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.
- In April 2008, M. Pokora also gave an interview to French gay publication Têtu also appearing on its cover.
- 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. 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. He also interpreted his cover hit "À nos actes manqués" on the show. He was also was 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 runners-up David Ginola and Sofia Essaïdi.
| Week | Dancing style | Judge points | Result | ||
| Alessandra Martines | Jean-Marc Généreux | Chris Marques | |||
| 1 | Quickstep | 8 | 8 | 7 | Safe |
| 2 | Tango | 8 | 9 | 8 | Safe |
| 3 | Foxtrot | 9 | 7 | 8 | Safe |
| 4 | Jive
Vienna Waltz |
10
9 |
10
10 |
8
8 |
Safe |
| 5 | Charleston
Rumba |
10 + 9
9 + 8 |
10 + 9
10 + 8 |
9 + 8
9 + 8 |
Safe |
| 6 | Pasodoble
Foxtrot |
10 + 10
10 + 10 |
9 + 10
9 + 10 |
9 + 9
8 + 10 |
Winner |
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