# Qui sait chanter?

Qui sait chanter? (English: Who can sing?) is a Canadian French-language television mystery music game show series based on the South Korean program I Can See Your Voice, in the province of Quebec. It premiered on Noovo on 13 September 2021, and has aired for two seasons.

## Gameplay
### Format

Presented with a group of six "mystery singers", a guest artist and a contestant must attempt to eliminate bad singers from the group without ever hearing them sing, assisted by clues and a celebrity panel over the course of several rounds. At the end of a game, the last remaining mystery singer is revealed as either good or bad by means of a duet between them and one of the guest artists.
The contestant must eliminate one mystery singer at the end of each round, receiving a petty cash if they eliminate a bad singer. At the end of a game, if the contestant decides to walk away, they will keep the money had won in previous rounds; if they decide to risk for the last remaining mystery singer, they win CA$25,000 if a singer is good, or lose their all winnings if a singer is bad.

### Rounds
#### Lip sync rounds

Each mystery singer performs a lip sync to a song; good singers mime to a recording of their own, while bad singers mime to a recording by someone else. At the conclusion of performances, the contestant eliminates one mystery singer from each group.
* Playback (French: Relecture)
** s1: Divided into two groups of three mystery singers, each of them have to perform a lip sync of their own.
** s2: A pair of mystery singers perform a lip sync of their own through a showdown.

#### Evidence round

* Access code (French: Code d'accès)
    s1–2: The guest artist and contestant are presented with a video package containing possible clues by one of the mystery singers.

#### Rehearsal round

* Secret studio (French: Studio secret)
    s1: The guest artist and contestant are presented with video from a recording session by one of the mystery singers, but pitch-shifted to obscure their actual vocals.

#### Interrogation round

* Interrogation (French: Interrogatoire)
    s2: The guest artist and contestant may ask questions to the remaining mystery singers. Good singers are required to give truthful responses, while the bad singers must lie.

## Background
### Production and development

Bell Media formally acquired the rights to produce a local adaptation of I Can See Your Voice in Canada (catering the province of Quebec) in March 2021, including with production duties assigned by Productions J and ToRoS.

### Filming

Filming of the show took place at various locations, such as Place Bell in Laval and Scène Éthique in Varennes.

## Broadcast history

Qui sait chanter? debuted on 13 September 2021. During its first season airings, the series was already renewed for a second season, with regular episodes began airing on 19 September 2022.

### Special episodes

In the second season, Paul Daraîche [fr] played in the Wild West special that premiered on 12 September 2022, followed by Rita Baga in a Halloween special on 31 October 2022, and Marc Hervieux [fr] in a holiday special that concluded on 12 December 2022.

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Good singers | Bad singers |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Good singers | Bad singers |
| 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) | 13 December 2021 (2021-12-13) | 9 | 4 |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | 19 September 2022 (2022-09-19) | 5 December 2022 (2022-12-05) | 8 | 2 |
| Sp | 3 | 3 | 12 September 2022 (2022-09-12) | 12 December 2022 (2022-12-12) | 2 | 1 |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2021)

List of season 1 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant | Original release date | CAN-QC viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | Annie Villeneuve | 1 | Mounya Iklid | 13 September 2021 (2021-09-13) | 0.589 |
| 2 | 2 | Marie-Mai | 2 | Marc-André Rioux | 27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) | NR |
| 3 | 3 | Corneille | 3 | Robine-Claudia Joseph | 4 October 2021 (2021-10-04) | NR |
| 4 | 4 | Claude Cobra (Bleu Jeans Bleu) | 4 | Éliane Morin-Côté | 11 October 2021 (2021-10-11) | 0.649 |
| 5 | 5 | 2Frères | 5 | Mickael Grondin | 18 October 2021 (2021-10-18) | NR |
| 6 | 6 | Martine St. Clair | 6 | Johanne Belot | 25 October 2021 (2021-10-25) | NR |
| 7 | 7 | Ludovick Bourgeois | 7 | Alexandra Gauthier | 1 November 2021 (2021-11-01) | NR |
| 8 | 8 | Brigitte Boisjoli [fr] | 8 | Robert Applyrs | 8 November 2021 (2021-11-08) | NR |
| 9 | 9 | Damien Robitaille | 9 | Stéphanie Caron | 15 November 2021 (2021-11-15) | NR |
| 10 | 10 | Alicia Moffet | 10 | Exaucé Luyengi | 22 November 2021 (2021-11-22) | NR |
| 11 | 11 | Guylaine Tanguay [fr] | 11 | Marie-Claude Audet | 29 November 2021 (2021-11-29) | NR |
| 12 | 12 | Roxane Bruneau | 12 | Marc-André Savard | 6 December 2021 (2021-12-06) | 0.559 |
| 13 | 13 | Maxime Landry [fr] | 13 | Annie Fréchette | 13 December 2021 (2021-12-13) | 0.614 |

### Season 2 (2022)

List of season 2 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | Andréanne A. Malette [fr] | 15 | Jude César | 19 September 2022 (2022-09-19) |
| 15 | 2 | France D'Amour | 16 | Guylaine Tremblay | 26 September 2022 (2022-09-26) |
| 16 | 3 | Jean-François Breau | 17 | Ariane-Hébert Métellus | 10 October 2022 (2022-10-10) |
| 17 | 4 | FouKi | 18 | Julie Ranger | 17 October 2022 (2022-10-17) |
| 18 | 5 | Johanne Blouin | 19 | Alexandre des Roches | 24 October 2022 (2022-10-24) |
| 19 | 6 | William Cloutier | 21 | Laurie Lambert | 7 November 2022 (2022-11-07) |
| 20 | 7 | Roxane Bruneau | — | Nate Bolduc | 14 November 2022 (2022-11-14) |
| 21 | 8 | Marc Déry | 22 | Marko Estrada | 21 November 2022 (2022-11-21) |
| 22 | 9 | Marjo | 23 | Andréanne Ouellet-Gagnon | 28 November 2022 (2022-11-28) |
| 23 | 10 | Boom Desjardins | 24 | Farah Jacques | 5 December 2022 (2022-12-05) |

### Specials

List of special episodes :
| No. | Title | Guest artist(s) | Player order | Contestant | Original release date |
| 1 | "Wild West special" | Paul Daraîche [fr] | 14 | Jacques LaBerge | 12 September 2022 (2022-09-12) |
| 2 | "Halloween special" | Rita Baga | 20 | Marianne LaRose-Galarneau | 31 October 2022 (2022-10-31) |
| 3 | "Holiday special" | Marc Hervieux [fr] | 25 | Sylvain Vigneau | 12 December 2022 (2022-12-12) |

## Accolades

| Event | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| Prix Gémeaux | 2022 | Best Game Show | Qui sait chanter? | Nominated |
| Prix Gémeaux | 2022 | Best Direction | Benoit Giguère, Stéphane Laporte, and David Quintin | Won |
| Prix Gémeaux | 2022 | Best Program Host | Phil Roy | Nominated |
| Prix Gémeaux | 2023 | Best Direction | Benoit Giguère, Stéphane Laporte, and David Quintin | Nominated |