Jeanick Fournier
Jeanick Fournier is a Canadian singer from Saguenay, Quebec, most noted as the winner of the second season of Canada's Got Talent.[1]
Fournier, who works as a palliative care attendant in Saguenay and is the adoptive mother of two children with Down syndrome,[2] grew up in the small town of Dolbeau-Mistassini and later moved to the Saguenay borough of Chicoutimi in adulthood.[3] She has performed in Quebec for a number of years, most notably in a Céline Dion tribute show.[4]
In 2012, Jeanick Fournier was approached to participate in the french show's second season The Voice: la plus belle voix. She has been on tour since 2006 with a show entirely devoted to Celine Dion. Fournier is directly selected to be one of the 140 finalists.[5][6] Having revealed her selection to the press, her audition was canceled the next day.[7]
In 2019, she also launched Cinq divas, a show in which her Dion repertoire was supplemented with songs by Ginette Reno, Lara Fabian, Whitney Houston and Lady Gaga.[8] She released the album Mes coups de cœur, a collection of covers of some of her favourite songs which included one original song written by Fournier and Véronique Gagné, in 2015.[9]
In her first Canada's Got Talent appearance, she auditioned with Dion's "I Surrender", and was given the golden buzzer by host Lindsay Ell.[10] On her first day back at her job in palliative care after the appearance, she sang Dion's "S'il suffisait d'aimer" for one of her patients, attracting additional media attention when the patient's daughter uploaded a video of the performance to social media;[11] a few days later, her first musical performance since the television appearance, at the Calypso club in the Saguenay borough of Jonquière, attracted a record audience, with fully 40 per cent of the patrons indicating that they had bought tickets to the show after seeing her Canada's Got Talent performance.[12]
In the semifinals she performed the song "Never Enough" from the film The Greatest Showman,[13] and in the finale she performed Queen's "The Show Must Go On".[3] She was announced the final winner, over dance troupe The Renegades in third place and singer-songwriter Kellie Loder in second place.[3]
References
- ^ Murtz Jaffer, "Meet ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ winner Jeanick Fournier". Toronto Star, May 19, 2022.
- ^ "Jeanick Fournier: un cœur et une voix en or". TVA Nouvelles, April 14, 2022.
- ^ a b c Pascal Girard, "Jeanick Fournier remporte Canada’s Got Talent". Ici Radio-Canada, May 17, 2022.
- ^ Daniel Côté, "Jeanick Fournier retourne à La Saguenéenne". Le Quotidien, April 28, 2018.
- ^ "Une Saguenéenne participe à l'émission en France". Canoe.com, November 16, 2012.
- ^ "Jeanick Fournier : De Céline à The Voice". Le Journal de Québec, November 17, 2012.
- ^ « Une chanteuse trop bavarde virée de The Voice ». 7SUR7.be, November 23, 2012.
- ^ Daniel Côté, "Un nouveau spectacle pour Jeanick Fournier". Le Quotidien, December 6, 2019.
- ^ "Jeanick Fournier lance Mes coups de coeur". Nouvelles Hebdo, May 7, 2015.
- ^ Jamie Samhan, "‘Canada’s Got Talent’: Golden Buzzer Recipient Jeanick Fournier Is ‘On Par’ With Celine Dion". ET Canada, April 5, 2022.
- ^ Adam Bourbonnière, "Découverte à Canada's Got Talent, Jeanick Fournier chante du Céline Dion à une dame en soins palliatifs, et c'est très touchant". 7 Jours, April 13, 2022.
- ^ Gabrielle Simard, "Jeanick Fournier: un réel boom de popularité depuis Canada’s Got Talent". Le Quotidien, April 1, 2022.
- ^ Corey Atad, "Jeanick Fournier Stuns The ‘Canada’s Got Talent’ Judges With ‘The Greatest Showman’ Performance". ET Canada, May 11, 2022.
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