When Star Académie ejects English

Professor Gregory Charles insisted: it is important that French shines Star Academylet’s promote our rich francophone musical heritage, let’s pass it on from one generation to the next.

Director Lara Fabian added: the public of Star Academy who votes, he lives in French, he consumes French-speaking music, and it is for this French-speaking public that you sing.

The candidate in danger Gaelle, who was fighting for her bed at the Waterloo mansion: great, message received, I will sing Anyone by Demi Lovato!

How to say ? What a bad decision. The stubbornness of Gaelle Khoueiry-Jaber, 21, in wanting to shout (or scream?) in English cost her her place at Star Academy Sunday night.

After the public vote, which saved the strongest of the trio, Sandrine Hébert, 25, from Coaticook, it was decided between Gaelle and Jérémy Plante, 25, who redid don’t tell me that of Okoumé.

On the vocal level, the Gatineau resident offered a better performance than the Lévisien, who snatched it in the second part of his song. My ears almost called for medical assistance in dying.

Still, the faculty decided to keep Jérémy and send Gaelle home. The perfectly legitimate signal was clear. Dig into the French catalog or say goodbye to your Videotron phone.

This second gala Star Academy à TVA lasted two hours and contained only French-language songs, except for one: that of Gaelle. Whoops. The candidate had been warned several times of the importance of French on the set.

She ignored the repeated advice of the teachers, who were right, and the ax fell. As one of Gaelle’s idols, Demi Lovato, would say: “sorry, not sorry”.

In the daily broadcasts of Star Academy, we felt that Gaelle wanted to leave, that her heart was gone, that she had difficulty living in a group. Less mature than her colleagues, she also seemed resistant to any form of criticism. In short, it was perhaps not his place in the tele-hook of TVA. Not now, anyway.

The most impactful number of the gala was the one with the great Laurence Jalbert, 62, in the decor of Love is in the meadow. What a vibrant artist and what a catalog of successes: While running, To put a spell on, Fall, Again and again, In the name of reason. The medley concluded with the arrival of 25 survivors of domestic violence. Big moment of emotion.

Also liked the passage of Eddy de Pretto, 28 years old, a mixture of Stromae with the timbre of Pierre Lapointe. It’s good to bring back veterans. It’s even better to add up-and-coming stars to them.

The opening with Paul Piché allowed 16-year-old Éloi Cummings to shine on There’s not much in the sky tonight. Paul Piché’s classics followed one another with contagious energy, in a stripped-down staging. The segment with the humorist PA Méthot, which did not announce anything good, ended up being very comical and well written.

On the other hand, the portion involving William Cloutier, champion of Star Academy 2021, could have been removed entirely. It was the festival of the wrong note and it reminded us that it was Lunou Zucchini, 26, who should have triumphed last year.

My beautiful Michelle !

It was a marathon, but Michelle Desrochers ran a sprint in Big Brother Celebrities on Novo. The 27-year-old comedian, who has formed alliances with each of the competitors, with the host Marie-Mai and even with a bottle of Ménage à trois, was ejected from the house-studio on Sunday evening, not without having beaten to the last second.

And she was right to struggle, our beautiful Michelle, the best and funniest in the confessional. It was necessary to attack the unspoken Gryffindor alliance, which currently dominates the game. By leaving Claudia Bouvette, the Martin Vachon, Eddy King, Guylaine Guay, Stéphanie Harvey, Tranna Wintour and PL Cloutier would have had a chance to bring back the balance of power on their side. But no. They almost all folded.

Moreover, it is strange that Guylaine Guay, who feels excluded by the young people of Big Brother Celebritiesvoted to keep one in the game.

Michelle Desrochers, an actress more gifted than Marc-Antoine and Hugo, give them an Aurore right away, came out without bitterness, with a lot of class. Intense and invested, Michelle stirred her comrades and accepted the consequences with dignity.

I respect players who move so much more than those who float around the lounge accomplishing nothing at all.

It plays very fast and very loud Big Brother Celebrities compared to last year. And it’s damn catchy. The past week has resulted in explosive episodes, filled with confrontation, tears and turmoil outside the spa. It’s excellent.

However, we have lost track of all the alliances that have been forged in less than a month: nutritionists, hard-boiled eggs, the cool kids, the Playboys, the 7 lucky ones, the Tinky Winky, the fruit salad, the Funny guys, what will the next coalition for the future of Quebec TV be called?

The challenge of the invisible boss promises a lot. Hoping that the champion person is aiming for a strong player and not an easy target. It’s time to sweep the Gryffindor quidditch gang (or something like that).