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NRJ Music Awards 2008 : Behind the scenes 1/2

PART 1

You'll know all about the repetitions, the backstage. We'll show you how is organized a such event. Our cameras are everywhere, even in the Celine Dion's room... Which dress will Lorie choose ? How does Benji [Benjamin Castaldi, the anchor] deal with his stress ? What are the Rihanna's favourite candies ? But especially you'll know what is hidding under the Tokio Hotel's hair. The NRJ Music Awards 2008 in backstages, it's now.


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We are at 48 hours from the event. In a few hours, the greatest stars will be there... seventy artists among the most prestigious are waited. And the whole city is shuddering at it. As for the organizers, the tension build up too. Cannes' police, Renseignements Généraux [roughly, it's a combination of the FBI and the US Secret Service], security, everybody's on the watch. The reason of this stress ? A band whose fans are well-know for being hysterical and unmanageable.

Fans - Tokio Hotel ! Tokio Hotel ! [...]

- Tonight it's the Tokio Hotel's rehearsals...
- Yes.
- Does anybody know ?
- No...
- Are you sure ?
- No ! (laughs)
- Cause those are wild 10-14 years old fans.

- I experienced this live in the radio and we've had to block the Boileau's street [NRJ - 09.15.2007]. There was the police, we never have done this before... They're very hard to manage anyway...

- They were here the last year but it was just at the beginning. There was no real problem but this year, it's actually very complicated. We received many artists at the NRJ Music Awards but they surpass all what we saw. So this is more complicated.

And the one who deals with everything, it's this man. One of the greatest french directors : Gérard Pulliccino. For years, he produces the NRJ Music Awards. On the stage or in stage managing, he has to keep tabs on everything and must cope with the demands of the artists too.

Gérard - This is for Tokio Hotel. They vitally wanted a small wall and not to use the screen. It's a small wall with little holes inside where we'll put lights. They've seen it in a video clip and wanted to do just the same. They sent us the video clip. So we'll try to do the same thing but it's not easy because a video clip isn't like a TV-show.

A few hours before the first rehearsals, a phone call. Obviously it isn't a good news even if Gerard Pulliccino is still smiling.

Gérard - Where is Fred ? [...] Oh no, you won't know. It's a very big problem. And the bigger the problem, the more I laugh.

The big Gerard's problem : the cancellations of last minute. This time this is the Tokio Hotel. They ask to postpone their practices.


Q - Do you know who you're wainting for in the Carlton ?
Narjiss Falcoz - Yeah, I know. Today we're waiting for Tokio Hotel...

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Earphones, walkie-talkies, the tension builds up. For a few minutes, the noise runs that they are arriving. Gustav the drummer, Bill the singer, his twin-brother Georg the guitarist [Yeah, she says Georg --'], and of course Tom the bassist, touch down. The german demigods Tokio Hotel really are there, in flesh and blood, but still unapproachable.

We decide to try our luck and follow the four young artists all the same. An information in mind : their rehearsals is at 9 PM so we go to the Palais des Festivals. Three black vans, the sign that the stars actually are here, but their security team too and we won't get something.



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In the meantime, in front of the Carlton...

Fan - We are there since about 8 AM today.
Q - Have you seen them or not ?
Fan - No, they didn't go out.

Fan - Yersterday evening, we went to the second entrance of the hotel and they've gone back of the club at 3 AM. There were just Tom, Georg and Gustav. Bill wasn't there.

Fan - We just saw Saki, the Tokio Hotel's bodyguard.
Q - So it means that they may arrive ?
Fan - We hope they'll arrive. We hope.
Fan - Yesterday we saw David, their producer, and he even has said hello to us. He's do sweet. Hi David ! And they didn't come finally.

Fan - But now, if they [the fans] don't shut up, they won't never come !

Carlton hotel. While the fans watch the Tokio Hotel's hair, we receive the authorization to enter, privilege conferred to a handful of reporters.

Bill, then the others - Good morning !

But the ITV's conditions are very strict : 5 minutes for the ones, 10 minutes for the others. We're allowed to ask three questions but we can record the wholeness. First the 6/9 staff of NRJ.

Q - Can they remove their hair to be incognito ?
Bill - I can tell you that we aren't wearing wigs... this is our own hair.
[Bill speaks german quite quickly...]
Q - He'd said that it was great. (laughs)
Q - What can we wish them now cause we have the belief that they have all we would dream at 18. What would they dream to have more ?
Bill - A NRJ Award !

The youngs artists play the game under the vigilant eye of their staff.

We ask them what they like in this event.

Bill - Everything ! A mix of everything because of course at least it's a great honor to be here, to play on stage, to be nominated beside great artists which are very famous. But that's good to see our fans too. Thanks of them if we're here finally ! We enjoy being there and seeing them again.

The band is accustomed to cause scenes of collective hysteria. Is it their music or their look that cause this mania ?

Bill - We have no explanations. We still are very suprised to see it by ourselves, mostly in the other countries. But of course, we're very glad althought we can't explain this... It's oftent like this with the music : it makes us feel something or not, but everybody has this sens. We ourselves when we listen to music, we feel it or not. So, for us, the best is not to too think about why we have the success. We enjoy it and we're very happy.


PART 2

Since the morning, the biggest stars are arrived. From Johnny Céline Dion, to Kylie Minigue, many haven't rehearsed yet so they have to do it quickly. The rehearsals carry on into the evening.


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Mika mingles with the crowd. About Matt Pokora, he makes the public's happiness. The Guetta's are overjoyed and here again the Cinema Bizarre. But of course, the fans are wainting for another stars, the Tokio Hotel, who even sign autographs to cause some blackouts...


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5... 4... 3... 2... 1... top !

Benjamin Castaldi - Good evening Cannes ! Welcome to the NRJ Music Awards.


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Here we go for 2h30. Our cameras are in the sound-control and in the backstages. We'll show you behin the scenes and the artists as you have never seen them during the show.

Hair relooking for the 6/9.

David Guetta - They are the real stars here.

And withtout doubt, there is the funniest part of the show, when mikL from Sens-interdit and Christelle Bazooka present the best international band's award.

Christelle - Ahhhh !
MikL - Cool it, cool it ! [...] TOKIO HOTEL !

Bill - This award is very important for us. We'll be very happy to see you this summer at the Parc des Princes. Thanks a lot !

Still a victory for the rockers. Even Christelle Bazooka has diffculty getting over it.

Christelle - I saw Bill... I saw Bill from Tokio Hotel.

Bill - We're very happy tonight, we can't believe it. We are together since seven years... We're very proud, we can't believe it.
Tom - Of coure we'll party. Orange juice and apple juice will flow. We have to toast, we have to celebrate it.