Christophe - Duet with Kylie Minogue??

After months of rumours, Kylie Minogue's producer Steve Anderson confirmed on his official myspace that he is working with Christophe on his new album. And many sites are now reporting that Christophe and Kylie Minogue will record a duet! The duet is said to be a reworking of the song "Sensitized", which appeared on Kylie's latest album, X.

Christophe's New Look!

Christophe recently sang "One" by U2, at a tribute concert to Pavarotti.... and surprised more than a few people with his new look!

Check out the song (and the hairdo!) here:

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Concert memories

Check out Christophe working his English as he impersonates his (black, female!) back-up singer.


Christophe’s next scheduled appearance is at the September 13th tribute concert to the late Pavarotti.

Christophe on Nouvelle Star: A star is born

On June 8 2006, Christophe Willem was crowned France’s fourth Nouvelle Star, or French Idol. While the show’s previous winners went on to moderate success, Christophe had the entire country under his spell in a matter of weeks. I’ve put together a retrospective of Christophe’s time on Nouvelle Star – from an improbable audition to a tearful acceptance speech six months later. Enjoy!

Poll #2

Thanks to everyone who voted on the first poll here at Christophe Willem International! The second poll is now open, and asks what musical style(s) you would like to see on Christophe's sophomore album. Dance/electro like Double Je? Ballads like Des Nues? Please note that you can select more than one option.

Tomorrow I will be posting video highlites of Christophe's run on Nouvelle Star 2006. Stay tuned!

Album news!

At a recent press conference in Belgium, Christophe discussed his second album, which is scheduled to be released on April 16, 2009. He had some very interesting things to say about the possibility of recording in English. The original interview (in French) is here.

Some of the most interesting soundbites were as follows:

"We’re currently working on the second album… All the [songwriting] teams have been assembled. Of 14 songs, there’s about 8 that are in place, that have really taken shape."

"The people I’m working with right now are British, so we only speak in English. And we’re working with English demo's of the songs because the songwriters are anglophone. They keep telling me, "It’d be a shame if the songs were French-only, because they could work really well in English-speaking countries."

"If I were to record in English, it wouldn’t be with the intention of suddenly exploding onto the international scene. Not at all. We would release the album in French in francophone countries, regardless. That would be the main version of the album. But, we’re considering also recording an English version of the CD. Then if the French version took off, we’d have the English one ready. Because with "Double Je", especially here in Belgium, people have said it’s too bad there wasn’t an English version, because we could have brought it to people and countries that weren’t francophone."

Talk show highlites

Just a couple highlites from a cute talk show appearance. Discussing marriage proposals and learning how to drive... too funny!