À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star
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| À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin |  France |
| Original release | |
| Network | M6 |
| Release | 2003 – 2003 |
Template:Infobox reality music competition
| 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 | |