The names of the 24 artists who will take part in Zeniththe new musical competition which will be broadcast from January on ICI Télé, were unveiled on Tuesday.
Six artists were chosen for each of the four generations, namely the boomers – born before 1968 (Johanne Blouin, Martin Fontaine, Patsy Gallant, Laurence Jalbert, Joël Legendre and Kim Richardson); the X – born between 1968 and 1980 (Jean-François Breau, Kathleen Fortin, Jonas, Benoît McGinnis, David Savard and Guylaine Tanguay); the Y – born between 1981 and 1993 (Véronique Claveau, Matt Lang, Yama Laurent, Damien Robitaille, Jason Roy-Léveillée and Annie Villeneuve); and the Z – born after 1993 (Ludovick Bourgeois, Gabrielle Fontaine, Maëva Grelet, Éléonore Lagacé, PETiTOM and Lunou Zucchini).
Hosted by Véronique Cloutier, to the music of singer-songwriter Ariane Moffatt, the competition will see these 24 artists-singers participate in the first round, at the end of which a ranking will be established according to each person’s score.
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Véronique Cloutier, surrounded by Claudia Bouvette, Félix-Antoine Tremblay, Élyse Marquis and Normand Brathwaite
The artists who obtain the highest scores of their generation will go directly to the semi-finals, while the one who obtains the lowest points of their generation will be eliminated; the winner by generation will then advance to the grand final.
The artists will perform in front of 100 members of the public who will act as judges, also distributed by generation in the stands. Each group of 25 people will be led by a captain – Normand Brathwaite (Boomers), Élyse Marquis (X), Félix-Antoine Tremblay (Y) and Claudia Bouvette (Z) – who will have to give the pulse of his generation and reveal the votes public.