Season 11

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*Rechercher une étoile* is a French-language Canadian TV show aimed to find new singing talent. The eleventh season, also known as ***Rechercher une étoile 2020***, started on 25 July and is the first season for which there is no studio audience due to the coronavirus pandemic in Canada.

## Auditions

Open casting auditions began on 13 May 2020 concluded five days later. This was done virtually, and the minimum age to audition is 16.

Summary of open auditions
 14 May 2020
 15 May 2020
 16 May 2020
 18 May 2020

After the open auditions, a number of candidates were called for a closed-door audition on 3 and 4 July 2020. 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 (July 25, 2020)**

Each contestant performed a cover song of their choice.

* **No theme**
* **Special guests:**
	+ Contestants from Rechercher une étoile 2019 - "La musique est mon amour"
	+ Contestants from Rechercher une étoile Junior 2020 - "Le monde vous appartient"
* End credits song: "There's Nothing Holding Me Back" by Shawn Mendes
* All 18 contestants tested negative upon arriving at the venue.
* Until further notice, there is no studio audience on the show as a precautionary measure due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, viewers at home can still vote for their favorite contestant during each episode via the *Rechercher une étoile* app. The special guest performances were prerecorded at the former contestants' hotel rooms as a Zoom session on 23 July 2020.

### **Niveau 1 (August 1, 2020)**

* **Theme:** L'année de ma naissance (Year I was born)
* **Group performance:** "Des étoiles pour briller"
* **Special guest:** Ademar Chéron - "Should've Known by Now"
* **End credits song:** "Je crois en mon destin" by Joël Legendre

### **Niveau 2 (August 8, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Le choix de chansons Twitter du Canada (Canada's Twitter song choice)
* **Group performance:** "Rêve ideal" (with altered lyric)
* **Special guest:** Eva Boisselot - "Predators"
* **End credits song:** "Recognize" by PartyNextDoor and Drake

### **Niveau 3 (August 15, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Numéro un singles (Number one singles)
* **Group performance:** "Truth Hurts" (with altered lyric)
* **Special guest:** Gustav Auvray - "Affections"
* **End credits song:** "Zora sourit" by Céline Dion

### **Niveau 4 (August 22, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Retours en arrière (Throwbacks)
* **Group performance:** "Dormir dehors"
* **Special guest:** Kadia DeBevoise - "Unrequited"
* **End credits song:** "What's Luv?" by Fat Joe, Ashanti, and Ja Rule

### **Niveau 5 (August 29, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Chansons d'août (August songs)
* **Group performance:** "I Want It All" (with altered lyric)
* **Special guest:** Octave Bourseiller - "Où que tu sois"
* **End credits song:** "Exile" by Taylor Swift and Bon Iver

### **Niveau 6 (September 5, 2020)**

* **Theme:** 1980's
* **Group performance:** "The Final Countdown"
* **End credits song:** "Runaway" by Bon Jovi

### **Niveau 7 (September 12, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Film spectaculaire (Movie spectacular)
* **Group performance:** "Être moi"
* **Special guest:** Gilles Faivre - "Tu ne sauras jamais"
* **End credits song:** "Into the Unknown" by Panic! at the Disco

### **Niveau 8 (September 19, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Classiques canadiens (Canadian classics)
* **Group performance:** "Méfiez-vous du grand amour"
* **Special guests:**
	+ Saloni Bux - "Eruption"
	+ Karine Robail - "You Took It All from Me"
* **End credits song:** "Bateau de papier" by Eva Boisselot
* For the first time, the fan favorite was saved by the staff.

### **Niveau 9 (September 26, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Le choix de la famille (Family's choice)
* **Group performance:** "Je ne veux pas la fin de nous"
* **Special guest:** Jeanette Rodier - "Bedfellow"
* **End credits song:** "Don't Call Me Up" by Mabel

### **Niveau 10 (October 3, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Ère de pandémie de coronavirus (COVID-19 era)
* **Group performance:** "Hero"
* **Special guest:** Lynnette Belshaw - "De quoi je suis fait"
* **End credits song:** "Past Life" by Trevor Daniel and Selena Gomez

### **Niveau 11 (October 10, 2020)**

* **Theme:** Tristes chansons de séparation (Sad breakup songs)
* **Group performance:** "Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer"
* **End credits song:** "Separate Ways" by Journey

### **Niveau 12 (October 17, 2020)**

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. Marc and Uma did not perform any duo songs.

* **Group performance:** "Lay All Your Love on Me"
* **End credits song:** "Saisir l'instant" by Kaori Akisada

### **Grand Finale (October 24, 2020)**

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 for the first time ever, 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)
		- Clovis - "La voix que j'ai"
		- Anne - "Don't Start Now"
		- Marc - "My Kinda Lover"
		- Emma - "Coupure électrique"
		- Edwige - "Am I the Same Girl?"
	+ "Le meilleur des deux" (Top 5)
	+ "Des étoiles pour briller" (all 16 contestants)

## Specials

### **Réveillon de Nouvel an (December 31, 2020)**

On December 31, 2020, a New Year's Eve special aired on Canal de triomphe.

* Group performance (all 16 contestants): "Des étoiles pour briller"

Contestants' performances on *Réveillon de Nouvel an*