This is because our friend Dave-Éric Ouellet will host a new show in the spring called Gensses d’influencea perfect title for him, so much so that you can hear his voice when reading it.
For once, no need to subscribe to a platform, the eight half-hour series will be broadcast on ICI Télé as a premiere.
What is special is that this series of interviews with influential personalities will be filmed 60 meters above the ground, in a cabin on the Grande Roue de Montréal, located in the Old Port, with very discreet cameras. A way for the interviewer to create intimacy with his guests, without a camera crew nearby.
“I like the idea of behind closed doors. When the person forgets the microphone, that’s when it’s the most pleasant,” confides the man who writes a column every two weeks on the Coops de l’information sites.
If we identify him a lot with humor, MC has always been doing interviews, whether in Infoman for his topos, but also in 2 steameda series of capsules filmed at the time in a dinnerand in Paparagilleswhere he met his guests in a Winnebago — which led to some memorable encounters.
Needless to say that Gensses d’influence will not give rise to hot seateven if these conversations will not be banal or harmless. The host insists on going beyond the usual framework of celebrity interviews, precisely.
“We don’t worry, but we talk about real business. All questions are asked, as long as they are asked in a friendly manner. I am rarely confrontational, even if Everyone is talking about itmy job is to ask the questions that people are asking at home.”
The idea of filming the show in a Ferris wheel is not anecdotal or only for the splendid view of the city and the river.
“A lot of people made jokes about the Josélito train, but he understood something: people opened up to him and spoke with an open heart because he was Josélito. It’s not the same to be on a big stage with an audience as it is to be sitting alone with someone.”
— MC Gilles
One thing is certain, these interviews will not be used to discuss a show or a TV series. “It’s when we’re not on promotion that we have the most things to say,” MC likes to remind us.
For the moment, no guest names have been revealed, but I can very well imagine a Valérie Plante or a Bruno Marchand participating.
“We try to reach out to all generations. Since it was announced, I have already received messages from people who want to participate.
The day after the American election, it is impossible not to mention the victory of Donald Trump, which stunned many on Wednesday morning.
From this harsh awakening among the Democrats, MC Gilles believes that lessons will have to be learned.
“The message of this election is that ordinary mortals do not like the system andestablishmenthe’s fed up, for good and bad reasons, and we don’t listen to him.”
— MC Gilles
“No matter how much you bring out Taylor Swift, if you don’t talk to the world and their issues, you’re going to lose,” continues the man who prefers to understand humans before judging them.
It is not because he was fired by 98.5 and made the headlines for several days in the spring that MC Gilles considers that he has had a difficult year.
“What everyone considers to be a great catastrophe, for me, humanly, it was good. I never thought I would receive so many positive messages from people, to be told that they miss me since I left. It’s quite flattering.”
Although he is heard occasionally on the microphone of ICI Première, he does not expect to return to the radio daily soon, as he did for three years.
Unlike Dany Turcotte, who experienced the quantity of hateful comments very badly when he was mad at the king at Everyone is talking about itMC Gilles simply prefers to ignore them.
“I’m going to quote Boucar Diouf, who said: “Social networks, don’t read that.” When it concerns you, at least. It’s the way to protect myself and it’s the thing I gave Dany at the time. If I had given in to these criticisms, I would have stopped.”
Concerning the recent release of Dany Turcotte, he says he is judge and jury and aware that his experience Everyone is talking about it cannot compare to the 17 years of the former jester.
“I listened to both sides and I think everyone did the best they could under the circumstances. That said, I find that the plateau of Everyone is talking about it is one of the easiest and fun places to work. If I ever release a biography, there will be no chapters on TLMEP!»
TRUMP ELECTION: HERE RDI IN THE LEAD
Several of us went to bed very late on Tuesday. Where did Francophones follow the results of the American election in greater numbers?
ICI RDI, where Patrice Roy spent nine hours on the air, had a good lead with an average of 265,000 viewers, compared to 208,000 for LCN, from 6 p.m. to midnight.
On the general channels, which only began electoral coverage at 10 p.m., 174,000 watched the TVA special program (average from 10 p.m. to midnight) and 96,000 watched that of ICI Télé (average from 10 p.m. to midnight). 2 h) – I don’t have the equivalent unfortunately.
On Noovo, 70,000 watched The 10 p.m. debaters while 81,000 saw the second half hour at 10:30 p.m.
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