Quebecer Jeanick Fournier, winner of the most recent edition of Canada’s Got Talenttook part in the show on Monday America’s Got Talent: All-Starswhere she performed the song I’ll Never Love Again. The singer dazzled the audience and the judges during her performance, but was eliminated in the first round.
Dressed in a shimmering green dress, Jeanick Fournier appeared on stage to interpret Lady Gaga’s play, taken from the film A Star Is Born. The singer was a guest on the show which features former contestants from all over the world, most of them very popular with the public. It is also the spectators who decided the winners of the first evening, who will therefore go further in the competition.
Jeanick Fournier, who said she was ready for “the best performance of her life”, amazed the judges, Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Heidi Klum. The latter have also noted that this number was even stronger than those of its transition to the Canadian version of the show last year.
The number, short but full of intensity, earned him a standing ovation from the public and the judges. Behind his microphone, Jeanick Fournier pushed high notes without ever losing control of his voice. Heidi Klum, as the Quebecer sang, was shown wide-eyed, visibly amazed.
“Some people have a gift and are made to be on stage. You are one of them,” the former model told her as the judges were able to comment on the performance. She also tweeted during the broadcast of the show to highlight her number: “A star is (re) born… Wow”, she wrote, in reference to the film.
“Jeanick Fournier makes me proud to be from Canada,” wrote Howie Mandel on Twitter during the evening.
“My life has completely changed”
In the presentation video released just before the performance, Jeanick Fournier returned to the year that has passed since his appearance on the show. “My life has completely changed,” said the one who also works as a palliative care worker in Saguenay. She signed a record deal with Universal Music Canada, released an album and music videos. She said she now has a daily life that she could never have imagined. We also saw her in her residence in Quebec, with her children, who greeted in French the American public who follows the show.
If Jeanick Fournier did not go further during this special edition ofAmerica’s Got Talent, Howie Mandel and Simon Cowell highlighted his audacity. “I have so much respect for someone who has already won and is coming back because she still has higher ambitions,” Simon Cowell told her after her number.
Mandel added that it would have been prudent to stay in Canada and not risk anything. “When you don’t play, you don’t risk losing,” he noted, admiringly, before emphasizing again that she was indeed brave to have started.