TVA Sports offers us their version of Bye Bye during the intermission.
Yes, you heard correctly. Many Quebec viewers laughed out loud at the traditional Bye Bye 2024, but this evening, it was on TVA Sports that the uneasiness was carried.
After being memorably parodied by Simon-Olivier Fecteau’s team, Élizabeth Rancourt and her colleagues seemed to be experiencing a sort of involuntary repetition of the humorous revue.
The discomfort created a fit of laughter:
One thing is certain: the TVA Sports studio strangely resembled an improvised version of Bye Bye, with a mixture of involuntary humor and moments of hesitation.
If Rancourt publicly stated that she was “proud” to have been parodied by Bye Bye – proof, according to her, of her impact on the media landscape –, the reality in the studio this evening suggested that she was already seeking to inspire a new parody for 2025.
Back live on TVA Sports, viewers witnessed a sequence that seemed straight out of Bye Bye.
Élizabeth Rancourt, visibly still shaken by the sketch, got lost in her words…but at least…she laughed about it…
Here is the video extract from “New Bye Bye” from TVA Sports.
She got her brushes mixed up.
Meanwhile, Maxim Lapierre was cramped like Antoine Roussel.
It’s hard not to make the link with the Bye Bye of the day before:
Internet users were quick to comment. Some saw it as an involuntary extension of the sketch, others suggested that TVA Sports had perhaps acquired a taste for self-deprecation, to the point of making it its new signature.
Despite everything, Élizabeth Rancourt clings to a positive reading of the situation. In a brief statement, she reiterated that she was proud to have been parodied by the cult New Year’s Eve show.
However, behind this confident facade, the challenge remains immense. TVA Sports is going through a difficult financial period, and the discomfort visible in the studio reflects growing pressure.
Rancourt, who carries much of this pressure on his shoulders, will have to navigate carefully to avoid becoming the repeated target of criticism and mockery.
If last night is an indicator, it is possible that TVA Sports, despite itself, is already fueling the next Bye Bye 25…a year in advance.
With its sometimes questionable editorial choices and its often tense atmosphere, the channel seems to be in a spiral where each decision – whether serious or not – is seen as a potential source of parody.
For viewers, this evening on TVA Sports is a reminder that beyond humorous sketches, television channels experience realities that are sometimes just as absurd.
Élizabeth Rancourt, who optimistically says she wants to inspire new content, seems determined to overcome the challenges.
But for now, one thing is certain: if TVA Sports wanted to ring in the New Year, it succeeded… even if it probably wasn’t the way they had planned.
So, to your laughter or your sighs, and see you next year to see the new sketch on TVA Sports at Bye Bye 2025.
At least the station makes you laugh. And always gets people talking.
Failing to have ratings, they have become the clowns of a province. Still, if you’re parodied in Bye Bye, that means you’re “BIG”.
Talk about it well, talk about it badly…but talk about it…
