Jérémy Châtelain

Jérémy Chatelain is a French singer, actor, and fashion designer. In 2003, he married Alizée Jacotey with whom he has a child, Annily. Since 2011, Jérémy and Alizée have lived separately. He participated in the second season (2002–2003) of the reality TV show Star Academy France.

He was born on 19 October 1984 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France, to a family of Jewish descent, of a French father and a Spanish mother. In order to enter the Star Academy, Jérémy lied about his age claiming, during the casting process, to be 18 at a time when he was only 17. At this young age he proved to have many talents, focusing in particular on music and clothes designing. He demonstrated strong ability as both a songwriter a musician (the piano being his instrument of choice).

The second season of the Star Academy began in September 2002 on TF1. Jérémy quickly proved to be a favourite contestant, easily possessing the best sense of style, originality and charisma that won the votes of many. However he was eliminated from the show in November, after 2 months and a half of living in the Star Academy château.

Jérémy toured France, Belgium and Switzerland with the rest of the contestants of the Star Academy in early 2003. At the same time, he also prepared for a solo career.

On 28 February 2003, he released his first single Laisse-moi ("Leave Me", in English), which sold over 170,000 copies and hit the Top 10 of the French Top 50 Singles Chart. His second single, Belle Histoire ("Beautiful Story"), followed in July 2003.

During late summer of 2003, he was approached by the controversial French figure Bernard Tapie to star in an episode (especially made for him) of the French series Commissaire Valence. He accepted and the episode was filmed in Paris in September, airing January 2004.

He released his first self-titled album on 28 October 2003, with the third single Vivre Ça ("To Live Like That"), a song about social issues that maintained a serious tone whilst at the same time possessing a pop/rock sound. It was released in December 2003. He wrote or co-wrote and composed eleven of the twelve songs on the album. At this time, he was also a guest on the third season (2003–2004) of the Star Academy, performing Vivre Ça along with one of the contestants.

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