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Chanteurs Masqués
''Chanteurs Masqués'' is a Canadian French language reality singing competition television series based on the South Korean television series ''King of Mask Singer''. The series premiered on September 19, 2021 at ( EST/EDT) on TVA. The show features celebrities singing popular songs while wearing head-to-toe costumes and face masks concealing their identities. It employs panelists who guess the celebrities' identities by interpreting clues provided to them throughout the series. Overview Production In February 2021, it was announced that Quebecor Media had acquired the rights to air and produce ''The Masked Singer'' format in Canada. The series was confirmed to air on Quebecor’s production company Groupe TVA's network TVA in September 2021 after filming completed in August 2021. Host and panelists Actor Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge was announced as the main host of the program, while the announced panelists consist of comedian , singer Véronic DiCaire, singer Marc Dupré, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Competition
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor'', ''Idols (franchise), Idols'', and ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'', all of which became global Franchising, franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebecor Media
Quebecor Media Inc. is a Canadian media conglomerate that owns a wide array of media outlets, as well as an internet service provider. History In 1983 Quebecor purchased the Winnipeg Sun newspaper, which had been independently run. The newspaper was later sold to the Postmedia chain. In August 2000, Quebecor Media bought Vidéotron for CA$4.9 billion. In May 2001, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the transfer of broadcasting licenses from Vidéotron to Quebecor Media. Also in 2001, Quebecor Media bought Groupe TVA. As of June 2018, Quebecor Inc. fully owns Quebecor Media, while CDP Capital d’Amérique Investissements Inc. (a subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the provincial pension fund) previously owned an 18.9% share. On May 8, 2018, Quebecor had announced its intent to buy out the remainder of the Caisse's stake for $1.69 billion in cash and stock. Assets * Groupe TVA (broadcasting, publishing & prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Watier
Lise Watier, OC is a Canadian prestige cosmetic company and brand, launched in 1972 by Madame Lise Watier, and distributed through department and select drugstores. History Lise Watier was born in Montreal in 1942. Her father worked his way up to become manager of a car dealership and her mother had a sense of fashion. She told the ''Toronto Star'' that the heavy makeup she wore for her job as a researcher and host for a women's interest television program from 1963 to 1968 inspired her to create a self-improvement and makeup course company, Charme et Beauté Lise Watier Inc., in 1965, and to launch her own line of cosmetics in 1972. The Montreal-based company first attempted to expand in the 1980s, but a fire in the company's factory and offices was a major setback. Watier later told the ''National Post'', "It took until 1995 to get back to the point we were at in 1990." By the turn of the century, the company's cosmetics were distributed in France and across Canada. Watie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Thibault
Sophie Thibault (born May 2, 1961) is a Quebec journalist and television reporter for the TVA network. Biography She earned a bachelor's degree in psychology, after which she became a radio reporter for CINQ-FM and CHAI-FM. She continued journalism studies at the Université de Montréal with Pierre Dufault and later contributed to the newsmagazines '' Protégez-vous'' and ''La Vie en rose''. Her TV debut was in 1988 and in the summer of 1990 she provided coverage of the Oka crisis. Later on, she became a journalist for the morning show '' Salut, Bonjour!''. She also collaborated on the ''Le Match de la vie'' involving colleague Claude Charron. In 2002, following the departure of Simon Durivage, she became the anchor of ''Le TVA 22 heures'', where she maintained an average audience of about 650,000 viewers. Sophie Thibault was the subject of a master's thesis by a former rad-can journalist in the United States: ''La Perspective féminine dans les téléjournaux''. Thibault was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Despatie
Alexandre Despatie (; born June 8, 1985) is a Canadian diver and broadcaster from Laval, Quebec. He was the world champion at the 1 and 3 m springboards from 2005 to 2007 and is the first, and so far only, diver to have been world champion in all three individual categories (1, 3 and 10 m platform). He is also a 37-time Canadian senior diving champion and nine-time junior champion, and the most decorated male diver in Canadian history, winning two Olympic silver medals and reaching eight podiums at the world championships, including three gold medals. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Diving career Despatie began diving at the age of 5 in his own backyard pool. He first came to public attention at the 1998 Commonwealth Games with an extremely impressive gold medal on the 10 metre platform (which included an unprecedented score of perfect 10s). He was only 13 years old at the time, and the achievement was recorded in the Guinness Book Of World Records 2000. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annie Brocoli
Annie Grenier (born January 22, 1971) is a singer whose alter ego Annie Brocoli is a children's character in Quebec. Inspired by Grenier's childhood experiences as well as by her two children, Annie Brocoli has adventures while traveling around in a Volkswagen New Beetle, singing and searching for fun. Her audience is mainly parents and children in French-speaking Quebec and in France. Early life Grenier was born in Montreal. As a child she suffered from dyslexia. Career Grenier created the character Annie Brocoli for a series of children's albums in 1999. One of her best known songs is "Nanas Banana." Grenier followed by releasing a series of videos in 2000; in 2001 she released the video ''Annie Brocoli dans l'espace'' (''"Annie Brocoli in Space"''). In addition to playing Brocoli, Grenier also wrote, sang and played other characters in these series. That year her album ''Annie'' was nominated for a Juno Award for Children's Album of the Year. Grenier released an animated movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludivine Reding
Vénutia-Ludivine Dubé Reding (born 6 February 1997), professionally known as Ludivine Reding, is an actress from Montreal, Canada. She played Fanny Couture in the television series ''Fugueuse''. Her father is a Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ... immigrant and her mother is from Quebec. References External links * Actresses from Montreal Canadian film actresses Canadian people of Belgian descent Canadian television actresses French Quebecers 21st-century Canadian actresses Living people 1997 births {{Canada-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Pelletier
Bruno Pelletier (born August 7, 1962) is a Canadian singer. Life Pelletier was born in Charlesbourg, a suburb of Quebec City. In 1983 Pelletier performed in the bands Amanite and Sneak Preview, which sang in English. He later started a group called Pëll, singing in French. At 23 years old, he moved to Montreal, where he sang in bars. In 1989, he participated in the rock competition Envol, where he was awarded a special mention. In 1991, he had a role in the musical ''Vu d'en haut'', presented at the Festival of the Montgolfières in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. The following year, he joined the musical spectacle ''Les fous du rock'n'roll'', at which he has performed forty times. Career In 1992, he released his first self-titled album in October and played the role of James Dean in the rock opera ''La Légende de Jimmy'', by Luc Plamondon and Michel Berger in November. In the summer of 1994, Pelletier was invited to participate in the FrancoFolies de La Rochelle. In September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johanne Blouin
Johanne Blouin (born September 19, 1955), is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She won the Félix Award twice for her albums ''Merci Félix'' (1988) and ''Johanne Blouin'' (1989). Blouin was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Saint-Hyacinthe (; French: ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérég ..., Canada. Discography * ''Merci Felix'' (Les Productions Guy Cloutier, 1988) * ''Johanne Blouin'' (Les Productions Guy Cloutier, 1989) * ''Sainte Nuit'' (Les Productions Guy Cloutier, 1990) * ''Entre L'Amour Et La Guerre'' (Les Productions Guy Cloutier, 1992) * ''Souviens-Moi'' (L'Etoile Du Nord, 1993) * ''Noels D'espoir'' with Michel Legrand (L'Etoile Du Nord, 1994) * ''Chante Noel'' (Du Nord, 1994) * ''Elle Le Dira'' (L'Etoile Du Nord, 1995) * ''Que Veux-tu Que J'te Dise'' (L'Etoile Du Nord, 1998) * ''Everything M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Roy Léveillée
Jason Roy-Léveillée (born October 1, 1983 in Saint-Quentin, New-Brunswick) is a Canadian actor. He made his film debut with a minor part in ''Virginie'' (1996) when he was 13 years old. Early life Son of Paul Léveillée and Kendall Roy was raised in Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick. He is of France, Spain and Britain descent. He graduated Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, Quebec High School and Université Laval. He is co-founder of Fanatic Film production in collaboration with Marie-Helene Jodoin. Profile *Real Name Jason Roy-Léveillée *Birthdate October 1, 1983 *Birthplace Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick, Canada *Height 6'3'' (1.91m) Filmography *1996: ''Virginie'' - as Steve Ferron *2001: '' Ramdam'' - as Jean-Félix Beaupré *2002: ''Lance et Compte: La nouvelle génération'' - as Guy Lambert *2002: '' Maux d'amour'' - as Steve-Pierre Lawrence *2004: ''Lance et Compte: La reconquête'' - as Guy Lambert *2006: ''Lance et Compte: La revanche'' - as Guy Lambert *2007: '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Élaine Thibert
Marie-Élaine Thibert (born April 18, 1982) is a Canadian adult contemporary and pop singer based in Quebec. Thibert was first notable for being the runner-up in the first season of Star Académie in 2003, the Quebec singing idol reality show. She is also a two-time Felix-award winner for Best Female Artist in Quebec and one-time Juno-award winner for Best Francophone album in Canada. Background Early life Born in the district of LaSalle in the Montréal region, Thibert started to express interest in music during high school and college. She participated in several competitions and contests some of which she won. Thibert then auditioned for Star Académie in 2003 in which she performed on several occasions one of her favorites songs performed originally by Jacques Brel. Thibert finished second to Acadien-born Wilfred Le Bouthillier in the show's first season. After Star Académie, Thibert met up several times with her long-time Idol Celine Dion and once met a duet performance p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Le Bouthillier
Wilfred Le Bouthillier (born May 12, 1978) is an Acadian singer from the town of Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick, and the winner of both the 2003 edition of ''Star Académie'', a Quebec reality show for aspiring singers, and the 2021 edition of ''Chanteurs masqués'', the Quebec adaptation of ''The Masked Singer'', along with Marie-Élaine Thibert. Life He is known simply by his first name, Wilfred. His debut album ''Wilfred Le Bouthillier'' was released in the autumn of 2003. Produced with the assistance of Cajun singer Zachary Richard, it proved to be an enviable success, selling over 200,000 copies. This is exceptional for an artist in Quebec. By way of comparison, this would be equivalent to selling more than 8 million copies of an English-language album in the United States. Among his awards and distinctions, Wilfred has received several "Prix Étoiles" (in Acadie). He took home the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year for his debut album, . He was also nominated in seve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
