Cindy Sander was discovered in “La Nouvelle Star” and her appearance was widely mocked at the time. But, now, she earns a good living and her hit continues to bring in money…
Cindy Sander participated in The New Star, in 2008, where she had failed from the start. The jury – which included André Manoukian and Philippe Manoeuvre – had very harsh words to explain why it did not wish to select her. Hurt and in tears, the singer was invited some time later to sing her song: Butterfly of light. A sort of hit that has become a cult hit, both mocked and acclaimed.
Asked by The Republican Eastthe one who is currently on the show Moms & famous on TFX, looked back on the difficult moments of her career and says that everything is fine for her… now.
Cindy Sander says she is “manipulated”
Cindy Sander, whose real name is Cindy Sandmeier, returned to her criticized appearance on the M6 telecrochet show: “It’s true that the passages in La Nouvelle Star were not favorable for me because I was manipulated from A to Z.“The 46-year-old redhead singer is quite bitter compared to the image that the public has kept of her because of the show which did everything to ridicule her.
“Unfortunately, the viewer stops at what we see on TV. He doesn’t ask himself the question, was that a recording? Was it a scam? Was it montages? (…) You are selected by strategy in relation to what production is looking for. It’s true that, in my time, there were a lot of manipulations and things that were absolutely not true..”
The song Butterfly of Lighta chance for her?
Cindy Sander was made fun of a lot for this somewhat cutesy title with lyrics that weren’t really deep but whose chorus stuck in your head and yet, it was perhaps thanks to this song that her career really took off. “I would say I have no regrets about this song. (…) Even today, on the biggest evenings, we sing it, we dance it. So no matter how much we criticize, no matter how much we talk about Cindy Sander. It’s has-been, it’s this, it’s that. But in the meantime, it’s selling“, she replied proudly.
And the singer, who triumphed on stage in the show The Wyld, produced by the late Thierry Mugler, even has many projects and desires for the future: “Today’s Cindy wants to explore other things. Dancing with the Stars is something that would make me very happy. Play a role in a series. It’s a bottle in the sea and I tell myself that I want to have fun today.“