This happened on a talk show last week Tower At VAT. After entering Gildor Roy’s apartment, Bruno Pelletier raises his hands. High five, but the host had already opened his arms wide to welcome him warmly. After a brief hesitation, the two men exchanged a slightly awkward hug, during which Bruno Pelletier asked: “What are we allowed to do? »
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This time last year (and more so in 2020), such a situation has never happened, as many strict sanitation measures govern our lives and recordings of all kinds of shows, games and entertainment. Interviews during a pandemic.
These rules fell in the spring, and our televisions are showing scenes this fall that we thought unimaginable until recently, such as Pear-Wives’ lord jumping into the arms of a contestant. The silence we play withof choristersLive from the universe Patrick Lagasse singing without plexiglass and toasting with Louis Morissette The two golden men and Rosalie.
The audience in the studio
The return of the audience to the studio will give the shows currently on air a normal status (which can be called “pre-March 2020”). Over the past few weeks, enthusiastic strangers have been seen clapping, reacting and sometimes laughing in the background. great, The week ends well, TV kids, Everyone talks about it, Week of 4 July, This year, Who can sing? And Masked singers.
These same anonymous people make their presence known every Sunday evening too revolution, one of the few shows they have access to in 2021. But this year the faces are out. At least on screen. “We ask members of the public to wear masks at all times except during filming,” said Martin Metivier, TVA telecrochet producer.
And for those who want to know why Sarah-Jean Labrosse is sometimes seen away from the dancers, it’s because she’s contracting COVID-19 and away from part of the filming, which runs through November. In other words, revolution Need a muse in top form.
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Live from the universe Also transformed in September. According to Radio-Canada officials, the happening Saturday was “better” than the coronavirus era. Frans Beaudoin’s team put in a secondary stage specifically set up to take advantage of the empty space created by the absence of an audience in the studio.
“It means we’re welcoming slightly fewer people than before [la pandémie]But aside Looks like, it is more ambitious. We prioritize television rendering,” asserts Radio-Canada’s first director, Culture, Genres and Society, Sophie Morasse.
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“The pandemic is not only negative,” adds Radio-Canada’s Director General of Television Danny Meloul. “We find things responsibly, but what works well Everyone talks about it, which we love live. »
Exceptions
Mr. and Mrs. Only three programs each did not reopen. At Télé-Québec, Normand Brathwaite and Melissa Lavergne continue to host Cute and bum In the heart of the National Theater without an audience.
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Normand Brathwaite during the recording Cute and bum
However, the situation will be reassessed in winter, the broadcaster’s management tells us. The weekly music conference team will follow the evolution of the epidemic to “make the best possible decision for everyone,” we direct.
On TVA, Guy Jodoin pilots cheater In the company of guest artists and none other. Same thing for Patrice L’Ecuyer at The silence we play with Here on TV. It’s a choice, says Sophie Morasse.
We sometimes with public, games, the Pop corn… the sound level is high. People come home from work at 5:30 pm. We don’t want to be aggressive.
About Sophie Morasse, Senior Director, Culture, Variety and Society, Radio-Canada The silence we play with
Another show that hasn’t fully recovered yet, 100 intellectuals For the third season in a row, there are far fewer contestants than the title suggests. The process of recruiting contestants began in March, with so much uncertainty still surrounding the evolution of the virus that Radio-Canada preferred to err on the side of caution by maintaining a ceiling of candidates at 31, forcing it to cancel participation. Some, in case of epidemics.
“We didn’t want to take any risks,” explains Sophie Morasse. We felt disgusted to take 100 young men, only to leave a few behind. We didn’t want to be disappointed. »
The public broadcaster aims to have 100 intellectuals return to the studio next year. And, of course, the removal of the plexiglass placed between the players.
