VIDEO. “Oh Djadja, Djadja”: when Amélie Oudéa-Castéra sings to support Aya Nakamura, targeted by the far-right

Aya Nakamura lors d'un concert à Lunel le 3 août 2019. MAXPPP – © AZRIA JEAN CLAUDE

The Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, reacts to the controversy surrounding Aya Nakamura, expected to sing Edith Piaf at the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Aya Nakamura could sing a cover of Edith Piaf during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games. But the singer was the target of an attack by a small ultra-right group with a banner reading 'There's no way Aya'. The Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-castéra supported the artist and sang one of his music. But the sequence caused a moment of embarrassment…

"Oh Djadja"

The former Minister of Education returned to the comments of this small ultra-right group targeting the Franco-Malian artist. "This type of attack has no place in our country and during the Games, it is simply not possible . It really disgusted me", she stressed on the microphone of France 5 for "C à vous".

"Ces attaques n'ont en aucune façon une place dans notre pays, à l'occasion des JO, ce n'est juste pas possible !"

Aya Nakamura ciblée par l’extrême droite : la ministre, @AOC1978, prend sa défense au micro de #CàVous dans le 5 sur 5 de @LoSenechal ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/yKuJ6LikL6

— C à vous (@cavousf5) March 12, 2024

If Amélie Oudéa-Castéra wanted to support the female artist of the sacred year at the Victoires de la Musique, she went so far as to sing a song, and entrusted the titles that # 39;she likes it. "Oh Djadja, oh Djadja. I like 'Djadja', I like 'Doudou', I like 'SMS& #39;, I like 'Hypé'. There is rhythm, there is vitality. That’s what I love, she said.

If his enthusiasm was noticed, this embarrassing sequence caught the attention of many Internet users who reacted. "Olympics of embarrassment…" or again "She doesn& #39;is not obliged to sing", we can read on X (ex-Twitter).

Peu importe comme on vous aime, chère @AyaNakamuraa, foutez-vous du monde entier 🎵😉

Avec vous 💜💪 https://t.co/cYev9S3u3b

— Amélie Oudéa-Castéra (@AOC1978) March 10, 2024

"There's no way Aya"

Expected to sing Edith Piaf during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games, Aya Nakamura was stigmatized during a Reconquest meeting and targeted by a banner from a small group of the ;#39;ultraright this weekend.

Everything starts from the French weekly L'Express, which ensures that the' interested party would have discussed with Emmanuel Macron her possible participation in the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, with the possibility of resuming Edith Piaf.

Boos arose at the mention of the artist on Sunday, during a first major campaign meeting for the European elections of Reconquête, the far-right party of Reconquête. ;Eric Zemmour, at the Dôme de Paris. In addition, a small ultra-right group, Les Natifs, posted on its networks a photo of a banner hung by around ten of its members on the banks of the Seine. "There's no way Aya. This is Paris, not the Bamako market, these are the words written.

63% of the French against a performance by Aya Nakamura

Her presence has not even been made official yet and singer Aya Nakamura already finds herself in a controversy despite herself. The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron would have asked the French RnB star to sing Édith Piaf during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

And this choice would not please a majority of French people, according to an Odoxa Winamax RTL survey. In fact, 63% of French people would not like a performance by the singer during the ceremony, reports La Dépêche.  39% of them even think that it's a very bad idea.