The Sunday night talk show war will not take place on Quebec airwaves this spring. TVA has postponed until September the broadcast of the new debate program that Stéphan Bureau is concocting in the greatest secrecy.
Posted at 6:30 a.m.
The official reason for moving? Still nebulous. The quality of two pilot shows, which were filmed last week in the studios of TVA, would not have played in the decision, I am told. Production schedule too tight, insufficient budgets, decor to improve and alterations to be made to the concept, these hypotheses have all been raised by sources who have worked on this project called to compete with the big set of Guy A. Lepage at Radio-Canada.
Contacted on Sunday, Stéphan Bureau preferred not to comment. TVA Group did not respond to requests for information about the alternative to Everybody talks about it which he has been developing for several weeks.
According to the initial plan, Stéphan Bureau would have taken the air within two weeks, in the Sunday slot at 9 p.m., immediately after Star Academy.
The details reported by my spies, now. The set that Stéphan Bureau will heat next fall at TVA is called Sit down !. The concept is similar to the talk shows that French viewers love, like We are not in bedby Laurent Ruquier.
In a test episode ofSit down ! which was recorded on Tuesday, two commentators supported Stéphan Bureau: Benoit Dutrizac and Isabelle Maréchal. Mariana Mazza was the main guest of this hour-long show. There was no audience in the studio.
The concept ofSit down ! allows the guest to eject one of the two panelists surrounding Stéphan Bureau. Mariana Mazza would have dismissed Benoit Dutrizac, of QUB radio, who was replaced by Sophie Durocher, also a headliner of Quebecor Media.
Tempers flared on set when the subject of Eric Lapointe was raised. Mariana Mazza got the rock singer’s face tattooed on her right thigh. The comedian had the drawing altered after the arrest and the admission of guilt that Éric Lapointe recorded in an assault file. For her part, Sophie Durocher often writes in The Journal of Montreal against the culture of banishment and for the right of Éric Lapointe, 52, to resume his musical career. The interpreter of My angel received an absolute discharge in October 2020.
At the end of the course, Sit down ! welcomed Pierre Nantel, Parti Québécois candidate in the by-election in the riding of Marie-Victorin. Pierre Nantel was an NDP MP from 2011 to 2019 and he recently hosted a morning show on the QUB radio platform.
In the last 18 years, TVA has put several variety shows in the hands of Everybody talks about it. But this is the first time that the Quebecor chain has tackled Guy A. Lepage with a public affairs production, which it manufactures in-house.
The cursed COVID
COVID-19 really does not spare Star Academy. The virus delayed the launch of the TVA reality show by two weeks in January, and now two contestants have been infected with the cursed variant, forcing them to isolate themselves at the Waterloo mansion, far from MEL’S studios in Saint -Hubert.
Olivier Bergeron, 20, had to withdraw from the tenth Sunday gala, while Eloi Cummings defended his place from a distance by singing in a room at the Academy specially equipped for him.
The 16-year-old Madelinot did not seem so affected by the disease. He was very accurate in his refined reinterpretation of the classic Double life, by Richard Seguin. Probably his best performance of the season, which won him the public vote, unsurprisingly. Viewers love Eloi Cummings, who looks like a young Elvis Presley in his fancy clothes.
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Eloi Cummings
Sarah-Maude Desgagné, 23, from Amos, was saved by the teachers. His choice of song, Let me Love You, by Mike Brant, was strange. This piece did not suit him so much. And Sarah-Maude had problems with accuracy.
After four endangerments, Jérémy Plante, 25, of Lévis, said goodbye to the song Somebody Like You, by Keith Urban. He made enormous progress in two and a half months with Gregory, Lara and Guylaine. Jérémy exudes a lot of confidence on stage, much more than Olivier or Eloi, who systematically collect the support of the fans.
At the opening, Robert Charlebois was on fire. At 77, her voice remains as beautiful and round as when she first started. Krystel Mongeau, my favorite since Audrey-Louise left, was amazing on Lindberg taking up the portion made famous by Louise Forestier.
The Spanish-speaking number was not the most successful. He was doing a bit of an all-inclusive show in Cayo Santa Maria. On the other hand, Antoine Gratton stole the show on The Bamba replacing the singer Mika, also absent due to illness.
Very long portion to foam the output of the disc of Star Academy 2022, which allowed Audrey-Louise to feed on the applause of spectators. Otherwise, we had almost all forgotten the presence of Gaëlle and Yannick in the competition.
At the end of the gala, Édouard Lagacé and Krystel Mongeau shone with Australian singer-songwriter Dean Lewis. Really, it’s going to be played out between Krystel and Camélia on the girls’ side. A wish for Krystel? That she embraces her country side by covering Isabelle Boulay, Faith Hill, Shania Twain and why not Renée Martel? Our golden cowgirl is her, Krystel.