William Cloutier is a Canadian pop singer from

Victoriaville Victoriaville is a town in central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of Arthabask ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, mostly noted as the 2021 winner of ''

Star Académie ''Star Académie'' is a Canadian reality television series that started in 2003, aimed primarily at the Quebec television audience, featuring an array of young women and men under the age of 30 competing for the title of the next solo singing sensa ...

''. During his run on ''Star Académie'', he was granted permission to be temporarily absent from the competition when his wife, Sara Dagenais, went into labour and gave birth to their son Éloi. He released his debut album ''On ira'' in 2022, and supported the album with a concert tour alongside Lunou Zucchini, another ''Star Académie'' finalist. ''On ira'' received a

Félix Award The Félix Award (french: Trophée Félix or Prix Félix) is an award, given by the ''Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois'' (ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music and humor industry in the Canadian p ...

nomination for Pop Album of the Year at the

44th Félix Awards The 43rd Félix Awards were held on November 6, 2022 to honour achievements in Quebec music. The gala was hosted by Louis-José Houde, and televised by Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The advance ceremony announcing the winners in categories not se ...

. Cloutier has also had roles as an actor, including voicing the role of Lyle in the francophone dub of ''

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile ''Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile'' is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1965. It is the sequel to ''The House on East 88th Street'', published in 1962. The book is the second in the ''Lyle the Crocodile'' series, which follo ...

'', and playing Johnny Rockfort in a production of the musical '' Starmania''.Bruno Lapointe
"De Star Académie à Starmania"
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Le Journal de Montréal ''Le Journal de Montréal'' is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Quebec and is also the largest French-language daily newspaper in North America. ...

'', November 5, 2022.

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* 21st-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian pop singers Canadian male voice actors Canadian male musical theatre actors French Quebecers Male actors from Quebec Singers from Quebec Participants in Canadian reality television series People from Victoriaville Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-singer-stub