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| Born | May 20, 1972 |
| Origin | Saguenay, Quebec, Canada |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Canada |
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]
Canada's Got Talent
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]
Performances and results
| Week | Song choice | Original artist | Order number | Result |
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| Audition | " I Surrender" | Celine Dion | Golden Buzzer | |
| Semifinals | " Never Enough" | Loren Allred | 9 | Advanced |
| Final | " The Show Must Go On" | Queen | 3 | Winner |
Post-Talent
After her appearances on Canada's Got Talent, Fournier signed with the record company Universal Music Canada. [14] Her self-titled major label debut album was released in October 2022, [15] and debuted at #13 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [16]
The album includes duets with Ell on a cover of Faith Hill's song "Paris", and Maxime Landry on a cover of Daniel Balavoine's "Tous les cris, les S.O.S.", [17] as well as "I Surrender" and songs first recorded by Amanda Marshall, Roxette, Sam Brown, Laurence Jalbert and Cyndi Lauper. [16]
In November 2022, it was announced that Fournier would be a competitor in the 2023 season of America's Got Talent: All-Stars. [18]
In 2023, she participated in an all-star recording of Serena Ryder's single " What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health. [19] Her second major-label album, Vivante, was released in May 2023. [20] On September 9, 2023, Fournier performed for Conservative Party of Canada delegates at their annual convention in Quebec City. [21]
Discography
Albums
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| Mes coups de cœur |
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| Vivante |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
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| "I Surrender" | 2022 | Jeanick Fournier |
| "I’ll Never Love Again" | Non-album single | |
| "Ne m’oublie pas" | 2023 | Vivante |
References
- ^ Murtz Jaffer (May 19, 2022). "Meet 'Canada's Got Talent' winner Jeanick Fournier". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Jeanick Fournier: un cœur et une voix en or". TVA Nouvelles. April 14, 2022.
- ^ a b c Pascal Girard (May 17, 2022). "Jeanick Fournier remporte Canada's Got Talent". Ici Radio-Canada.
- ^ Daniel Côté (April 28, 2018). "Jeanick Fournier retourne à La Saguenéenne". Le Quotidien.
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"Une Saguenéenne participe à l'émission en France".
Canoe.com. November 16, 2012. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013.
{{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) - ^ "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. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ William Savard (June 3, 2022). "Trois à cinq albums en trois ans pour Jeanick Fournier". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ Corey Atad, "‘Canada’s Got Talent’ Winner Jeanick Fournier Drops Two New Singles, Announces Major Label Debut". ET Canada, September 29, 2022.
- ^ a b Luc Weil-Brenner, "Jeanick Fournier au sommet des ventes d’albums au Québec". iHeartRadio Canada, October 19, 2022.
- ^ Cindy Caron, "Jeanick Fournier, gagnante de Canada’s Got Talent, lance son premier album". L'Express, October 25, 2022.
- ^ Sarah-Émile Nault, "Jeanick Fournier participera à America’s Got Talent: All Stars". Le Journal de Montréal, November 17, 2022.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "Feel Out Loud: Alessia Cara, Serena Ryder & More Canadian Artists Collaborate On New Single Promoting Youth Mental Health Initiative". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 2, 2023.
- ^ Cédric Bélanger, "Jeanick Fournier, gagnante de Canada's Got Talent 2022, lance déjà un deuxième album en mai". Le Journal de Québec, April 26, 2023.
- ^ "Entertainment". Conservative Party of Canada. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Billboard Canadian Albums: Week of October 22, 2022". Billboard. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ "Jeanick Fournier, Canada's Newest Pop Diva, Announces New Album 'Vivante' Releasing May 19, 2023". Top40-Charts.com. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
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