It’s their destiny III – 2nd season | C'est leur destin | M6

“C’est leur destin” (It’s their destiny) is a magazine program about the unusual destiny of some of the most popular public personalities. Benjamin Castaldi from his prestigious TV program set will welcome a number of stars on this program, notably the famous Yannick Noah but also Emma Sjöberg, heroine of the film Taxi 3 who will be accompanied by the film team. The guests will be responding to documents about themselves. YANNICK NOAH’S FOUR FAMILIES Tennis champion, generous hearted, Yannick Noah is the only high-level sportsman who has also become a music star. Product of two cultures, European and African, he is also a doting father of four children. Son of a French mother and a Cameroon father who was a professional football player in Sedan, the young Yannick spent all of his childhood in Yaoundé. He was crazy about music but also showed a gift for tennis. He was noticed when he was very young by the living legend Arthur Ashe. At age 11 he left Cameroon and his family to prepare to become a champion. Being alone and so far from his family was hard on him but he persisted. And at the age of 23, his dream was realized, all of France was thrilled when he won the Rolland Garros French open. After a magnificent career as a tennis player, Yannick Noah successfully achieved a career cross-over, and in 1991, the whole country of France was dancing to his first song title “Saga Africa” which became an immense hit… and the hymn of the Davis Cup victory for the French team which he coached. At the same time, the star gives enormously of himself to humanitarian causes. In particular, he and his mother founded the association “Les Enfants de la Terre” (The Children of the Earth). In his very full life, Yannick Noah has one and only real priority: his four children with whom he spends a great deal of time in the United States. He is daddy to Yoachim and Yelena from a first union with Cécilia Rhode, and to Elyjah and Jenayé with his second wife, the top model Heather. From New York to Monaco in passing by Africa, the cameras of “C’est leur destin” follow this fascinating man who agreed for the first time to open the doors of his personal life and let us discover his new life, shared between four families: that of music, of tennis, of his children and of Cameroon. OBJECTIVE: TO BECOME A TOP MODEL. Marie and Stéphanie are both high school students. They are both 17 and have the same dream: like many adolescents of their age, they want to be famous by becoming a top model. But unlike most of their classmates, they have already headed down that road: both of them were noticed at a French model contest where together they won the first two places. Their destiny will perhaps swerve: the Metropolitan agency has selected them to represent France at its international contest taking place in Brazil. A veritable trampoline for an international career: the winner, who will not only immediately become a millionaire, will sign a 3-year contract as top model. We followed in the footsteps of these two young girls who are going so far away for the first time without their parents. A journey in a dream-like atmosphere where they will be housed in palaces and discover the most beautiful beaches of Brazil. However, for the two candidates, this stay will be a far cry from a vacation. In fact, once there they will have to work hard: physical preparation, being made over, dance classes. Stéphanie and Marie begin to realize that the road to glory is not easy: all of the 50 candidates are more beautiful the one than the other and it is also necessary to withstand the pressures of the competition. Will they succeed in realizing their dreams of childhood? “C’est leur destin” recounts the adventure of these two young women who will perhaps become the Claudia Schiffer or the Laetitia Casta of tomorrow. EMMA SJOBERG, THE BOMBSHELL OF TAXI 3 Emma Sjöberg—the name perhaps doesn’t ring a bell and yet you must know her: this very beautiful Swedish woman of thirty-one has been one of the most photographed top models in the world, but especially she has one of the main roles in the Taxi films sagas. This month, the beautiful blond with the dream-like figure returns to the limelight with the opening of Taxi 3. Thierry Mugler’s muse, George Michael’s friend, this former model successfully made the transition from model to film actress. From Paris to Stockholm, “C’est leur destin” enables you to discover the new life of this young woman with a long career already behind her. Portrait of the Swedish actress most preferred by the French. LARRY FLINT, THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF THE PORNO KING A few weeks ago, Larry Flint, the famous American porno king, came through Paris to inaugurate a new chic strip-tease club which he is opening near the Champs-Elysées. From his solid gold wheel chair, Larry Flint directs today a genuine industrial empire. He was born into a very poor family of middle America but rose quickly to become a billionaire in the early seventies by launching a porno magazine for adults. His first brilliant coup: daring to publish photographs of a nude Jackie Kennedy. His lightening success unleashed the fury of puritan America which, shocked, continuously attacked him in court for inciting debauchery. A judicial war began, he even went to prison, but nothing could stop him—not even a gun attack upon him when he came out of one of his trials and which put him into a wheelchair for life. This born provocateur managed to change American law and—a sign of his immense power—he even afforded himself the luxury of bailing out the president of the United States, Bill Clinton. Portrait of an eccentric billionaire who we followed from Los Angeles to Paris.