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 before ...

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

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and

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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