Le grand show des enfants
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Le grand show des enfants (meaning The great show of children in French) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 television show broadcast live on French television channel TF1
TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

 and presented by Liane Foly1. During the live show, the viewers hear a number of important song by French and international artists of the last 50 years as interpreted children, and they vote solely for the best song rather than on the quality of the performances.

Two shows have been broadcast thus far, the first on 30 October 2010 that was followed by 4,863,000 viewers. The sponsors for the show were Corinne Touzet, Grégoire and Dove Attia. The winning song was "Mon Vieux" a song by Daniel Guichard and was interpreted by Arthur.

The second show was broadcast on 30 April 2011, exactly six months from the premier. The sponsors were Jean-Luc Reichmann
Jean-Luc Reichmann
Jean-Luc Stéphane Reichmann is a French radio and television host. He started a career on radio in 1989, then became TV presenter in 1995 and tried a career as actor since 2008. He is now particularly known for his daily show Attention à la marche, broadcast at 12:00 am on TF1...

, Hélène Ségara
Hélène Ségara
Hélène Ségara is a French female singer revealed in her interpretation of Esmeralda in the french musical Notre Dame de Paris.-Her childhood in the French Riviera:...

 and Matt Pokora
M. Pokora
Matthieu Tota in Strasbourg, France commonly known as M. Pokora or Matt Pokora, is a French singer and songwriter.-Early life:...

. The sinning song was "Memory, a song by Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...

 and was interpreted by Madeleine.

Show 1: 30 October 2010

Sponsors:
  • Corinne Touzet
  • Grégoire
  • Dove Attia

Songs:
(in order of appearance. Winner in bold)
  1. "Quelques mots d'amour" from Michel Berger
    Michel Berger
    Michel Berger , born Michel Jean Hamburger, was a very successful French singer and songwriter. He was a central figure of France's pop music scene for two decades both as a singer and as a songwriter for well-known French artists like his wife France Gall, Françoise Hardy and Johnny Hallyday...

     interpreted by Léo et Marina
  2. "La java de Broadway" from Michel Sardou
    Michel Sardou
    Michel Sardou is a French singer.He was born in Paris, the son of Fernand Sardou and Jackie Rollin . Contrary to claims common towards the beginning of his career, he is not the grandson of the dramatist Victorien Sardou...

     interpreted by Clément, Hugo, Sébastien and Léo
  3. "Requiem pour un fou" from Johnny Hallyday
    Johnny Hallyday
    Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

     interpreted by Vincent and Marjolaine
  4. "Mon Vieux" from Daniel Guichard interpreted by Arthur
  5. "I'll Be There" from The Jackson 5
    The Jackson 5
    The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...

     interpreted by Marina
  6. "Toi+Moi" from Grégoire interpreted by Juliette and Clément
  7. "Le temps qui court" from Alain Chamfort
    Alain Chamfort
    Alain Chamfort, born Alain Le Govic, is a French singer of Breton origin, born on 2 March 1949 in Paris.He was a promising pianist in his youth, and the piano became his instrument of choice...

     interpreted by Léo and all the group
  8. "All by Myself" from Céline Dion
    Celine Dion
    Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

     interpreted by ...
  9. "L'aziza" from Daniel Balavoine
    Daniel Balavoine
    Daniel Balavoine was a French singer and songwriter. He was hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and inspired many singers in the 1980s, such as Jean-Jacques Goldman, and Michel Berger, his closest friend...

     interpreted by Clément
  10. "Quand on arrive en ville" from Starmania
    Starmania
    Starmania is a French/Québécois rock opera written in 1976 with music by Michel Berger and lyrics by Luc Plamondon. Some of its songs have passed into mainstream Francophone pop culture.-Genesis:...

     interpreted by Léo, Damien and Jérémy
  11. "Mamma Mia" from ABBA
    ABBA
    ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

     interpreted by girls in the group
  12. "La vie en rose" from Edith Piaf
    Édith Piaf
    Édith Piaf , born Édith Giovanna Gassion, was a French singer and cultural icon who became widely regarded as France's greatest popular singer. Her singing reflected her life, with her specialty being ballads...

     interpreted by Madeleine

Show 2: 30 April 2011

Sponsors:
  • Jean-Luc Reichmann
    Jean-Luc Reichmann
    Jean-Luc Stéphane Reichmann is a French radio and television host. He started a career on radio in 1989, then became TV presenter in 1995 and tried a career as actor since 2008. He is now particularly known for his daily show Attention à la marche, broadcast at 12:00 am on TF1...

  • Hélène Ségara
    Hélène Ségara
    Hélène Ségara is a French female singer revealed in her interpretation of Esmeralda in the french musical Notre Dame de Paris.-Her childhood in the French Riviera:...

  • Matt Pokora
    M. Pokora
    Matthieu Tota in Strasbourg, France commonly known as M. Pokora or Matt Pokora, is a French singer and songwriter.-Early life:...



Songs:
(in order of appearance. Winner in bold)
  1. "Comme d'habitude"" from Claude François
    Claude François
    Claude François was a French pop singer, songwriter and dancer. He wrote "Comme d'habitude," the original version of "My Way."-Early life:...

     interpreted by Léo and Inès
  2. "Si j'étais président" from Gérard Lenorman
    Gérard Lenorman
    Gérard Lenorman is a French singer.Lenorman was born at the Château de Bénouville, Calvados when it was a maternity hospital. He is the son of Madeleine Lenormand and an unknown German soldier. Lenorman has four children: Mathieu, Justine, Clémence and Victor...

     interpreted by Clément, Hugo, Vincent and Paul
  3. "Memory" from Barbra Streisand
    Barbra Streisand
    Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...

    interpreted by Madeleine
  4. "Le Coup de soleil" from Richard Cocciante interpreted by Arthur
  5. "Le mal aimé" from Claude François
    Claude François
    Claude François was a French pop singer, songwriter and dancer. He wrote "Comme d'habitude," the original version of "My Way."-Early life:...

     interpreted by Clément
  6. "The Show Must Go On" from Queen
    Queen (band)
    Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

     interpreted by Vincent
  7. "Mes emmerdes" from Charles Aznavour
    Charles Aznavour
    Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...

     interpreted by Léo, Hugo and Clément
  8. "Là-bas" from Jean-Jacques Goldman
    Jean-Jacques Goldman
    Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...

     interpreted by Marie and Sébastien
  9. "La déclaration d'amour" from France Gall
    France Gall
    France Gall is a popular French yé-yé singer.Gall was married to, and had a successful singing career in partnership with, French singer-songwriter Michel Berger....

     interpreted by Léo and Juliette
  10. "Proud Mary" from Tina Turner
    Tina Turner
    Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

     interpreted by girls in the group
  11. "True Colors" from Cyndi Lauper
    Cyndi Lauper
    Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

    interpreted by Léo and Sonia

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