Cyril Cinélu Star Academy winner career after 2006 victory, Digi Mart USA News: Despite a wide victory in the French televised singing competition Star Academy on TF1 in 2006, singer Cyril Cinélu was unable to establish himself afterward. He is returning this Friday, November 6, for the “Prime des gagnants” (winners’ prime-time special), and he received support from his former dance teacher.
His performance of “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, choreographed by Kamel Ouali, is counted among the show’s great moments. On December 22, 2006, before more than 8 million viewers, Cyril Cinélu, then 19, won the sixth edition of the program.
He took 67% of the vote against Italian contestant Dominique Fidanza, the second-best result in the competition’s history after Grégory Lemarchal’s 80% in 2004.
Like his predecessors, Cinélu received an advance of one million euros on his contract with Universal, the recording of an album and a planned tour. However, things did not go as planned for the native of Lagny-sur-Marne in Seine-et-Marne.
He released the album “Jusqu’à moi” in December 2007, but the CD was a resounding failure and did not even reach the top 100 best-selling chart. Fewer than 10,000 copies sold, and the tour was shelved.
