After playing journalist Jean Brière for six years in District 31, Jeff Boudreault will take up a new challenge as of August 22. He will pilot the morning show at Rythme FM 105.7.
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Accompanied by Stéphane Fallu and Marie-Christine Proulx as co-hosts, Jeff Boudreault will replace Patrice Bélanger, who decided to leave the station at the end of last season. By the same token, the actor will dabble in a new medium he had been dreaming of for a while. “The idea of doing radio germinated a long time ago, but it never worked with my schedule. With the end of District 31 and the end of the filming of the series Hotel, there is a window of opportunity that has opened. And this offer arrived. »
Marc Thibault, general manager of Rythme FM, explains that he had been thinking of doing radio tests with Jeff Boudreault for some time now.
“We were able to do some tests recently and we immediately saw that the chemistry was good with Stéphane Fallu and Marie-Christine Proulx. They are three people with very different personalities. Jeff has a very confident guy side; Stéphane brings a funny and human aspect. As for Marie-Christine, she offers great continuity to the show. When we put all three together, we immediately saw that it gave something interesting. »
Jeff Boudreault says he did not hesitate very long before agreeing to participate in this show, the title of which remains to be found.
It will be a privilege to be able to live close to people on a daily basis, to be there for the awakening of Greater Montreal. The only aspect that made me hesitate a little is that I live in Bromont. So I will have to get up at 3 a.m. and drive 1 hour and 20 minutes every day to get to the station. But hey, there’s not much traffic in the middle of the night.
Jeff Boudreault
“We actors are used to atypical working hours; there, it will be very regular, like a factory job,” he adds.
Since knowing that he will be spending his mornings at Rythme FM, he says he has listened more attentively to the content of the channel. “I realized that this radio was more like me than I thought. In my head, I’m still 22 years old and I had heard prejudices about the fact that this radio only played ballads. It’s wrong. It’s a modern radio, connected to its audience, which plays the music I listen to every day! »
Even if the microphones don’t scare him – “I’ve always done voices and I love it”, he says – the actor is aware that he will have to learn his new job on the job. “I’m going to try not to judge myself too much and to stay humble. I can sometimes be my own worst enemy. I want to be as playful as possible. I have already sought advice from my good friend Richard Turcotte, who is a radio pro. I already know that the connection is super good with the co-hosts. Together we are going to put on a good Christie show! »
“A before and an afterDistrict 31 »
Jeff Boudreault knows that this new radio contract offered to him is no stranger to the success of the series District 31. ” For sure. Look, Michel Charette currently does radio; Gildor Roy will host Tower at VAT. There’s always going to be a before and an after.District 31. It is a television phenomenon that we will still be talking about in 30 years. For six years, not a day went by without someone telling me about the show. This is proof that the show had a damn impact! And it raked so wide as an audience… ”
Marc Thibault is formal: “Jeff’s notoriety has been even greater since District 31, but if the tests had not been conclusive, we would not have chosen it. In radio, you need a voice, a personality, a chemistry. Not just notoriety. »
While waiting to take his first steps on the radio, Jeff Boudreault will leave all summer to explore the southwestern United States alone on a motorbike. “I will visit Colorado, Utah, California before slowly returning via Memphis. This will be my Compostela on a motorcycle! »