Season 8

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*Rechercher une étoile* is a French-language Canadian TV show aimed to find new singing talent. The eighth season, also known as ***Rechercher une étoile 2017***, started on 2 September and was hosted by ???.

## Auditions

Open casting auditions began on 14 June 2017 in (insert starting location here) and concluded on 18 July in (insert ending location here). The minimum age to audition was 16.

Summary of open auditions

After the open auditions, 77 candidates were called for a closed-door audition on 12 and 13 August 2017. 18 candidates advanced to the introduction live show or *Niveau*, where the 16 official contestants who entered the *École d'étoiles* were selected.

## Summary

### **Épisode d'introduction (September 2, 2017)**

* **No theme**
* **Special guests:** Contestants from Rechercher une étoile 2016 - "Si tu le crois"
* **End credits song:** "Confident" by Demi Lovato

### **Niveau 1 (September 9, 2017)**

* **Theme:** L'année de ma naissance (Year I was born)
* **Group performance:** "Où je suis"
* **End credits song:** "Good Time" by Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen

### **Niveau 2 (September 16, 2017)**

* **Theme:** Plaisir coupable (Guilty pleasures)
* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Niveau 3 (September 23, 2017)**

* **Theme:** Classiques canadiens (Canadian classics)
* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Niveau 4 (September 30, 2017)**

* **Theme:** Chansons de septembre (September songs)
* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Niveau 5 (October 7, 2017)**

* **Theme:** Disney
* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Niveau 6 (October 14, 2017)**

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

### **Niveau 7 (October 21, 2017)**

* **Theme:** Broadway (accompanied by Orchestre Symphonique de Québec)
* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Niveau 8 (October 28, 2017)**

* **Theme:** Nuit d'effroi (Fright night)
* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Niveau 9 (November 4, 2017)**

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

### **Niveau 10 (November 11, 2017)**

* **Theme:** Jeanne Mas
* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Niveau 11 (November 18, 2017)**

* **Theme:** Disco
* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Niveau 12 (November 25, 2017)**

Niveau 12 was 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. Yvan and Karidja didn't perform any duo songs.

* **Group performance:**
* **Special guest:**
* **End credits song:**

### **Grand Finale (December 2, 2017)**

In the final, the winner of the season was decided by public vote. Each finalist performed 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, and the three remaining finalists performed the song they had sung on *Épisode d'introduction*.

* **Group performances:**
	+ "Laisse-moi essayer" (Top 5 with Anne Halphen)
	+ "Où je suis" (all 16 contestants)
* **Special guest:** Sasha Sharp featuring Barley QC - "Furtive Tears"

## Specials

### **Réveillon de Nouvel an (December 31, 2017)**

On December 31, 2017, a New Year's Eve special aired on Canal de triomphe, for which the 16 official contestants from season 8 performed with the contestants from the previous season.

* **Group performance (all 16 contestants):** "Où je suis"
* **End credits song:** "The Party's Just Begun" by The Cheetah Girls

Contestants' performances on *Réveillon de Nouvel an*
 Nicolas
 Raphael
 Lynn
 Maëlys

## Controversy

The introduction episode sparked controversy when the audience booed Estelle Floquet before she began to sing "Quando m'en vo'" from Giacomo Puccini's opera *La bohème*. The audience once again booed Floquet after her performance was finished. This get the other 17 contestants worried. Some even voiced their confusion on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Floquet was eventually eliminated from the indroduction episode along with Vincent LaFromboise who sang "Ça plane pour moi" by Plastic Bertrand.