Carolanne D'Astous-Paquet (born 24 December 1990 at Sayabec, Québec, Canada) is a Québécoise singer known for appearing on the 2009 edition of reality TV competition '' Star Académie''.

Biography

Carolanne D'Astous-Paquet enrolled in her first singing lessons at age 8. She played hockey in a boys' league when she was 7 to 10 years old. In high school, she took part in a total immersion exchange program in British Columbia and developed a love for travel. In 2007, she won the Tremplin de Dégelis (English: Springboard of Dégelis, a music and humour festival) in the 13–17 age group. That same year, she won the

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song contest in the 16-and-over category. Her career as a singer began in 2009 when she participated in the reality TV competition '' Star Académie'', finishing second to Maxime Landry. During the competition she sang a duet of " Poker Face" with

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. D'Astous-Paquet participated on the series album and toured Quebec with other contestants, including shows at the

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in Montreal. In 2010, it was announced that D'Astous-Paquet would appear in a musical adaptation of ''

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'' (English: ''The Girls of Caleb'') portraying Elise, a young woman rebelling against modern Quebec. She appeared alongside Bruno Pelletier,

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, Daniel Boucher and Stéphanie Lapointe. The album of this folk opera, on which she plays a duet with Luce Dufault, was released on 25 October. The show sold more than 30,000 tickets before it premiered in Montreal. In 2011, D'Astous-Paquet wrote on her Facebook page that she would start working on her first solo album that year, and would collaborate with Marie-Mai and her boyfriend, Fred St-Gelais. This was later announced elsewhere on the Internet, and that the album would contain all original songs. The work was later abandoned as D'Astous-Paquet changed direction with a folk/country-pop sound, collaborating with Amylie (of Les Filles), Marc Déry, Alexandre Désilets and Mathieu Leclerc. In December 2011 D'Astous-Paquet played the role of Jasmina in the musical ''Sherazade, the Arabian Nights'', directed by Yves Desgagnés in France. Beginning 23 June 2012 D'Astous-Paquet took part in benefit shows for

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youth centres to be held in

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, hosted by the band Les Vikings. She shared the stage with

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, Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Stéphanie Bédard and

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. In the summer of 2013, she continued to perform at Les Vikings shows while working on her album.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Astous-Paquet, Carolanne 1990 births Living people French Quebecers Canadian women singers French-language singers of Canada Singers from Quebec Star Academy participants Canadian pop singers Canadian musical theatre actresses People from Bas-Saint-Laurent