Mickaël Adon (French pronunciation: [mikaɛl adɔ̃]; born October 3, 1987, in Paris), better known as Mickaël Vendetta,[1] is a French Internet phenomenon and entrepreneur whose notoriety followed upon the buzz he created on the internet through his personal blog.[2]
Background edit
He lists as his personal objectives, to become an actor, to market a clothing line, and release a single of house music. He also considers becoming a politician like Arnold Schwarzenegger,[3] and, along with Bernard Tapie, supports Nicolas Sarkozy.[4]
Career edit
Vendetta worked briefly in real estate before leaving that business to develop his philosophy of "Bogossitude" ("good looking guy-ness") and promoting it on his blog and in media.[5] He created a buzz by publishing partly naked videos of him on his personal blog, showing his physique and establishing having a strong personality, by being purposefully arrogant and pretentious in order to gain public response.
He appeared on the site Trendywebtv.com, a site which had previously produced Cindy Sander.[6]
Vendetta appeared on various TV and radio shows and acted for several TV commercial spots for Pringles chips,[7][8] produced a house music single, and won La Ferme Célébrités (Celebrity Farm) (2010). He has produced a house music single named "The bogoss Life" on XIII Bis Records,[9][10] as well as making appearances in business schools[11] and night clubs.
Television and radio edit
Among the shows in which Vendetta has appeared are La méthode Cauet (The Cauet Method) on TF1, Chez Morandini on Direct8,[12] LCI,[13] as well as on Swiss TV and on Virgin Radio. His appearance on La méthode Cauet made the audience of the show become quite heated in response.[14]
Critique edit
While he was part of the cast, and eventual winner, of La Ferme Célébrités 2010, the media had earlier criticized him for being arrogant, conceited and contemptuous. In 2008, David Abiker of France Info compared Vendetta to Paris Hilton, in that he was engaged in a similar race for notoriety.[15] Ecrans called Vendetta "une marchandise dont le contenu n'est rien d'autre que son propre message publicitaire" (a commodity whose content is nothing other than his own publicity).[16]
References edit
- ^ St. Cricq, Renaud (February 5, 2010). "Vendetta la teigne, star de la Ferme Célébrités". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ "Mickaël Vendetta" (in French). NRJ12. Archived from the original on November 20, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ "Mickael Vendetta : Le défenseur de la bogossitude se verrait bien président". Première (in French). April 10, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ "Le vote des people de France…". C4N (in French). April 21, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ "Mickael Vendetta, de l'immobilier à la provoc" (in French). La VieImmo. February 12, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ "Mickaël Vendetta : David Lantin de Trendy Prod lui répond". May 14, 2012 (in French). Hits54. Archived from the original on May 12, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ "Roycod". 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Pringles opte pour la Vendetta de Passage Piéton".
- ^ "Mickael Vendetta - Télécharger album - VirginMega.fr". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
- ^ "Sortie du single de Mickael Vendetta "The Bogoss Life"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ http://mickaelvendetta.skyrock.com/2558534443-Mickael-Vendetta-a-Sup-de-Co-Reims.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Dailymotion - Mickael Vendetta Direct8 - une vidéo Actu et Politique". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
- ^ "Mickael Vendetta sur LCI". 4 December 2008.
- ^ "EXCLU : Record d'audience pour CAUET hier soir / Mickael Vendetta s'était exprimé à H-2 de la diffusion - Vidéo - TRENDY PROD BLOG". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ Abiker, David (October 31, 2008). "Vendetta, icône web à l'ère du vide". France Info (in French). Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ^ Loret, Eric (December 8, 2008). "Vendetta vous a bien buzzé". Ecrans (in French). Archived from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2012.