Olivier Schultheis

Olivier Schultheis (born 29 April 1965) is a musician, a lyricist, a composer and a conductor. He won the top prize of Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris for his absolute pitch technique. He became the music conductor in French TV show Nouvelle Star (adaptation of American Idol) and he is now a judge in X Factor on M6 (for the second series in 2011), next to Véronic DiCaire, Henry Padovani and Christophe Willem. His father is Jean Schultheis and his brother is Julien Schultheis.