Season 12

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*Rechercher une étoile* is a French-language Canadian TV show aimed to find new singing talent. The twelfth season, also known as ***Rechercher une étoile 2021***, started on September 4th.

## Auditions

Open casting auditions began on June 20, 2021 in Montreal and concluded on July 17 in Laval. The minimum age to audition was 16.

After the open auditions, a number of candidates were called for a closed-door audition on August 6th and 7th, 2021. 18 candidates advanced to the introduction live show or *Niveau*, where the 16 official contestants who enter the *École d'étoiles* were selected.

## Summary

### **Épisode d'introduction (September 4, 2021)**

* **No theme**
* **Special guests:**
	+ Contestants from Rechercher une étoile 2020 - "Des étoiles pour briller"
	+ Contestants from Rechercher une étoile Junior 2021 - "Se joindre à!"
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 1 (September 11, 2021)**

* **Theme:** L'année de ma naissance (Year I was born)
* **Group performance:** "Chantons ensemble"
* **Special guest:** Brenda Chrétien and Milan Prudhomme - "Amitié éternelle"
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 2 (September 18, 2021)**

* **Theme:** Coincé dans ma tête (Stuck in my head)
* **Group performance:** "Butter"
* **Special guests:**
	+ Hayley Groshev - "Amour inconditionnel"
	+ Carly Voinov - "Humble Life"
* **End credits song:** TBA

° Indicates that Laura sang Sheryl Crow's version of "The First Cut Is the Deepest".
### **Niveau 3 (September 25, 2021)**

* **Theme:** James Bond
* **Group performance:** "Une chanson d'amour"
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 4 (October 2, 2021)**

* **Theme:** L'invasion britannique (British invasion)
* **Group performance:** "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** "Starman" by David Bowie

### **Niveau 5 (October 9, 2021)**

* **Theme:** Exprimez-vous (Express yourself)
* **Group performance:** TBA
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 6 (October 16, 2021)**

* **Theme:** Mon enfance (My childhood)
* **Group performance:** TBA
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 7 (October 23, 2021)**

* **Theme:** Amour et chagrin (Love and heartbreak)
* **Group performance:** TBA
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 8 (October 30, 2021)**

* **Theme:** Frida Boccara tribute
* **Group performance:** "Un jour, un enfant"
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 9 (November 6, 2021)**

* **Theme:** Le choix de chansons Twitter du Canada (Canada's Twitter song choice)
* **Group performance:** TBA
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 10 (November 13, 2021)**

* **Theme:** Le choix du jury (The jury's choice)
* **Group performance:** TBA
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 11 (November 20, 2021)**

* **Theme:** 1980's
* **Group performance:** TBA
* **Special guests:** TBA
* **End credits song:** TBA

### **Niveau 12 (November 27, 2021)**

Niveau 12 is different from other Niveau's in the season. Each contestant performed a cover song of their choice as solo, then a duo cover of another popular song. Aglaé and Jasper did not perform any duo songs.

* **Group performance:** TBA

### **Grand Finale (December 4, 2021)**

In the final, the winner of the season is decided by public vote. Each finalist perform an original song, and after that, the first round of voting ended. The two finalists with the fewest votes were eliminated. A second round of voting began to determine the winner of the season, for which the three remaining finalists performed a hit song that was never sung in previous episodes.

* **Group performances:**
	+ Medley of *Épisode d'introduction* songs (Top 5)
		- Léon - "You Will Be Okay"
		- Antoinette - "Reviens pour l'hiver"
		- Jasper - "Rien ne me changera"
		- Rébecca - "Fake Love"
		- Laura - "Love Me, Please Love Me"
	+ "La fin du monde à tous les jours" (Top 5)
	+ "Chantons ensemble" (all 16 contestants)

## Specials

### **Réveillon de Nouvel an (December 31, 2021)**

On December 31, 2021, a New Year's Eve special aired on Canal de triomphe. The auditorium was empty due to the Omicron variant.

* Group performance (all 16 contestants): "Chantons ensemble"

Contestants' performances on *Réveillon de Nouvel an*