That’s it, the bus from Star Academy is back on the road to auditions! Feverish, the jury took place at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth in Montreal on Friday to meet a first pool of potential academics, and invited the group of participants from the recent 2021 season to join them in launching the festivities in style. . Overview of what awaits our future stars.
The production reiterates its desire to unearth a diversity of styles, ages and origins among the aspiring candidates for Star Academy 2022. We will continue to give a lot of importance to the creation and the shadow work of the artists in this next version, but the performers are also welcome, insists Jean-Philippe Dion, executive producer.
“We are open to everything,” he assures us. Last year, almost all academicians composed, and it gave the impression that Star Academy, everyone had to be a songwriter, but that’s not what we’re looking for. If there are songwriters, we will accompany them, but those who are simply performers also have their place. You have to be able to sing lots of styles, lots of different repertoires. It really takes versatile people. ”
“The number 1 criterion is talent,” continues Jean-Philippe Dion. To be able to get through this adventure, to learn about thirty songs every Sunday, you have to have talent and determination. We also want personalities. We ask people a lot to tell us about them during the audition. ”
Luis Clavis, who sits on the jury with content producer Marianne Boulet and singer Marie-Ève Riverin, among others, is looking for authenticity and uniqueness in the talents assessed.
“Me, I want to see people who have a sensitivity, a color of their own, a personality, and who illustrate themselves with what we are used to seeing. Just a big voice, alone, can’t do anything, in my eyes. Me, I’m looking for everything else. “
Highlights
Among other highlights on Star Academy 2022, note that the new cohort of candidates will always stay at the Manoir Maplewood in Waterloo.
A new theme song will follow Now and everywhere; we keep the secret for now, but the part is already ready.
Given the reductions in sanitary measures, “we spent the” chainsaw “in the decor” of the MELS studio, reveals Jean-Philippe Dion, to make room for the public during the Sunday varieties.
“We shrunk the stage to have an audience. It will be extraordinary to have the energy of the world! The public will not only have a small place in this setting … “
In the same vein, the possibilities are also widening for the arrival of foreign stars on the set. “There isn’t an international star who doesn’t have a record of Star Academy on his desk right now! ”
And Mika? Jean-Philippe Dion would like to work with him again, but we want to bring diversity and novelty to the concept, so we are not announcing anything about him for the moment.
With Guylaine Tremblay
School training portion, in addition to the creation workshops and their illustrious rotating teachers (see box), the famous school will welcome a new interpretation teacher, the always appreciated Guylaine Tremblay.
“She is a perfect interpretation teacher, and she is a” fan “of” Star Ac “, underlines Jean-Philippe Dion. Lara Fabian (director of the academy) also really wanted to work with her. In her course, Guylaine will go into several horizons. She will teach academics to connect to a sad or a happy song. We could also make them play a little more this year, make them do theater, bring out the actors in them. ”
The vaccination passport is required to have access to the auditions of “Star Académie”. “If some have issues, their second dose promises to be too far, we will work out,” says Jean-Philippe Dion. Anyone who wants to can come. “
You can always register at staracademie.ca to try your luck at the auditions, which will crisscross Quebec and New Brunswick in the coming weeks (and return to Montreal on October 9 and 10). Over $ 325,000 in prizes will be offered to future academics, including a $ 10,000 cash contribution to each offered by QUB musique.
Renowned teachers during creation!
The course plan for academics has been modified for the next edition. In 2022, the artistic identity course (given by Anne Dorval, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Xavier Dolan, Marc Séguin and Pepe Munoz last year) will exit. Instead, we imagined Guylaine Tremblay’s new interpretation class, and reinstated a creation range, where five renowned teachers will take turns sharing the task: Ariane Moffatt (who was the soul of the year). last), Louis-Jean Cormier, FouKi and two other personalities who will be announced soon. The weekly meeting will be similar to the material distilled by Ariane Moffatt in 2021, but the changes of holders will enhance the content.
“Each of the teachers will have something different to learn, and may connect differently with certain people,” says Jean-Philippe Dion. The course will be very focused on the production, the results and the emergence of compositions. ”
Happy to join the adventure, FouKi intends to deal as much with writing as with work in the studio during his presence in Waterloo.
“I want to address the aspect of freeing your madman,” says the young rapper. Words don’t always count; sometimes just a well-placed shout can be amazing! In music, freeing your crazy is what is most important … I find the creative side of Star Academy! “
Elders’ advice to aspiring candidates for auditions
William cloutier : “Sing a song you know well, backwards and forwards, to be comfortable despite the nervousness.” Me, it served me a lot. And don’t hesitate to explain your choice of song. We thus show our personality and create a link with the jury. It’s time to take up all the space! ”
Guillaume Lafond : “You shouldn’t stress yourself too much and be yourself. If it has to happen, it will. If it works, great, and if not, it’s not the end of the world. There is luck in that … “
Shayan Heidari : “Be passionate! Forget the concept of audition and competition. Do it because you want to share a message and a purpose. Do it for love, joy, happiness, fun, and the rest will come. If you are not chosen, there is something else waiting for you … “
Zara Sargsyan : “Believe in yourself, be confident and comfortable with your song. It’s an audition, but it ends up being a performance … “
Rosalie Ayotte : “Prepare yourself well, and prepare more than a song. You never know what the judges will ask you. And know that the hearing begins as soon as you set foot in the room; it’s not just the vocals part, but also how you present yourself and interact with the jury. It has a lot of impact. ”
Jacob Roberge : “Be yourself, do what you want and don’t worry about what other people think!”
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