Émily Bégin and Marie-Élaine Thibert spoke enthusiastically about the reunion of the first year of Star Academy When the question “What would your life be without the show?” plunged the season one finalist into fascinating introspection.
His conclusion? Due to his introverted character, his music career would have started later.
“I am stubborn in life, but I lacked the personality for it. Maybe I would have left 20 years later,” admitted Marie-Élaine Thibert in an interview with Le Journal.
At her side, Émily Bégin suggested she could have done La Voix instead.
One thing is certain, added Marie-Élaine Thibert, Star Académie has brought him out of his shell. “For this show we always had to be in front of the camera and do a thousand interviews every Sunday. It forced me to become more outgoing, to be better at interviews, and to not just answer “yes” or “no.”
Anecdotes
Twenty years later, the two singers will reunite with Wilfred, Marie-Mai, Annie, Suzie and all the participants of the first Star Académie, including Stéphane de Normétal, for two shows at the Bell Center and Videotron Center 19 on January 12th and 20th , a production entitled And it's not over.
This idea of reuniting on stage was born during the pandemic in a messenger group that brought everyone together and that all fans of the famous reality TV will surely want to spy on.
“No, we won't show you,” said Émily Bégin with a smile, dashing all our hopes of collecting lots of tasty anecdotes by going through the group in question, in which there were some bad and bad things to say gave. Blackberries, words of the singer.
“Sometimes Tabarouette is funny. We are truly brothers and sisters, we will become children again. We say stupid things to each other like we did back then. I often joke that it’s almost better if our boyfriends and girlfriends aren’t there when we get together because they don’t know what we’re talking about.”
However, even in an interview, the two singers cannot help but evoke memories, such as the time after the second gala, when the academics had to eliminate one of their own musicians in front of all of Quebec, where the famous Stéphane had stolen a box of wine before he leaves Mel's studios.
“We had a drink on the bus and when we got to the academy we were a bit tipsy. I think it was due to stress and emotions,” says Émily Bégin.
classic
The ex-academics assure that there will also be emotions on January 12th and 19th. Also nostalgia, which will be reflected in the musical selection of this show directed by Joël Legendre.
“I want to be part of the gang,” says Marie-Élaine Thibert, “I want to sing about memories and not promote something new.”
“People want to hear the good old classics from 2003,” explains Émily Bégin. They want the songs from the album, which has sold almost 700,000 copies. There are essentials and also new songs, but they are current and fit the show and the artist.