Star Academywhich is a very big machine, is back on the small screen this Sunday with its traditional Sunday variety, a TV event which is equivalent, in fact, to producing the equivalent of 12 galas in as many weeks.
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To meet this demanding challenge, but oh so stimulating for the artists in front of the camera and the artisans who work behind the scenes, we need dedicated and very keen teams at Productions Déferlantes, Quebecor Content and TVA.
The “Star Académie” team presented the new decor of the large variety last Monday.
Photo Joël Lemay Agence QMI
Here are some figures demonstrating the scale of this production dedicated to the next generation of local musicians:
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The 2025 edition is the eighth to be broadcast on TVA. The first version was proposed in 2003, followed by the cohorts of 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2021 and 2022.
The big winner of the first edition, Wilfred LeBouthillier, with Garou, during the final variety of the 2003 season. Garou is today director of the Academy.
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Ten cameras connected by optical fiber, including five cameras on tripods and two portable cameras, allow Star Académie faithful to not miss anything during the big set.
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Fourteen candidates will enter the Academy, while four singers will already have to return home at the end of the first variety.
Here are the 18 aspiring Academicians who will participate in the first variety of the 2025 edition of Star Académie, on Sunday January 19, from 7 p.m., on TVA.
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Nine girls and nine boys aged 16 to 26 will be on the starting blocks this Sunday, live.
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This is the number of 53-foot semi-trailers that were used to transport all the equipment necessary for the wide variety television broadcast.
Photo Agence QMI, JOEL LEMAY
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Twenty-three technical suppliers, all from Quebec, support the teams from Productions Déferlantes, Quebecor Content and TVA.
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Two dozen tradespeople work hard to offer us the best show possible every Sunday, including costume designers and stylists, technicians, lighting designers, set designers and sound specialists.
Music teacher Pierre Lapointe, dance and sports teacher Émily Bégin, host Jean-Philippe Dion, singing teacher Véronic DiCaire and the director of the Académie Garou take a break on Monday, January 13 during a press conference at the Mels studios in Longueuil.
Photo Joël Lemay/Agence QMI
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It takes up to 29 days to assemble the immense set at the Mels studios in Longueuil. Speaking of decor, it has been completely revamped for the 2025 edition, which is hosted by Jean-Philippe Dion.
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More than 60 wireless microphones are needed, not to mention nearly 50 speakers and nearly 200 console inputs, all in optical fiber, for the sound system on stage.
The entire Star Académie creative team with the president and CEO of Quebecor, Pierre Karl Péladeau, who can be recognized on the left of the photo.
Photo Agence QMI, JOEL LEMAY
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To communicate with each other, technicians and other workers on set have 70 walkie-talkies, in addition to around fifty state-of-the-art Bolero wireless communication stations.
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In total, 250 people work on the show, including post-production.
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Nearly 700 Quebecers can attend each variety in the studio. We even added a mezzanine, which completes the stands. Spectators will also be seated on the floor or in a pit near the musicians.
Maxime Bissonnette-Théorêt and Jill Niquet-Joyal share the task of producing the big Sunday variety.
Photo Agence QMI, JOEL LEMAY
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Nearly 800 video tiles make up the variety’s decor.
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To properly illuminate the stage, we use nearly 800 lighting fixtures.
Photo Joël Lemay Agence QMI
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The stage is 6,800 square feet, including backstage and proscenium.
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Area of the new Academy, which is located in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district, in Montreal.
See you this Sunday as well as during the week for the daily
- Visit the section of Star Academy on the sites of Montreal Journal a you Quebec Journal pso you don’t miss anything about the popular musical competition.
- In addition to the Sunday variety, Star Academy is the subject of a daily broadcast on TVA from 7:30 p.m., Monday to Thursday, starting January 20.
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