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Pokora is very famous for his body tattoos including:

"POKORA" meaning humility in Polish (also the artist's adopted artistic name)
inscribed on his right arm in capital letters
"Only God Can Judge Me" on the right arm in English
Chinese calligraphy signifying "Creativity", "Peace" and "Patience" surrounded
by a dragon on his left shoulder
The letter M signifying his name (Matthieu) surrounded by colorful flames on
his left arm
A tattoo on the calf symbolizing dancing
An Arabic saying on his neck: ‫قل الخير واال فاصمت‬, roughly 'Say good things or keep
silent'][15]
"Ambition" on his lower back in Chinese calligraphy surrounded by chains and
two wings.
Letter X on his right wrist signifying brotherhood/friendship, as a tribute to
his close friend Djibril Cissé, a footballer who makes the X sign with his arms
every time he scores in a soccer game.
A star between his left thumb and forefinger
Star-flower near his left ear

In popular culture

M. Pokora took part three times in French television game and adventure
competition series Fort Boyard in 2005, 2006 and 2009 winning with his team 3690,
28230 and 3000 euros respectively, all donated to charities.
In 2006, he performed "Elle me contrôle" in the TV show La chanson de l'année
alongside other notable artists
In 2006, his song "Get Down On It" appeared on the soundtrack of Asterix and
the Vikings
In 2006, he took part in the French version of Muppets TV (broadcast on 31
December 2006)
In 2007, he took part in Symphonic show special organized by Sidaction, a
French AIDS charity
In 2008, Sony Ericsson and EMI Music France his label offered in exclusivity
the downloading of 7 songs from the MP3 album through the W380i as a promotional
and sponsoring campaign.[16]
In April 2008, M. Pokora also gave an interview to French gay publication Têtu
also appearing on its cover.[17][18]
He took part in "L’Or de nos vies", a charity song recorded for "Fight AIDS
Monaco", an association of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
He also took part with a song in the album Message made available starting
January 2010 with contribution from many artists including Christophe Willem,
Jennifer, Anggun, Sliimy, Natasha St Pier, Daniel Powter, Lara Fabian.[19] M.
Pokora's contribution included "Talking About a Revolution", a cover of a Tracy
Chapman hit.
In 2011, he performed on Le show Johnny hosted by Johnny Hallyday
Enjoying great popularity with children, M. Pokora has taken part in many
broadcasts concentrated on kids, including a special on him on 25 May 2011 on
L'École des fans presented by Philippe Risoli where children Gabin, Alicia, Romane,
Yamin, Axel and Inès aged 5 to 7 years sang covers of his songs.[20] He also
interpreted his cover hit "À nos actes manqués" on the show. He was also co-sponsor
with Hélène Ségara et Jean-Luc Reichmann of the second edition of TF1's show Le
grand show des enfants broadcast on 30 April 2011.

Winning Danse avec les stars

On 19 March 2011 he won season 1 inaugural series of Danse avec les stars (the
French version of Dancing with the Stars) with his partner Katrina Patchett getting
62% of the votes against 38% to runner-up Sofia Essaïdi.
This table shows the route of M.Pokora and Katrina Patchett in Danse Avec Les
Stars. In the final, the Freestyle wasn't rated.

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