From dark loser to brilliant winner! No, it was not God, but the 100% female jury who saved the queen and crowned drag queen Mona de Grenoble, high priestess of sequins for the third edition of Big Brother Celebrities on Novo.
This coronation of spring, announced by a Marie-Mai with the air of a little metallic mermaid, did not at all surprise the fans of the popular reality show from Noovo. The comedian Mona de Grenoble, Alexandre Aussant of his real name, completed his stay in the house-studio by winning almost all the challenges of the last two weeks.
The end of this self-proclaimed genius was super flamboyant, like his gala outfits, halfway between those of Michèle Richard at the time of Garden Party and a 1979 aunt who fell into a punch bowl. In cut glass, of course.
Also, Mona’s victory had been (semi) disclosed on Wednesday morning by ex-competitor Benoît Gagnon, who posted a compromising photo on Instagram, before removing it in a hurry. The snap, taken following the filming of the finale, showed all the players from the third season of Big Brother Celebrities with Mona de Grenoble in the middle, whistling champagne with the other finalist, comedian Liliane Blanco-Binette.
Never mind. Mona from Grenoble, my favorite of 2023, was a super entertaining, funny, endearing and irreverent participant. She was the one who injected the most fun into the episodes and her social contest was impressive. Moreover, all the members of the jury, except Jemmy Échaquan-Dubé (and the immutable popokatci), have dubbed her.
In the final stage, 28-year-old Mona de Grenoble faced her chaos sister Liliane Blanco-Binette, 25, who spent Sunday evening in tears, hyper-emotional as the ultimate ceremony approached. More withdrawn, Liliane was loyal and honest, but lacked leadership, always tortured before making a decision. She often refused to get wet and hid behind her allies, whom she used as shields.
Liliane would probably have had a better chance of winning by bringing comedian and rapper Coco Belliveau into the top 2, I think. The “naughty Acadian”, 31, betrayed, lied and revealed all the secrets imaginable, not always clean maneuvers that would have favored Liliane in the eyes of the jury.
As the peregrine falcon in the CAQ ad would say, skills games by Coco Belliveau have been insanebut his strategy proved sketch. She wasn’t enough quickeven if his performance was sick for 12 weeks.
Note that the last three candidates of Big Brother Celebrities have been part of all the most important alliances, namely the After-party, the Heart of the core and Pangea.
Succeeding Jean-Thomas Jobin and Stéphanie Harvey, Mona de Grenoble won the prize pool of $100,000, including $25,000 that she will donate to Interligne, a helpline for the LGBTQ+ community.
The sum of $25,000 donated by Mona is in addition to the $98,000 that Interligne collected recently to prevent the closing of its night assistance service, confirms the organization’s general manager, Pascal Vaillancourt.
A queen of the night giving a boost to a late-night listening line, that’s the magic power of drag combined with reality TV. A beautiful fairy tale that has not been disturbed by ignorant protesters.
In the 100% French-speaking semi-final of The voiceSophiemania continued with the landslide victory (71% of the vote) of Sophie Grenier, 17, who made short work of her rival Steffy Beyong, 23, who did not lack talent.
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Sophie Grenier
With her pure and crystalline timbre, Sophie Grenier, who will win the competition with her coach Mario Pelchat, it’s obvious, has been pulling everything since she took over the bird of René Simard at blind auditions. Sunday evening, his rereading of Let me dance by Dalida was part of the modern and refined current that Sophie Grenier has followed since the first episode.
Sorry folks, but none of the other three finalists are likely to beat Sophie Grenier next Sunday, Easter Day. She goes to the record contract without any opposition.
In Marc Dupré’s team, it is Adam El Mouna, 20, who will try to grab the title. Personally, I would have preferred Loïk Jolicoeur, 16, who shows more originality.
In the camp of Marjo, still absent due to COVID-19, viewers chose Christopher Therrien, 33. We will remember that Marjo (replaced by the dynamic France D’Amour) had preferred Nathaël Young to him last week.
As for Corneille, he will count on Jay, 24, to register a gain on the board, which will not happen.
For his penultimate episode, The voice also brought Belgium’s Axelle Red back into the spotlight. The pop singer performed the stunning piece I am waiting for you alone on stage, without competitors around her. It lacked duets at the Star Academylet’s put.
And it was perhaps not the idea of the century to graft Claude Cobra of Bleu Jeans Bleu to the number of Sensuality. The next generation would have benefited more from this good visibility.
