Journalist Marie-Ève Bédard, live from Amman, Jordan, opened the evening with an update on the war in Israel.
The TLMEP team contacted the journalist earlier in the evening, who is still in Jordan and unable to travel to Israel due to the fighting and the cancellation of flights to Tel Aviv.
The Radio-Canada correspondent gave a very accurate picture of the situation while we were still waiting for the exact number of victims of the very sophisticated attack by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Israeli territory.
And it’s not over yet…
After this rather somber moment, Guy A. Lepage played the nostalgia card – or should it reflect the 20th anniversary of his show – by inviting members of the Star Académie’s first cohort.
Twenty years after that first experience, Marie-Élaine Thibert, Wilfred LeBouthillier, Suzie Villeneuve, Émily Bégin, François Babin and Stéphane Mercier will soon return to the stage.
It was Suzie Villeneuve who gave life to the idea of this return, bringing together those who first sparked this craze for reality TV in Quebec. We remember that Star Académie averaged more than 2.4 million viewers.
“Twenty years later, people still recognize us, they are happy to see us,” said François Babin, visibly proud.
For Marie-Élaine Thibert the adventure was more difficult than for her comrades. “I was looking for little places to cry,” she said.
A moving moment when we saw Wilfred Lebouthillier back on the TLMEP set during the release of his first album. We heard him talk about his passion for lobster fishing and the difficult decision to pursue a career in music.
The academics will return to the stage next January in Montreal and Quebec.
The PQ lives in Quebec again
Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and new PQ MP for Jean-Talon Pascal Paradis took their seats at the TLMEP counter.
With this victory in the Quebec region, the PQ now has four representatives in the National Assembly, “just enough for a family of four in St-Hubert,” said Guy A.
Representative Paradis reflected on his very convincing victory by saying that he felt an energy in the days leading up to the election.
When asked by the host whether the PQ won or whether the CAQ lost, the PQ leader simply replied: “a little bit of both”.
“We will continue to rise because we are what we are,” continued Head of State St-Pierre Plamondon, who presented his political option very convincingly.
Criminal family
Life with a criminal isn’t rosy every day. In the series Family of Criminals, presenter Annie-Soleil Proteau and investigative journalist Félix Séguin intervene in the lives of criminals through their families.
Annie-Soleil stated that she lived in a family where several members were highly criminal, which allowed her to gain the trust of the relatives of the criminals we see in the series. “I took a risk by hosting this series. There’s a risk that people won’t like me anymore, she admits. I’m glad that’s not the case. »
She and her colleague wanted to get a fair look at the families they met on Vrai for this new series.
“We were very careful never to glorify the criminal world,” explains Annie-Soleil. We watched the series with family members and everyone told us they found it hard, but most of all, therapeutic. How good it felt to finally be able to speak without feeling judged because they are not guilty by association. »
public holidays
Philippe Katerine, lead actor in the film “Travels in Italy”, came to defend his film. The actor said he took part in a shoot in complete sobriety, without makeup and with only two actors and five technicians.
Co-host Marie-Lyne Joncas praised the film, calling it a “documentary” because she found the game’s realism so confusing.
The bird is best known for his work as a singer-songwriter, but also in the cinema. We saw him in Le Grand Bain or in the role of Assurancetourix in the last Asterix film.
Pinkydoll
We delved into the world of Pinkydoll, a TikTok sensation who has been making waves since last July.
The 27-year-old Montrealer sits in front of her phone and reacts to the digital “gifts” that users send her, which scroll across the screen in the form of emoticons. With each icon she speaks a sentence like a doll.
Fedha Autre is inspired by the NPC (non-player character) trend, which are video game characters that cannot be controlled and are scripted. It receives hundreds of thousands of views per day.
“I do three live shows a day and can earn up to $7,000 per live,” she explains.
Despite the character’s popular and financial success – and her rumored relationship with Elon Musk – we can’t say she impressed the columnist. A curiosity at best.
In celebration of TLMEP’s 20th anniversary, the evening ended with a journey back in time, when Philippe Katerine was on the same set in 2010, surrounded by Robert Charlebois and Guy Lafleur.
We really liked the wink.