The ninth season of
Nouvelle Star
''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia. It was broadcast by M6 in seasons 1–8 befor ...
began on December 11, 2012 and finished on February 26, 2013. Virginie Guilhaume was replaced by Cyril Hanouna. André Manoukian remained as the only original jury member after nine years. Sinclair, Maurane and Olivier Bas joined Manoukian as judges for the season.
Auditions were held in
Marseille
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,
Lyon
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and
Paris
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. After the auditions were over the top 100 were cut down in the Trianon Theater to ten without resorting to semi-finals.
Contestants
Top 10 Finalists
* Sophie-Tith Charvet (16) – Winner
* Florian Bertonnier (19) – Runner-up
* Philippe Krier (24)
* Florian Devos ''aka. Flo''
[to avoid confusion with the future runner-up]" (20)
* Julie Obré (25)
* Paul Kay (18)
* Timothée Rossignol (25)
* Charlotte Morgane Berry (24)
* Adélaïde Pratoussy (20)
* Léa Layne (18)
No semifinalist for this season, all were directly selected before the first prime.
Eliminations - Top 10
Elimination chart
References
External links
Official site
{{Nouvelle Star
Season 09
2012 French television seasons
2013 French television seasons