One would swear that the Geminis were distributed – or scattered? – in a “fair manner” to buy peace and close the shutter to protesters who are demanding an overhaul of the method of awarding these small screen prizes.
This “egalitarian” distribution caused several incongruities and injustices in the final honor roll. How STAT was able to win all the major trophies of the evening, including best leading role (Suzanne Clément), best supporting role (Geneviève Schmidt), best director (Danièle Méthot) and best text (Marie-Andrée Labbé), but escaped that of the best daily, which landed in the camp ofIndefensible ?
It doesn’t work, your honor. Even producer Charles Lafortune seemed stunned by this unexpected victory.
Because Indefensiblenominated 14 times, bit the dust on all fronts in front STAT and still escapes with the ultimate reward. This is a sign that the voting system is screwing up.
I saw the 120 half hours of STATas well as the 120 half-hours ofIndefensibleand Radio-Canada’s medical soap opera surpasses, in quality, TVA’s legal soap opera.
The same ambivalence was noted in the drama series department. The screenwriter Simon Boulerice was crowned for the texts of Pet from Noovo, Patrick Hivon and Anne Dorval shone for their roles in The night Laurier Gaudreault woke up of the Club illico, but it is Before the crash from Radio-Canada who won the most prestigious statuette of the gala.
Very happy for Before the crash, really, it’s excellent. The fact remains that this dispersion of Gemini testifies to a lack of coherence and logic in the selection of the winners. Before taking the stage at 10:16 p.m., Before the crash had not collected anything.
The Academy was more consistent among TV novels in welcoming Alerts of TVA and its author Julie Hivon. Catherine Trudeau, however, won the Gémeaux prize for best actress in a television novel for her Catherine in The perfect moments of TVA, which will bow out at the end of the fall.
In comedy, big surprise with the coronation of Completely high school by Noovo, a parody of American teen series which topped more mature titles such as Guys Or The eye of the storm.
The fear that the implementation of the new non-gendered categories (with eight finalists) would harm women’s chances of thanking at the microphone has been dissipated, for the moment. Five of the six acting prizes were awarded Sunday evening to actresses. Will men complain that this change puts them at a disadvantage?
Personally, I would return to the “old” method, like that of the Emmys, which distinguishes between male and female performances, which allows us to shed even more light on the actors.
But OK. “We’re all human,” repeated the backing vocalists – thank you, we knew that – of the long 17-minute opening number, which should have been shortened.
A unifying and festive guy, Pierre-Yves Lord injected gratitude, wonder and a lot of music into his interventions. I prefer the more spicy, funny and biting galas, but we won’t blame PY for being kind and caring, all the same.
PHOTO OLIVIER JEAN, THE PRESS
Pierre-Yves Lord
The Plan B-style vignette where Pierre-Yves Lord chased Pier-Luc Funk in a string of Quebec shows was tasty. We would have taken more of this funny content. And bravo for the self-deprecation of Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, who laughed at his incomprehensible scandal last year.
The AI sequence, especially PY Lord’s blackface portion in Caleb’s Daughters, was dying.
On the speech side, that of Christine Beaulieu (The eye of the storm), who praised his mother, marked a highlight, just like that of Patrick Hivon, super moving, who praised the “petit crisse” to Xavier Dolan at the very end of a gala which lasted 20 minutes too long .
OD refined version
No useless board of directors, second parallel adventure or other destabilizing gadget for the participants, Double occupancy Andalusia returned, on Sunday evening, to a more classic and refined format, which featured sincere, friendly and smiling singles, in a context favoring connections more than confrontations.
Yes, the impressive red carpet, rolled out in the form of “speed dating”, was peppered with little discomforts – moments that were too cringe, in OD language – but nothing to scream intimidation. The production has distanced itself from its old influencer-driven, negative energy-driven formula, bringing freshness to Noovo’s Cupid reality show, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
For example, the guys fell for two bubbly, intelligent and natural girls, Laurence, 24 years old, a nursing student, and Marilyne, 24 years old, a master’s student in psychology. It was a change from the “instababes” and other money sellers on TikTok from previous chapters of OD.
One of the rare guys who has “flexed his abs” (Gabriel, the bad boy electromechanic) was eliminated without hesitation, even if he was “super energetic”. It was a change from previous seasons where the competitors hung themselves from the necks of all the naked dancers in Greater Montreal.
The 16 new candidates give the impression of being there to have fun, to travel, to flirt and not to boost their number of subscribers on social networks.
Overall, Mathieu B. aka Mathieu Bijoux (the ring guy) gives off a lot, Johanel has a “calming vibe”, Racky is so “laid back”, Mathieu P. aka Mathieu Pasta is “ballsy” and he has a “drop” lots of info on him without asking Rebecca any questions, red flag. Ah! yes, the girls’ house is “insane”, the guys’ house too.
At the helm of this big set, Alicia Moffet and Fred Robichaud were quite skillful. I expected much worse, because Jay Du Temple imposed an almost inimitable style of animation. Alicia and Fred play a lot on their relationship dynamic – where is my ring? –, which could become annoying in the long run.
After this warm evening, “quite twisted and bouncy”, to quote Alicia Moffet, it’s time to open a good bottle of (insert sponsor’s name here or, even better, let it happen).