Anna Ko Kolkowska

ICI RADIO CANADA article. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1770741/star-academie-sixieme-saison-spectacle-ouverture?fbclid=IwAR075im3zXXnQ-8Q2PoJZB2LWgbEhWWDq3hQOWEYZaSKANXWR9HmGaBUZ8g Le grand retour de Star académie Radio-Canada Publié à 17 h 22 Près de neuf ans après la diffusion de la cinquième saison de Star académie, la populaire téléréalité s’apprête à faire un retour en grande pompe dimanche soir avec un spectacle de variétés de deux heures animé par l’auteur-compositeur-interprète Patrice Michaud. Cette soirée musicale, diffusée en direct sur les ondes de TVA à partir de 19 h, regroupera la directrice de l’académie, Lara Fabian, son directeur artistique, Mika, et son équipe de professeurs et de professeures : Gregory Charles, Ariane Moffatt, Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Yannick Nézet-Séguin et Marc Séguin. Du côté des prestations, une belle brochette d’artistes est attendue, notamment Corneille, Louis-Jean Cormier, FouKi, Les sœurs Boulay et Alaclair Ensemble. On pourra également faire connaissance avec les 21 candidats et candidates de la sixième cuvée de Star académie. Au fil de la soirée, 12 artistes obtiendront d’emblée un laissez-passer pour l’académie, alors que les neuf autres devront se battre pour les trois places restantes en interprétant une chanson de leur choix. En fin de compte, 15 candidats et candidates entreront dans l’aventure. Le producteur exécutif de l’émission, Jean-Philippe Dion, a donné plus de détails sur cet événement et sur la nouvelle mouture de Star académie à Catherine Richer, chroniqueuse culturelle à l’émission Le 15-18. Faire découvrir la chanson québécoise aux jeunes Jean-Philippe Dion avait déjà travaillé sur plusieurs des précédentes saisons de Star académie, mais l’industrie de la musique a beaucoup changé depuis la dernière, en 2012. « J’ai fait tous les postes possibles et imaginables sur cette émission. Pour la première fois, mes réflexes ne me servaient pas. Des artistes sont très populaires sur les plateformes d’écoute en ligne, mais mes parents n’en ont jamais entendu parler de leur vie. En même temps, on veut aussi faire plaisir à nos parents avec Star académie. Donc, les jeunes vont peut-être découvrir des monuments de la chanson québécoise », pense-t-il. Un autre défi pour le producteur que Jean-Philippe Dion est devenu, c’est de donner aux 15 jeunes qui entreront à l’académie l’occasion de chanter en français. C’est même un devoir qu’on leur donne cette envie, car pour le moment, leurs références sont 100 % anglophones, avoue-t-il. D’ailleurs, c’est pour cette raison que chacune des émissions du dimanche soir va s'ouvrir avec une chanson de la nation. Une chanson de notre fondement musical, que ce soit Offenbach, Céline Dion, Isabelle Boulay ou Ginette Reno, poursuit Jean-Philippe Dion. On va vraiment aller dans notre répertoire, ce qui a forgé notre culture musicale québécoise. On espère que les jeunes vont s’approprier ces chansons et avoir envie de les interpréter. Un changement de perception L’émission de téléréalité s’est aussi offert une nouvelle crédibilité depuis la première saison, en 2003, et le milieu artistique ne regarde plus Star académie de haut. La preuve, c’est la présence de Marc Séguin, de Xavier Dolan, d’Anne Dorval et de Yannick Nézet-Séguin, un grand chef d’orchestre de renommée internationale qui accepte de venir dans une émission dite populaire, soutient Jean-Philippe Dion. Ce dernier pense que Star académie fait maintenant partie de notre culture et de notre patrimoine télévisuel. « Tout le monde connaît l’émission et a des souvenirs qui y sont rattachés. Si on était jeunes à l’époque, on a grandi avec Star académie. Les gens comprennent aussi qu’en ce moment, on a besoin d’un grand plateau comme ça pour remettre notre chanson à la télé. » Pas de Zoom ou de virtuel Le producteur voulait également apporter un vent de fraîcheur à l’émission en se détachant des prestations virtuelles qui ont envahi nos écrans depuis la fermeture des salles de spectacle. Ça va faire du bien de voir du beau dans notre télé après toutes ces émissions tournées en Zoom et en numérique. On a investi énormément en scénographie et [en éclairage], car on ne voulait pas de Zoom et de virtuel, précise-t-il. La santé publique au cœur des préoccupations Toutefois, la pandémie ne peut être oubliée, surtout en ce qui concerne les mesures prises en regard de la santé publique. Les musiciens sont toujours en arrière-scène, derrière les chanteurs. Et comme on n’aura pas de public cette saison, on a transformé le décor pour qu’il soit en 360. De plus, les académiciennes et académiciens sortent d’une période de quarantaine, ce qui leur permettra d’être ensemble sans porter de masque toute la journée. Ils sont dans une bulle, et personne ne pourra s'en approcher. Les professeurs, les invités et les membres de l’équipe technique doivent rester à deux mètres, explique Jean-Philippe Dion. Il ajoute que si jamais l’une des personnes participantes est infectée, cela entraînera l’arrêt de la production. Un plan a été fait, et je pense qu’il est efficace, mais on n’espère que ça n’arrivera pas. Une cuvée d’artistes diversifiée Consciente de son époque, l’équipe de production de Star académie 2021 fera également une plus grande place à la diversité. Elle voulait que les académiciennes et académiciens soient issus de toutes les communautés, et Jean-Philippe Dion avoue que ça n’a pas été un problème. Quand les auditions ont commencé, on s’est aperçus que cette diversité était bien présente sous nos yeux. Vous allez voir une cohorte qui ne ressemble en rien à celles des saisons précédentes. Il y a vraiment une cassure et une espèce de modernisme qu’on sera fier de voir à la télé chaque dimanche soir. GOOGLE TRANSLATION The big comeback of Star Académie Radio-Canada Posted at 5:22 p.m. Almost nine years after the fifth season of Star Académie aired, the popular reality show is set to make a big comeback on Sunday night with a two-hour variety show hosted by singer-songwriter Patrice Michaud. This musical evening, broadcast live on TVA from 7 p.m., will bring together the director of the academy, Lara Fabian, its artistic director, Mika, and the team of professors: Gregory Charles, Ariane Moffatt, Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Marc Séguin. As for the performances, a great range of artists is expected, notably Corneille, Louis-Jean Cormier, FouKi, Les sœurs Boulay and Alaclair Ensemble. We can also get to know the 21 candidates of the sixth Star Académie. Over the course of the evening, 12 artists will get an academy pass right away, while the other nine will have to fight for the remaining three places by performing a song of their choice. In the end, 15 candidates will enter the adventure. The show’s executive producer, Jean-Philippe Dion, gave more details on this event and the new version of Star Académie to Catherine Richer, cultural columnist on the show Le 15-18. Introducing Quebec songs to young people Jean-Philippe Dion had already worked on several of the previous seasons of Star Académie, but the music industry has changed a lot since the last one in 2012. “I've done every job I could imagine on this show. For the first time, my reflexes were not helping me. Artists are very popular on online listening platforms, but my parents never heard of them in their lives. At the same time, we also want to please our parents with Star Académie. So young people will perhaps discover monuments of Quebec song, ”he thinks. Another challenge for the producer that Jean-Philippe Dion has become is to give the 15 young people who will enter the academy the opportunity to sing in French. It is even a duty that we give them this desire, because for the moment, their references are 100% English speaking, he admits. Besides, that's why each of the Sunday night shows will open with a song of the nation. A song from our musical foundation, be it Offenbach, Céline Dion, Isabelle Boulay or Ginette Reno, continues Jean-Philippe Dion. We will really go into our repertoire, which has forged our Quebec musical culture. We hope that the young people will appropriate these songs and want to perform them. A change in perception The reality show has also gained new credibility since its first season in 2003, and the arts community no longer looks down on Star Académie. The proof is the presence of Marc Séguin, Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, a great conductor of international renown who agrees to come on a so-called popular show, supports Jean-Philippe. Dion. The latter thinks that Star academy is now part of our culture and our television heritage. “Everyone knows the show and has memories attached to it. If we were young back then, we grew up with Star Academy. People also understand that right now we need a big set like that to put our song back on TV. " No Zoom or Virtual The producer also wanted to bring a breath of fresh air to the show by breaking away from the virtual performances that have invaded our screens since the theaters closed. It will be good to see something beautiful on our TV after all these shows shot in Zoom and digital. We invested a lot in scenography and [in lighting], because we didn't want Zoom and virtual, he says. Public health at the heart of concerns However, the pandemic cannot be forgotten, especially when it comes to measures taken with regard to public health. The musicians are always in the back of the scenes, behind the singers. And since we won't have an audience this season, we changed the setting to make it 360. In addition, academics are coming out of quarantine, which will allow them to be together without wearing a mask all day. They are in a bubble, and no one will be able to approach them. Teachers, guests and members of the technical team must stay two meters away, explains Jean-Philippe Dion. He adds that if any of the participants ever become infected, it will stop production. A plan has been made, and I think it is working, but we hope it won't happen. A diverse cuvée of artists Aware of its times, the Star Academy 2021 production team will also place greater emphasis on diversity. They wanted academics to come from all communities, and Jean-Philippe Dion admits that was not a problem. When the auditions started, we realized that this diversity was very present in front of our eyes. You're going to see a cohort that looks nothing like those from previous seasons. There is really a break and a kind of modernism that we will be proud to see on TV every Sunday night.

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A short resume of the intervierw: Jean-Philippe Dion spoke about the format of this year's Star Academie season. When they first entered the new place, everyone had tears in their eyes. We can also see 4 photos from inside the academy. Piano in the hallway. Everything is like home. Lighting and cameras are virtually invisible. Academy student beds are large. Producers decided that when there are 15 people in a shared space, they need a little more space "for themselves". Hence the idea that the beds should be large and cozy. Almost 400 people work on the production of the program! The music for the program will be selected in such a way as to suit very young and also mature audiences. The guests will be Canadian music stars. As the first episode starts on Valentine's Day, of course, part of the program will be devoted to love songs. In the second part there will be guests (we can see their photos and names on the screen). We already know the list of 21 candidates selected for the live program. But there will be chosen 12 people. Everyone has their suitcases ready and they will find out during the program whether they have been selected. Nine of them will have the opportunity to sing in the program. And TV viewers will vote and choose only 2 of them who will enter the Academy.

I am trying to find a live streaming website. This one below doesn't work in Poland. I pressed the button "Open Official Site" but after some adds there is no connenction. https://live-tv-channels.org/livetv/ca-tva-tv.html I will try to find another website. But for sure I will not watch it live. For this one I have to check if the program we are watching is correct. http://www.freeintertv.com/view/id-201/Canada-1-0-1

Yes, it sound like this. This weekend Mika will only connect for a moment to say something to the candidates. And a teacher Pepe Munoz and Mika will be there in person later during the season.

Everybody's gonna love today, love today, love today

To continue the topic of the Love Today intro: In the interview for FranceInfo (Le Monde d'Elodie) the 5th of February 2021 Mika sais: In this concert, you revisit titles that we all know, and for example on Love Today, you make a nod to the marine weather forecast which was intended for fishermen. Mika: In England there is this marine weather which is the most constant thing on the airwaves on British radio. And it's very beautiful to listen to, even if you don't understand all the words because there are all these codes. And I often listened to it because I couldn't sleep, it was on the BBC very late at night. And one evening, I said to myself: "It would be funny if all of a sudden with the same voice, he started to announce his love to me"? And the beginning of Love Today, the first inspiration, comes from that. And the first demo it was me copying that voice for the whole intro of the song. I didn't keep it but still, it remains a starting point and I also wanted to express and explain the backdrop of the songs. Because a song is a little movie. And why not go behind it once in a while"?

Witaj Paulina. Cieszę się, że coraz więcej fanów z Polski pojawia się na MFC. Nie będziesz się tu nudzić Hello Paulina. I am happy that there is more and more fans from Poland on this Forum. Enjoy

I think it the past there was a man's voice. Now it can be female of male. I found one and I've added it to my post https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000rn9z

La meteo pour les pecheurs (from Love Today intro) The Fishing Forecast from BBC Radio Here is an example of the forecast from BBC radio Mika is mentioning: EDIT - I've added the forecast read by a male voice. Here is the link: Male voice: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000rn9z Female voice: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p02prnm4 And here is the Love Today Intro translation from French: I like a lot to listen to the radio. I don't like too much to listen to the music on the radio. But there is one thing on the English radio in the evening that I love. It's the fishing forecast. If you don't know it, I am sure you would like it too. Even if you don't understand a word. There is nothing to understand. If you are not a fisher. There is this very serious voice which announces in a very noble way - monotone - even at the worst moments during the war announced in the same way. The presence which never stopped - it was always there - the fishing forecast. I have no idea what they are saying but I would like to give you the best picture of this marvelous voice .... (Mika starts to quote the forecast) I thought that it would be so beautiful if only for one time in the history of this voice ... if we would just change the text. "Dogger 72 wind 34 calm and steady... but do not worry... everybody's gonna love today love today love today. Everybody's gonna love today. Anyway you want to. Anyway you've got to love love me.... love love me love love me" So tomorrow we'll have no fish. But we will have love. La meteo pour les pecheurs.mp4

Ha ha ha! This one for sure But we can't blame Mika for too much apero. We can blame the journalist Don't drink at work!!!!

Ha ha ha! Yesterday just after the concert I had my tv on TV5 Monde - the French channel and there was a documentary about some islands and I've heard a word "les pêcheurs". And it made me laugh at once

Nouveau gros succès d'audience pour @mikasounds . Hier soir plus de 600.000 personnes devant le show à l'Opéra royal de Versailles sur @France5tv ! Plus du double de la moyenne de la case ! Aussi beau et élégant que performantt ! New big audience success for @mikasounds . Yesterday evening more than 600,000 people in front of the show at the Royal Opera of Versailles on @ France5tv ! More than double the box average! As beautiful and elegant as it performs!

Nouveau gros succès d'audience pour @mikasounds . Hier soir plus de 600.000 personnes devant le show à l'Opéra royal de Versailles sur @France5tv ! Plus du double de la moyenne de la case ! Aussi beau et élégant que performantt ! New big audience success for @mikasounds . Yesterday evening more than 600,000 people in front of the show at the Royal Opera of Versailles on @ France5tv ! More than double the box average! As beautiful and elegant as it performs!

The screen shots are in French and are easy to read. The problem is that the journalist mixed everything. Sometimes he quotes Mika. Sometimes he describes what Mika said. Like he used some other texts. I don't like it.

This is what I thought too. But the photo is too dark to see better.

I understood that Mika took an another appartement at the beginning of the quarantine in March 2020. Not now. This text is really confusing.

Hmmm. At the beginning they say he was wearing a black t-shirt and a white trousers and on the photos (let's say from Zoom 04/02/2021) he wears a shirt long sleeves in a bright colour.

I don't think it's a very recent interview. Maybe Le Monde was waiting the date of the concert to release it. Mika sais that his mom passed away 15 days ago. So it can't be done now. Pretty in a middle of January.

@Kumazzz it's not the whole text. It's just a half of it. Here are the screenshots posted on Twitter (thank you @carafon)

I use it always to watch France 5 on my laptop. When you connect once (after closing several times the pop-up adverts) you don't need to press any button after and no problem with adds. You can watch the programme decently. At least with my Norton Commander firewall. I have just a notification of finding an add "virus" but it doesn't hurt your computer.

And the podcast from Franceinfo today. Interview_de_Mika_sur_Franceinfo.mp4

Here is the mp3 file with the interview from France Musique from today 05/02/2021 at 8:20. The link to the internet podcast on France Musique: https://www.francemusique.fr/emissions/l-invite-du-jour/la-pop-star-mika-un-musicien-classique-l-opera-m-a-sauve-91503 Glos_210205.mp3

Here is the link to my google drive file with the Versailles concert in mp4 format. https://drive.google.com/file/d/132jp2rGhbxVqFs7d83CPvd7oiAC8hJ9L/view?usp=sharing I hope it will work for you @TinyLove_CJ @Starlight

The file is still not ready. I think I have to wait till tomorrow.