 
Top 4 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
 
 
 
 
2nd / Top 3
Mon amie la rose Françoise Hardy
 
 
 
 
Top 3 Ma révérence Véronique Sanson
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 2
Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps Doris Day
 
 
 
 
Mon Coeur, mon Amour Anaïs
 
 
 
 
Finale Crazy Gnarls Barkley
 
 
 
 
2nd / Runner-Up
I Don't Know Noa
 
 
 
 
Fais-moi une place Julien Clerc
 
 
 
 

Camélia-Jordana

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Camélia Jordana - 16 years old, auditioned in Marseille.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 Quelqu'un ma dit Carla Bruni
 
 
 
 
2nd / Top 10
Top 10 Heart Of Glass Blondie
 
 
 
 
6th / Top 9
Top 9 I Wanna Be Loved By You Marilyn Monroe
 
 
 
 
3rd / Top 8
Top 8 Womanizer Britney Spears
 
 
 
 
3rd / Top 7
Top 7 Le Coup de Soleil Richard Cocciante
 
 
 
Absent 4th / Top 6
Top 6 Anyone Else But You The Moldy Peaches
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 5
Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? Charles Trenet
 
 
 
 
Top 5 Ton invitation Louise Attaque
 
 
 
 
2nd / Top 4
Back to Black Amy Winehouse
 
 
 
 
Top 4 Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack / The Fugees
 
 
 
 
3rd / Bottom 2
La Madrague Brigitte Bardot
 
 
 
 
Top 3 Foundations Kate Nash
 
 
 
 
3rd / Eliminated
Mistral gagnant Renaud
 
 
 
 
Paint It Black Rolling Stones
 
 
 
 

Thomas Bonneau

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Thomas Bonneau - 17 years old, auditioned in Toulouse.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 Tatoue Moi Opéra Rock Mozart
 
 
 
 
8th / Top 10
Top 10 Dans La Maison Vide Michel Polnareff
 
 
 
 
8th / Bottom 3
Top 9 Onde Sensuelle Matthieu Chedid
 
 
 
 
8th / Bottom 2
Top 8 Maniac Michael Sembello
 
 
 
 
4th / Top 7
Top 7 Tu m'oublieras Régine / Larusso
 
 
 
Absent 6th / Bottom 2
Top 6 Four to the Floor Starsailor
 
 
 
 
3rd / Top 5
Ce n'est rien Julien Clerc
 
 
 
 
Top 5 Ça plane pour moi Plastic Bertrand
 
 
 
 
3rd / Bottom 3
Love Today Mika
 
 
 
 
Top 4 New York avec toi Téléphone
 
 
 
 
4th / Eliminated
Starman David Bowie
 
 
 
 

Dalé

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Dalé - 24 years old, auditioned in Lyon.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 I've Been Loving You Too Long Otis Redding
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 10
Top 10 You Are So Beautiful Joe Cocker
 
 
 
 
5th / Top 9
Top 9 Toi et le soleil Claude François
 
 
 
 
4th / Top 8
Top 8 What'd I Say Ray Charles
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 7
Top 7 Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais Serge Gainsbourg
 
 
 
Absent 5th / Bottom 3
Top 6 Toute la musique que j'aime Johnny Hallyday
 
 
 
 
4th / Bottom 3
Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones
 
 
 
 
Top 5 Mon paradis Christophe Maé
 
 
 
 
5th / Eliminated
On Broadway George Benson
 
 
 
 

Damien Vanni

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Damien Vanni - 29 years old, auditioned in Lyon.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 Wicked Game Chris Isaak
 
 
 
 
3rd / Top 10
Top 10 L'Autre Finistère Les Innocents
 
 
 
 
4th / Top 9
Top 9 Everybody's Got To Learn Sometimes The Korgis
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 8
Top 8 Elle a les yeux revolver Marc Lavoine
 
 
 
 
5th / Top 7
Top 7 Wonderwall Oasis
 
 
 
Absent 3rd / Top 6
Top 6 Le Premier Jour (du reste de ta vie) Étienne Daho
 
 
 
 
6th / Eliminated
No Woman No Cry Bob Marley
 
 
 
 

Lary Lambert

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Lary Lambert - 20 years old, auditioned in Paris.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 Si Seulement Je Pouvais Lui Manquer Calogero
 
 
 
 
Saved / Bottom 6
Top 10 You Give Me Something James Morrison
 
 
 
 
7th / Top 9
Top 9 I'm Not In Love 10 CC
 
 
 
 
2nd / Top 8
Top 8 L'Encre de tes yeux Francis Cabrel
 
 
 
 
6th / Bottom 3
Top 7 I Heard It Through The Grapevine Marvin Gaye
 
 
 
Absent 7th / Eliminated

Mahdi Jaggae

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Mahdi Jaggae - 27 years old, auditioned in Marseille.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 I'm Yours Jason Mraz
 
 
 
 
4th / Top 10
Top 10 Pastime Paradise Stevie Wonder
 
 
 
 
1st / Top 9
Top 9 Aïcha Khaled
 
 
 
 
6th / Top 8
Top 8 Always On The Run Lenny Kravitz
 
 
 
 
8th / Eliminated

Mélissa Reffas

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Mélissa Reffas - 18 years old, auditioned in Lille.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 I'm Outta Love Anastasia
 
 
 
 
7th / Top 10
Top 10 Mamy Blue Nicoletta
 
 
 
 
2nd / Top 9
Top 9 I'm So Excited The Pointer Sisters
 
 
 
 
9th / Eliminated

Yoann Pigny

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Yoann Pigny - 21 years old, auditioned in Paris.

Song(s) Original Artist(s) Jury Vote Callout / Result
Manœuvre Manoukian Lio Sinclair
Top 15 Cargo Axel Bauer
 
 
 
 
9th / Top 10
Top 10 Les Voisines Renan Luce
 
 
 
 
10th / Eliminated

Elimination chart

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Females Males Top 25 Top 13 Wild Card Winner
Safe Safe First Safe Last Eliminated Top 15 Save
Stage: Semi-Finals Finals
Week: 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26 6/2 6/9
Place Contestant Result
1 Soan Faya 6th 3rd 5th 1st 1st 2nd Bottom 2 1st Bottom 2 Winner
2 Leïla Aissaoui 5th Bottom 2 7th Bottom 2 2nd Bottom 2 1st 2nd 1st Runner-Up
3 Camélia Jordana 2nd 6th 3rd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd Bottom 2 Elim
4 Thomas Bonneau 8th 8th Bottom 2 4th Bottom 2 3rd 3rd Elim
5 Dalé 1st 5th 4th 1st 5th 4th Elim
6 Damien Vanni 3rd 4th 1st 5th 3rd Elim
7 Lary Lambert Saved 7th 2nd 6th Elim
8 Mahdi Jaggae 4th 1st 6th Elim
9 Mélissa Reffas 7th 2nd Elim
10 Yoann Pigny 9th Elim
11–15 Antoine Vignette Elim
Charlotte Robin
Maria Paz
Mickaël Frémeaux
Yasmina
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