“Theodora refused to sing it”: why her “melodrama” duet with Disiz was not nominated for the Victoires

Behind the scenes of the 41st Victoires de la Musique on Friday evening, everyone was surprised that “melodrama” was not named in the songs of the year. The hit performed as a duet by Disiz and Theodora should logically have appeared in the five titles of this category, the only one submitted to the public vote, which was finally and very logically won by Helena and her “Bad Boy”.

According to our information, “melodrama” appeared in the list of the five songs having received the most votes, at the end of the two rounds of selection. She was in the running against “Les Filles, les Meufs” by Marguerite, “Tant pis pour elle” by Charlotte Cardin, “Soleil bleu” by Luiza and Bleu Soleil and… “Fashion Designa” by Theodora.

Having two songs in this category, Theodora, who left with four trophies, preferred to favor her solo song over the duet one, which appears on Disiz’s album. “She didn’t want the public votes to be divided between her song Fashion Designa and the one with Disiz melodroma », Says a music professional, who was backstage at the ceremony.

The only way to avoid this duel: refuse to play “melodrama”. The Victoires regulations stipulate, in fact, that all songs nominated in this category must be sung on stage during the evening. Otherwise, they are removed from nominations. This is what happened for his duet with Disiz…

According to our information, Helena “only” came sixth in the first round of voting with her song “Mauvais Garçon”. “Melodrama” being excluded, the singer revealed in the Star Academy automatically moved up to the five finalists.

“A bad calculation”

“Some alerted Theodora by telling her that she was making a bad calculation by betting everything on “Fashion Designa”, that she was going to be beaten by the “Star Academy” community who were going to vote en masse for Helena and “Mauvais Garçon”, comments a well-informed producer. But that didn’t change his mind. And that’s exactly what happened…”

Ultimately Schuyler was the queen of the evening. But if she had been less greedy, she could have left with five trophies and become the absolute queen of Victories. Contacted, the singer’s entourage did not respond to our requests.