The tenth 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 October 31, 2013, and finished on February 20, 2014. Cyril Hanouna was renewed as host for a second season. All four judges from season 9 stayed for season 10, namely
André Manoukian,
Olivier Bas,
Sinclair
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Places
* Lake Sinclair, near Milledgeville, Georgia
* Sinclair, Iowa
* Sinclair, West Virginia
* Sinclair, Wyoming
* Sinclair Mills, British Columbia
* Sinclair Township, Minnesota
* Sinclair, Manitoba
People
* ...
and
Maurane
Claudine Luypaerts, better known as Maurane (; 12 November 1960 – 7 May 2018), was a Francophone Belgian singer and actress.
Brought to light in the 1980s with her role as Marie-Jeanne in the second version of the rock opera ''Starmania'', ...
.
Auditions were held in
Marseilles,
Lyon
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and
Paris
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. The winner was Mathieu Saikaly.
Changes in format
After the number of contestants for prime shows had been reduced in season 9, the total number of contestants was returned to 15 finalists. At the end, actually 16 were chosen to the finals based on auditions.
Starting with second series of prime shows, another change was introduced. Two candidates would be eliminated by public vote, but the judges would be given the opportunity to save one of the Bottom 4 to move on to the next round.
Starting with the advanced primes from 2 January 2014 onwards, the viewers were given the choice to vote by colour online, thus giving them more power, making them effectively a "fifth judge alongside the four regular judges of the series.
For the shows on 17, 24 and 31 January, the viewers could vote online through the official website of the show to decide which song the remaining contestants would reinterprete a second time from their repertoire of initial performances including their audition song.
Finalists
* Mathieu Saikaly - Winner
* Yseult Onguenet (20) - Runner-up
* Pauline de Tarragon (17)
* Alvaro Echánove (21)
* Dana Ali-Ahmad (25)
* Sirine Betton (18)
* Mehdi Dahmane (26)
* Claudia Chu (16)
* Léopoldine Hummel (28)
* Hugo Chalan-Marchio (16)
* Kimberly Kitson (23)
* Julie Dessoude (18)
* Chehinaze (21)
* Ezra Van Vliet (20)
* Laura Migné (20)
* Marc Touati (21)
Elimination chart
External links
Official site
{{Nouvelle Star
Season 10
2013 French television seasons
2014 French television seasons