Double occupation now rhymes with double animation. The couple formed by singer Alicia Moffet and entrepreneur Frédérick Robichaud, discovered in OD in the Westwill take over the helm of Noovo’s popular reality show Cupid next fall, I learned.
Control of this game of 1-2-3 tops therefore passes from the manicured hands of a millennial, Jay Du Temple, to those of two members of Generation Z, who inherit the roles of Lady Mayhem and Captain Twist.
“Alicia and Fred did not try to imitate the former animators ofDouble occupation. At the same time, they had a little quirky tone of their own. They are natural on camera. Alicia is not at all in control of the image, she is relaxed and that makes her endearing. Fred knows more OD than the rest of us. He is super funny. We destabilized him in the audition and he immediately knew what to answer, ”explains the producer ofDouble occupationJulie Snyder, whom I joined Monday evening in Paris.
Together since the fall of 2021, Alicia Moffet, 24, who sang the megahit Sky with rapper FouKi, and Frédérick Robichaud, 25, who chronicled on the show Good evening ! last summer, racked up hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram and TikTok. Their audition for OD took place at the end of January, in a closed circuit. The production then plunged Alicia and Fred into tough situations, with fake competitors, to check their ease and spontaneity. They impressed both the Productions J team and the bosses at Bell Media.
When Jay Du Temple’s retirement was announced, many candidates raised their hands to pilot OD, but only Alicia Moffet and Frédérick Robichaud did the screen tests, underlines Julie Snyder. After the three-hour audition, Julie Snyder invited them to a celebratory dinner at her house by forcing them to sneak through the garage so that no one would meet them outside the building. It is that one of the immediate neighbors of the demoness hosts a very popular program at 98.5 FM.
“A woman who wants to cheat on her husband would not have taken so many precautions”, jokes Julie Snyder on the phone. To avoid media leaks, the production always called Alicia and Fred by their code names: the frogs.
The next chapter ofDouble occupationwhose destination has not been revealed, will move away from influencers in search of subscribers and visibility on social networks (farewell therefore to the Méganes and their saddles at 6000 bullets).
We want to go back to the sources ofOD and find the essence of the show, that of finding love. Our cake was good, but we take out the cream. We are going on a recruitment tour across Quebec, face-to-face, the process will not take place only on the Internet. We want to better serve cultural diversity, physical diversity and regional diversity.
Julie Snyder, producer
Alicia Moffet and Frédérick Robichaud, two finished fans ofODnever expected to receive this call from Productions J. Good evening !but I had never thought of animating Double occupation. But as I lived the situations and the elimination suppers ofOD, I will understand how the candidates feel. And how better to represent love than by a couple who love each other? » asks Frédérick Robichaud, who was voted favorite of the public during the edition ofOD in the West in the fall of 2021.
Fred, who popularized the phrase “coach carriage,” was part of the famous cohort of chicken in the toaster, planes in pita, and “you’re a sun, man.”
Revealed at The voice of TVA in 2015, Alicia Moffet will have completed the tour of her mini-album Intertwine before flying to OD.
CHARLES WILLIAM PELLETIER, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Alicia Moffet at the MTELUS in Montreal, February 2
Fred and I are two people who don’t take themselves seriously and we often clown around, while being able to work when it’s time.
Alicia Moffet, co-host
In an interview, Julie Snyder covers her two new recruits with flowers, who accept an unobvious mandate, that of succeeding a much-loved host, who has injected all her colors into Noovo reality TV.
“Fred is a worker. He co-founded his jewelry business and is finishing his bachelor’s degree in marketing. Alicia dazzled me. Audiences and critics love it. She amazes as much on stage as in her daily life, ”notes Julie Snyder.
In Paris for a few days, Julie Snyder takes the opportunity to shoot topos for The week of the 4 Julies. She notably interviewed the excellent French actress Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, who plays the chic and fierce Sylvie in the comedy Emily in Paris from Netflix.
The show is called Emily in Paris but should have carried the title of Sylvie in Paris so much her interpreter shines there. Even the New York Times praised her.
The meeting between Julie and Sylvie, sorry, between Julie and Philippine will appear in the March 8 episode to celebrate these femme fatales who, like Sylvie, go for it and have fun.