Jean-Pascal Lacoste (also known as Jean-Pascal or Jipé; born 21 June 1978) is a French television personality, TV host and former singer and actor.
Career
In 2001, he participated in the first edition of French TV reality show ''
Star Academy
''Star Academy'', called ''Operación Triunfo'' ("Operation Triumph") in Spanish-speaking countries, is a highly successful television pop music talent contest with viewer voting and reality show elements.
Format
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'', but was eliminated on 5 January 2002. He was semi-finalist and participated in the Star Academy Tour. He remained famous for his quarrels with
Jenifer Bartoli
Jenifer Yaël Juliette Dadouche-Bartoli (born 15 November 1982), known by the mononym Jenifer, is a French singer.
Since winning the first season of ''Star Academy France'' in 2002, she has had a number of hit singles on the French, Belgian a ...
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After his participation, he released his singles "L'Agitateur" (#2 in France, #1 in Belgium) and "Rue de la liberté" (#13 in France, #3 in Belgium) and his debut album ''Jean-Pascal, qui es-tu ?'' (#7 in France, #1 in Belgium).
In June 2002, he became a TV host in a sport program ''Tous ensemble'', then in a ''Incroyable mais vrai !'', along with Bruno Roblès, Roger Pierre et Sophie Favier, on
TF1.
In 2006, he started a career as actor in the police series ''Section de recherches''.
In January 2007, he participated in the "Grand Concours des Animateurs", hosted by Carole Rousseau.
In 2008, he has hosted various TV shows on
NRJ 12
NRJ 12 is a French private public-state general-interest television channel belonging to the NRJ Group, created on 31 March 2005 on DTT. The channel is available on DTT, cable, satellite and ADSL.
History of the channel
Originally called NRJ T ...
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Personal life
He married Jennifer Jacobs in early 2007 and became Kylie's father on 29 March 2008.
["Jean-Pascal Lacoste : Je suis un papa gâteau !", ''Pure People'', 22 September 200]
Purepeople.com
(Retrieved 5 April 2009) In 2014, Jean-Pascal and Jennifer divorced.
Discography
Albums
* 2002 : ''Jean-Pascal, qui es-tu ?'' – #1 in Belgium, #7 in France, #61 in Switzerland
* 2003 : ''Plein sud'' – #12 in Belgium, #42 in France
Singles
* 2002 : "L'Agitateur" – #1 in Belgium, #2 in France
* 2002 : "Rue de la liberté" – #3 in Belgium, #13 in France
* 2002 : "La chanson con" – #22 in Belgium, #17 in France
Filmography
Contestant
TV Series actor
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lacoste, Jean-Pascal
Living people
1978 births
French television personalities
French television presenters
French male television actors
Male actors from Toulouse
21st-century French singers
21st-century French male singers
Star Academy (France) participants