Season 9

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*Rechercher une étoile* is a French-language Canadian TV show aimed to find new singing talent. The ninth season, also known as ***Rechercher une étoile 2018***, started on September 8 and was hosted by ???.

## Auditions

Open casting auditions began on June 18, 2018 in (insert starting location here) and concluded on July 10 in (insert ending location here). The minimum age to audition was 16.

Summary of open auditions

After the open auditions, 85 candidates were called for a closed-door audition from August 28 to 30, 2018. 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 8, 2018)**

* **No theme**
* **Special guests:** Contestants from Rechercher une étoile 2017 - "Où je suis"
* **End credits song:** "I'm Like a Bird" by Nelly Furtado

### **Niveau 1 (September 15, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Chansons dans les films de l'année de ma naissance (Songs from movies released the year I was born)
* **Group performance:** "C'est l'été"
* **Special guest:** Kaori Akisada - "Saisir l'instant"
* **End credits song:** "Good Life" by OneRepublic

### **Niveau 2 (September 22, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Exprimez-vous (Express yourself)
* **Group performance:** "This Is Me"
* **Special guest:** Ivo Doumbe - "Une fois que"
* **End credits song:** "You Raise Me Up" by Josh Groban
* Loup sang an English version of "Aisubeki Mirai e"; he wrote these new English lyrics some months beforehand despite learning Japanese at the time.

### **Niveau 3 (September 29, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Broadway (accompanied by Orchestre Symphonique de Québec)
* **Group performance:** "I Am What I Am"
* **Special guest:** Eva Boisselot - "Parce que je peux" (French Agnez Mo cover)
* **End credits song:** "Anything But Lonely" by Sarah Brightman

### **Niveau 4 (October 6, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Plaisir coupable (Guilty pleasures)
* **Group performance:** "Seasons of Love"
* **End credits song:** "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey

### **Niveau 5 (October 13, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Disney
* **Group performance:** "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes"
* **Special guest:** Claudine Jalbert and Ghislain Husson - "Tous les jours"
* **End credits song:** "Le renouveau" by Véronique Claveau and Anaïs Delva

### **Niveau 6 (October 20, 2018)**

* **Theme:** 1960's
* **Group performance:** "Remonter le temps"
* **End credits song:** "Think" by Aretha Franklin

### **Niveau 7 (October 27, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Johnny Hallyday tribute
* **Group performance:** "J'en parlerai au diable"
* **Guest judge:** Franck Bethune
* **End credits song:** "Elle m'oublie" by Johnny Hallyday

### **Niveau 8 (November 3, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Chansons de rupture tristes (Sad breakup songs)
* **Group performance:** "Chassez le blues"
* **Special guest:** Patricia Bertillon - "Faded Memories"
* **End credits song:** "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri

### **Niveau 9 (November 10, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Ella Fitzgerald
* **Group performance:** "It Don't Mean a Thing"
* **Guest judges:** Fanny de Saint-Pierre and Anne Halphen
* **End credits song:** "Mon amie la rose" by Françoise Hardy

### **Niveau 10 (November 17, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Numéro un singles (Number ones)
* **Group performance:** "Viva la Vida" (all 16 contestants)
* **End credits song:** "Perfect" by P!nk

### **Niveau 11 (November 24, 2018)**

* **Theme:** Des chansons que vous ne croirez pas avoir 20 ans (Songs you won't believe are turning 20)
* **Group performance:** "Fête toute la nuit"
* **Guest judge:** Delphine Besson
* **End credits song:** "The Cup of Life" by Ricky Martin

### **Niveau 12 (December 1, 2018)**

Niveau 12 was different from other Niveau's in the season. Each contestant performed a cover song of their choice as solo, then a trio cover of another popular song.

* **Group performance:** "#ShineBright"
* **Special guests:**
	+ Kara J. Filotti - "Fuori dai limiti"
	+ Jérémy Asselin - "All at Once"
* **Guest judge:** Delphine Besson
* **End credits song:** "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John

### **Grand Finale (8 December 2018)**

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:**
	+ "Set It Off"
	+ "C'est l'été" (all 16 contestants)
* **Special guests:**
	+ Ernie Auclair - "Come and Go (All the Time)"
	+ Kaori Akisada, Delphine Besson, and Adolf Charroin - "Shake a Tail Feather"
* **Guest judge:** Saloni Bux

## Specials

### **Réveillon de Nouvel an (31 December 2018)**

On 31 December 2018, a New Year's Eve special aired on Canal de triomphe, for which the Top 5 performed with notable contestants from seasons 6 to 8.

* **Group performance:** "C'est l'été" (all 16 contestants)
* **End credits song:** "New Year's Day" by Taylor Swift

Contestants' performances on *Réveillon de Nouvel an*
 Félicien
 Aurore
 Marceline
 Loup