The ADISQ Gala is a bit like your family celebrations. There are cousins who fight, monocles who crack awkward jokes, and mothers-in-law who go overboard with makeup.
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However, the most beautiful memories are often built on these complaints.
Here are four moments from the ADISQ Gala that will still get you talking.
“I can’t accept this trophy” – Celine Dion
Celine Dion’s performance at the 1990 ADISQ Gala has become a classic on Quebec television.
Charlemagne’s diva, who won the award for English-language artist of the year for the album Unison, her first in the language of Shakespeare, had rejected her trophy live on television.
“I’m proud to tell the whole world that I’m Quebecer,” the 22-year-old singer said at the time.
The following year, ADISQ changed the name of the category to “Québec Artist Most Excelled in a Language Other Than French”.
Isabelle Boulay’s lesson in humility
Isabelle Boulay had a remarkable performance at the Gala de l’ADISQ in 2005. The one who won the Most Famous Quebec Artist Outside of Quebec award received several thanks before accepting her Félix on stage.
Corneille, who was also nominated in the category, took the opportunity to kiss him.
It was only on stage that she noticed that she had a make-up stain on her nose. It was the laughter of the spectators that stuck the flea in his ear.
“This is a great lesson in humility,” she said after Corneille cleaned her face.
Guy A. Lepage launches a Félix and insults Richard Desjardins
Audiences love Guy A. Lepage’s frankness. However, that honesty plunged him into controversy in 2004 when he was hosting the Gala de l’ADISQ.
Singer-songwriter Richard Desjardins had received three awards, namely Best Show, Best Popular Album and Songwriter of the Year for his album Kanasuta. However, the latter was conspicuous by his absence because he was trapped in the Gaspé.
In a gesture of frustration, Guy A. Lepage threw one of these trophies backstage.
“Ben Richard, I will take care of this trophy the same way you would,” he said.
In the days that followed, the poet-singer responded by offering to intervene live at the gala via satellite. He would then have been told that no camera was available.
Guy A. Lepage later apologized. This will be his last animation of this gala.
the deepthroat by Hubert Lenoir
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Hubert Lenoir knows how to get the audience to react. Such was his performance at the ADISQ Gala 2018, where he won the Félix for Reveal of the Year and Pop Song of the Year.
The latter then shoved one of his trophies down his throat in response to a joke made by host Louis-José Houde about their safety.
However, the terrible child of Quebec music had not stopped playing with his trophies: he used one of his Félix won on November 3 to drink with friends.