Stéphanie Lapointe
Encyclopedia
Stéphanie Lapointe is a Quebec
singer, song writer, television and movie actress and humanitarian activist. She is best known as the winner of the second season of Star Académie
, the Quebec version of Fame Academy
.
courses at her elementary school in Brossard (formerly Longueuil
) a southern suburb of Montreal
. In 1996, just after she finished primary school, she traveled to France during a school extracurricular and educational activity. It was there she made her debut in theatrical plays. Her trip to France became the moment she discovered interest in the world of acting.
In 2001, at age 17, Lapointe became a member of a group which performed musical comedies. She then played in various other plays including a French remake of (Beauty and the Beast
) as well as other French
plays such as Aida, and Once on This Island. While in France, she also followed several dance courses. At the same time, she also gradually developed her skills in music and theatrical acting. The lessons later proved important for her future roles in Quebec
television reality shows and movies since 2005.
While,preparing her acting skills, Lapointe went to Collège Édouard-Montpetit
in humanity
sciences.
She is not related to the Québécois singer Eric Lapointe
.
In 2003, TVA's newest reality show Star Académie, which is a remake of France's Star Academy
debuted. Lapointe, while been in France, never auditioned for the French edition before returning to Quebec. She first auditioned for Star Académie in 2003 but had a greater success the following year, on the series second season, when she impressed the three judges. During the performances as a top-ten finalist, she delivered several impressive performances while being full of emotion
and sensibility
. Despite her timidity
and calmness
, she was known by the public for being very energetic and performed rock hits such as Green Day
's American Idiot
. During the season, she faced elimination only once in March 2004 but was saved by the public. While being in danger of being sent off, she considered abandoning everything. After being saved by the public, she gained more confidence during the remainder of the gala. At the end, she won the 2004 crown by defeating Marc-André Niquet. She is currently the only female winner during the reality show's three-season history.
Her hits L'infidèle (previously performed by Claude Dubois
and Si fragile (previously performed by Luc de la Rochelière) from the Star Académie 2004 album also aired on French radio stations across Quebec prior to her debut album. The Star Académie 2 album was certified double platinum
within two days after its release date.
After her province-wide tour with the 2004 Star Académie finalists, in which she acquired more confidence and self-esteem, she immediately started recording her first album Sur le fil, produced by Francis Collard. The album was launched and debuted on August 30, 2005 at the Vidéotron
headquarters in Montreal
. The event was held in front of several personalities including Star Académie and Le Banquier
host Julie Snyder
and one of the competition's judges and La Presse editor Stéphane Laporte. The album itself is composed of many ballads and love songs. Her first two hits, "Nous sommes" and "La mer", performed very well on the French charts with the first one hitting the top spot on the RockDétente
Top 20 Countdown. A third hit, "Je sais déjà", played on French radio stations and TV station MusiquePlus
in December 2006.
Singers Catherine Durand, Projet Orange
frontman Jean-Christophe Boies and Sylvie Paquette as well as writers Dave Richard and Martine Coupal participated in the composition of Sur le fil. Lapointe wrote portions of the final two songs, "Love You" and "Interlude", along with Dave Richard. As of November 2006, 30 000 copies of the album were sold across Quebec and was at one point in September 2005, the francophone album with the most copies sold provincewide. In 2006, she also participated in the debut album of writer and journalist Tristan Malavoy as she provided background vocals in one of Malavoy's songs.
The videoclip of "La Mer" was directed by video and scene director Dominique Laurence who also directed clips for songs by Ariane Moffatt
, Jean-François Breau, former Star Académie season 2 finalist Martin Giroux and Season 1 winner Wilfred Le Bouthillier
.
(not related) wrote two songs for it, "Une fleur" (A flower) and the duet "À quoi" (What are you thinking). She also recorded a French version of Cher's Bang Bang
song.
music gala and was a Juno
nominee for Francophone Album of the Year
.
At the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards
, she won the award for Best Francophone Video
for her song la Mer
as well as on Quebec television shows. She also performed at the Saint-Jean Chrysostome
Hot Air Balloon Festival and another, entitled Show de filles, at the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival
in September 2006 which also featured Marjo
and fellow Star Académie contestants Émily Bégin
and Annie Villeneuve
from the first season. Heavy rain due to the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto
affected the turnout at the show which was estimated at 15 000 spectators. She also made a province-wide tour in 2006 and 2007 called Sur le fil which debuted in Montreal's le Gésu. Most of the critics have praised her softness and her charming voice.
starting in 2005 with the second season airing during the Fall of 2006. Lapointe played the role of Colette Cloutier, the sister of the show's main character, Mac Cloutier, a journalist and a negotiator, played by Frédérick de Grandpré. She returned as the same role in the series third chapter that was filmed during the Fall of 2006 and airing in 2008.
In movie roles, she played in Aurore, which played in French theaters across the province of Quebec starting during the summer of 2005
. She played the role of Marie-Anne Caron, the young biological mother, of Aurore Gagnon
, a girl who was mistreated by her stepmother and her father after the death of her mother from tuberculosis. Film director Luc Dionne
initially refused her to participate in the movie but was later accepted after Denise Robert
, the co-founder of Quebec movie company Cinémaginaire Inc. suggested Dionne to give Lapointe a chance for the role of Marie-Anne Caron.
song. She adores the outdoors, wildlife and nature and was the spokesperson for the project "Au sommet pour Care" launched by Care Canada
. In order to raise funds for the organization, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro
the highest peak in Central Africa
in 2005 along with 24 other Canadians. During an interview with reporter Nathalie Petrowski of the Montreal newspaper La Presse, Lapointe revealed that if she was to abandon music, she would like to be heavily involved in helping humanitarian groups as she travelled across several countries in addition to her participation at the Care Canada mission. Lapointe also made in 2007 a Quebec-wide tour for Unicef-Quebec as the Ambassador along with actress Catherine Brunet, to discuss and sensitize the public on the issue of worldwide child poverty, particularly in Africa prior to the Halloween
period. In May 2007, she made a humanitarian trip to Mali
and in the Sahel
region and met an NGO organization which planned to set up a new school in the region. In April 2008, Lapointe along with Laurence and producer Eza Paventi will tour the Darfur
region of Soudan
and produce several small documentaries on African migrations
for Radio-Canada.
In addition of her humanitarian work, Lapointe had also been pro-active in regards to global environment. During her participation on Star Académie, she made a statement towards the Quebec government
of Jean Charest
for an improved provincial policy on recycling. Lapointe mentioned in the Quebec magazine Le Privé that the environment and other world issues will be significant topics for her upcoming album. In addition, she also encouraged schools to discuss more on the major global issues.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
singer, song writer, television and movie actress and humanitarian activist. She is best known as the winner of the second season of Star Académie
Star Académie
Star Académie is a Canadian reality TV series started in 2003, aimed primarily at the Quebec television audience, featuring an array of competing young women and men for the title of the best singer...
, the Quebec version of Fame Academy
Fame Academy
Fame Academy is a televised competition to search for and educate new musical talents. The winner received a chance to become a successful music artist. The prize consisted of a £1m recording contract with a major record company, plus the use of a luxury apartment in London and a sports car for one...
.
Musical and actor development
Lapointe discovered and developed her interest in music as a young kid. It was in 1992, at the age of 8, when she had her first pianoPiano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
courses at her elementary school in Brossard (formerly Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
) a southern suburb of Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. In 1996, just after she finished primary school, she traveled to France during a school extracurricular and educational activity. It was there she made her debut in theatrical plays. Her trip to France became the moment she discovered interest in the world of acting.
In 2001, at age 17, Lapointe became a member of a group which performed musical comedies. She then played in various other plays including a French remake of (Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale. The first published version of the fairy tale was a rendition by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in La jeune américaine, et les contes marins in 1740...
) as well as other French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
plays such as Aida, and Once on This Island. While in France, she also followed several dance courses. At the same time, she also gradually developed her skills in music and theatrical acting. The lessons later proved important for her future roles in Quebec
Culture of Quebec
The Culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting from the shared history of the French-speaking majority in Quebec. It is unique to the Western World; Quebec is the only region in North America with a French-speaking majority, as well as one of only two provinces in Canada...
television reality shows and movies since 2005.
While,preparing her acting skills, Lapointe went to Collège Édouard-Montpetit
Collège Édouard-Montpetit
Collège Édouard-Montpetit is a francophone CEGEP in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Approximately 6700 students are enrolled in the Longueuil and St-Hubert campuses. The College of General and Vocational Education is affiliated with the ACCC, and CCAA.-History:...
in humanity
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
sciences.
She is not related to the Québécois singer Eric Lapointe
Éric Lapointe (singer)
Éric Lapointe is one of Québec's most popular francophone lead rock singers. His signature sound is characterized by very strong emotional lyrics, a rich, deep gravelly voice and the virtuoso guitar work by Stéphane Dufour...
.
Star Academie experience
Star Academy France
Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...
debuted. Lapointe, while been in France, never auditioned for the French edition before returning to Quebec. She first auditioned for Star Académie in 2003 but had a greater success the following year, on the series second season, when she impressed the three judges. During the performances as a top-ten finalist, she delivered several impressive performances while being full of emotion
Emotion
Emotion is a complex psychophysiological experience of an individual's state of mind as interacting with biochemical and environmental influences. In humans, emotion fundamentally involves "physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience." Emotion is associated with mood,...
and sensibility
Sensibility
Sensibility refers to an acute perception of or responsiveness toward something, such as the emotions of another. This concept emerged in eighteenth-century Britain, and was closely associated with studies of sense perception as the means through which knowledge is gathered...
. Despite her timidity
TiMidity
TiMidity++, originally and still frequently informally called TiMidity, is a software synthesizer that can play MIDI files without a hardware synthesizer...
and calmness
Calmness
Calmness is the mental state of being free from agitation, excitement, or disturbance. Calmness can most easily occur for the average person during a state of relaxation, but it can also be found during much more alert and aware states. Some people find that focusing the mind on something external,...
, she was known by the public for being very energetic and performed rock hits such as Green Day
Green Day
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
's American Idiot
American Idiot
American Idiot is the seventh studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released on September 21, 2004 through Reprise Records and was produced by longtime collaborator Rob Cavallo. In mid-2003, the band began recording songs for an album entitled Cigarettes and Valentines...
. During the season, she faced elimination only once in March 2004 but was saved by the public. While being in danger of being sent off, she considered abandoning everything. After being saved by the public, she gained more confidence during the remainder of the gala. At the end, she won the 2004 crown by defeating Marc-André Niquet. She is currently the only female winner during the reality show's three-season history.
Her hits L'infidèle (previously performed by Claude Dubois
Claude Dubois
Claude André Dubois is a Canadian singer-songwriter.Dubois was an early star of the francophone musical Starmania...
and Si fragile (previously performed by Luc de la Rochelière) from the Star Académie 2004 album also aired on French radio stations across Quebec prior to her debut album. The Star Académie 2 album was certified double platinum
Double Platinum
Double Platinum is a 1999 musical telefilm starring Diana Ross and Brandy.-Plot:The story begins with a scene featuring star singer Olivia King leaving her daughter Kayla, who was an infant at the time. It is revealed that Kayla was born in Atlanta, Georgia, but in her later years, she would move...
within two days after its release date.
Debut album: Sur le fil (2005)
Vidéotron
Vidéotron GP is a Canadian integrated telecommunications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, cable telephony, wireless communication and Internet access services. Currently, the company primarily serves Quebec, as well as the francophone...
headquarters in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. The event was held in front of several personalities including Star Académie and Le Banquier
Le Banquier
Le Banquier is the Quebec adaptation of the international game show Deal or No Deal. It debuted on January 24, 2007 at 9pm on the TVA network. The program, produced in Montreal by JPL Production II Inc. and Endemol USA for TVA, is hosted by Julie Snyder. The show's main sponsors are Vidéotron and...
host Julie Snyder
Julie Snyder
Julie Snyder is a Francophone Canadian talk show host and producer, appearing as host or guest on various television programs in Canada and France.She graduated from Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in 1986....
and one of the competition's judges and La Presse editor Stéphane Laporte. The album itself is composed of many ballads and love songs. Her first two hits, "Nous sommes" and "La mer", performed very well on the French charts with the first one hitting the top spot on the RockDétente
RockDétente
Rouge FM is a network of French-language adult contemporary radio stations broadcasting throughout Quebec, Canada. Established in 1990 as RockDétente, they are owned by Astral Media....
Top 20 Countdown. A third hit, "Je sais déjà", played on French radio stations and TV station MusiquePlus
MusiquePlus
MusiquePlus is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel owned by Astral Media operating from Montreal, Quebec.MusiquePlus is devoted to music and music related programming from various genres including pop, rock, RnB and focuses on a younger demographic than its sister station, MusiMax...
in December 2006.
Singers Catherine Durand, Projet Orange
Projet Orange
Projet Orange was a Quebecois musical band from Quebec City, Quebec. They performed britpop-inspired rock.- Profile :Formed in Quebec City by brothers Jean-Christophe and Jean-Sébastien Boies, Projet Orange played a britpop-like, catchy and flowing sound...
frontman Jean-Christophe Boies and Sylvie Paquette as well as writers Dave Richard and Martine Coupal participated in the composition of Sur le fil. Lapointe wrote portions of the final two songs, "Love You" and "Interlude", along with Dave Richard. As of November 2006, 30 000 copies of the album were sold across Quebec and was at one point in September 2005, the francophone album with the most copies sold provincewide. In 2006, she also participated in the debut album of writer and journalist Tristan Malavoy as she provided background vocals in one of Malavoy's songs.
The videoclip of "La Mer" was directed by video and scene director Dominique Laurence who also directed clips for songs by Ariane Moffatt
Ariane Moffatt
Ariane Moffatt is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter based in Quebec. She has won Félix and Juno Awards and has performed and collaborated with many artists such as Daniel Bélanger and Marc Déry.-Career:...
, Jean-François Breau, former Star Académie season 2 finalist Martin Giroux and Season 1 winner Wilfred Le Bouthillier
Wilfred Le Bouthillier
Wilfred Le Bouthillier is an Acadian singer from the town of Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick and the winner of the 2003 edition of Star Académie, a Quebec reality show for aspiring singers.-Life:...
.
Second album
She ended her contract with Musicor and, in March 2009, she released her second album entitled "Donne-moi quelque chose qui ne finit pas" (Give me something that doesn't end). Pierre LapointePierre Lapointe
Pierre Lapointe is a Canadian singer. He has won many prizes since his debut, including six Félix in 2005 and at least one in 2006. He is well known for his voice and his obscure, esoteric lyrics, which tend to be melancholic. Another distinctive characteristic of his lyrics is their literary style...
(not related) wrote two songs for it, "Une fleur" (A flower) and the duet "À quoi" (What are you thinking). She also recorded a French version of Cher's Bang Bang
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
"Bang Bang " is the second single by singer-actress Cher from her second studio album The Sonny Side of Chér. The song was written by Sonny Bono and released in 1966. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart and number two on the Billboard Hot 100...
song.
Awards and nominations
Due to the success generated by the album, she was nominated for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2006 at the ADISQADISQ
The ADISQ is a nonprofit organization with the mission to help the music industry in Quebec. It was created in 1978....
music gala and was a Juno
Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
nominee for Francophone Album of the Year
Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year
The Juno Award for "Francophone Album of the Year" has been awarded since 1992, as recognition each year for the best Francophone album in Canada.-Best Selling Francophone Album :*1992 - Luc de Larochellière, Sauvez mon âme...
.
At the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards
2006 MuchMusic Video Awards
The 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards were held on June 18, 2006 and featured performances by Fall Out Boy, Hedley, Rihanna, City and Colour, Simple Plan and others. The most nominated artists were Billy Talent, Kardinal Offishall f. Ray Robinson and Massari with 5 nominations each.-Best Video:* Kardinal...
, she won the award for Best Francophone Video
Best French Video (MMVA Award)
The following is a list of the MuchMusic Video Awards winners for Best French Video. This award is now defunct, and has not been awarded since 2007....
for her song la Mer
Performances
Lapointe started to performed various shows as guest artist across the province in 2004 including concerts with Quebec singer Isabelle BoulayIsabelle Boulay
Isabelle Boulay is a francophone Canadian pop singer.-Biography:In 1990, some friends registered her at the Petite-Vallée song festival without her consent, but she completed a performance there and was regarded as a huge success. The following year she won at the Granby song festival for her...
as well as on Quebec television shows. She also performed at the Saint-Jean Chrysostome
Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Quebec
Saint-Jean-Chrysostome is a district within the city of Lévis in central Quebec, Canada south of Quebec City on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. It was a separate town, incorporated in 1828, but in 2002 was amalgamated into Lévis. It is a mostly suburban community, connected to Quebec...
Hot Air Balloon Festival and another, entitled Show de filles, at the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival
Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival
The Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival is a yearly festival, held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, and organized by a not-for-profit organization, during which hot air balloons of every shape and colour are flown and where 300 shows and performances adding up to over 60 hours’ worth of programming are...
in September 2006 which also featured Marjo
Marjo
Marjolène Morin , professionally known as Marjo, is a francophone Canadian singer-songwriter.-Biography:...
and fellow Star Académie contestants Émily Bégin
Émily Bégin
Émily Bégin is a Canadian singer, actress and dancer.Émily is most known for her participation in the first season of Star Académie in 2003-2004. Shortly after she released her debut album...
and Annie Villeneuve
Annie Villeneuve
Annie Villeneuve is a French Canadian pop singer-songwriter. She participated at the first season of Star Académie in 2003. She also sang the French and the bilingual official song of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, I believe/J'Imagine....
from the first season. Heavy rain due to the remnants of Hurricane Ernesto
Hurricane Ernesto (2006)
Hurricane Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. The sixth tropical storm and first hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August 24 in the eastern Caribbean Sea...
affected the turnout at the show which was estimated at 15 000 spectators. She also made a province-wide tour in 2006 and 2007 called Sur le fil which debuted in Montreal's le Gésu. Most of the critics have praised her softness and her charming voice.
Acting career
While her musical debut was a success despite modest record sales, she also appeared on television in the mini-seriesLe Négociateur (The Negotiator) which aired on the French television network TVATVA (TV network)
TVA is a privately owned French language television network in Canada. The network is currently owned by Groupe TVA Inc. , a publicly traded subsidiary of Quebecor Media...
starting in 2005 with the second season airing during the Fall of 2006. Lapointe played the role of Colette Cloutier, the sister of the show's main character, Mac Cloutier, a journalist and a negotiator, played by Frédérick de Grandpré. She returned as the same role in the series third chapter that was filmed during the Fall of 2006 and airing in 2008.
In movie roles, she played in Aurore, which played in French theaters across the province of Quebec starting during the summer of 2005
2005 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...
. She played the role of Marie-Anne Caron, the young biological mother, of Aurore Gagnon
Aurore Gagnon
Aurore Gagnon , was a victim of child abuse. She died of exhaustion and blood poisoning from some 52 wounds inflicted by her stepmother, Marie-Anne Houde, and her father, Télesphore Gagnon...
, a girl who was mistreated by her stepmother and her father after the death of her mother from tuberculosis. Film director Luc Dionne
Luc Dionne
Luc Dionne is an award winning screenwriter and director born in Quebec in 1960. Luc's work is largely directed towards the French speaking market. However, many within the industry accredit Dionne's successful Omerta series as being an inspiration for David Chase's hit series The...
initially refused her to participate in the movie but was later accepted after Denise Robert
Denise Robert
Denise Robert is a Canadian film producer, co-founder and President of Cinémaginaire with Daniel Louis. She is currently married to Denys Arcand and she has produced many of his films. Robert has won many awards, including four Genie Awards. She was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture...
, the co-founder of Quebec movie company Cinémaginaire Inc. suggested Dionne to give Lapointe a chance for the role of Marie-Anne Caron.
Care Canada, humanitarian and community involvement
Lapointe is also involved in the community for various causes and participated at the Opération Enfant Soleil telethon in 2005 while performing Sting's Fields of GoldFields of Gold
"Fields of Gold" is a 1993 song by Sting from his album Ten Summoner's Tales. "Fields of Gold" and all the other album tracks were recorded at Lake House, Wiltshire, mixed at The Townhouse Studio, London, England and mastered at Masterdisk, New York. The harmonica solo is played by Brendan Power...
song. She adores the outdoors, wildlife and nature and was the spokesperson for the project "Au sommet pour Care" launched by Care Canada
CARE (relief)
CARE is a broad-spectrum secular relief, humanitarian, and development non-governmental organization fighting global poverty. It is non-political, non-sectarian and operates annually in more than 70 countries across the globe.One of the organization’s primary focuses in its fight to eradicate...
. In order to raise funds for the organization, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...
the highest peak in Central Africa
Central Africa
Central Africa is a core region of the African continent which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda....
in 2005 along with 24 other Canadians. During an interview with reporter Nathalie Petrowski of the Montreal newspaper La Presse, Lapointe revealed that if she was to abandon music, she would like to be heavily involved in helping humanitarian groups as she travelled across several countries in addition to her participation at the Care Canada mission. Lapointe also made in 2007 a Quebec-wide tour for Unicef-Quebec as the Ambassador along with actress Catherine Brunet, to discuss and sensitize the public on the issue of worldwide child poverty, particularly in Africa prior to the Halloween
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
period. In May 2007, she made a humanitarian trip to Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
and in the Sahel
Sahel
The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south.It stretches across the North African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea....
region and met an NGO organization which planned to set up a new school in the region. In April 2008, Lapointe along with Laurence and producer Eza Paventi will tour the Darfur
Darfur
Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into three federal states: West Darfur, South Darfur, and North Darfur...
region of Soudan
Soudan
Soudan may refer to:* The French name for Sudan* The French name for French Sudan * Soudan, Minnesota, an unincorporated town near Tower, Minnesota** The Soudan Mine...
and produce several small documentaries on African migrations
Human migration
Human migration is physical movement by humans from one area to another, sometimes over long distances or in large groups. Historically this movement was nomadic, often causing significant conflict with the indigenous population and their displacement or cultural assimilation. Only a few nomadic...
for Radio-Canada.
In addition of her humanitarian work, Lapointe had also been pro-active in regards to global environment. During her participation on Star Académie, she made a statement towards the Quebec government
Government of Quebec
The Government of Quebec refers to the provincial government of the province of Quebec. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867....
of Jean Charest
Jean Charest
John James "Jean" Charest, PC, MNA is a Canadian politician who has been the 29th Premier of Quebec since 2003. He was leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1993 to 1998 and has been leader of the Quebec Liberal Party since 1998....
for an improved provincial policy on recycling. Lapointe mentioned in the Quebec magazine Le Privé that the environment and other world issues will be significant topics for her upcoming album. In addition, she also encouraged schools to discuss more on the major global issues.
Television programs
- Le Négociateur (2005): Colette Cloutier
- Le Négociateur 2 (2006): Colette Cloutier
- Le Négociateur 3 (2008): Colette Cloutier
Sur le fil (2005)
- Label: Musicor
- Distributor: Distribution Select
- "Quand je dors" - 3:51 ("When I Sleep")
- "Nous sommes" (written by singer Catherine Durand) - 3:04 ("We Are")
- "Libre comme l'eau" - 2:46 ("Free Like Water")
- "J'oublie" - 3:48 ("I Forget")
- "La Mer" - 3:56 ("The Sea")
- "Dis-moi" - 3:11 ("Tell Me")
- "Vague de froid" - 4:33 ("Vagueness of the Cold")
- "Le temps n'est pas à rire" - 4:47 ("The Time Is Not a Laugh")
- "Je promets" - 3:57 ("I Promise")
- "Je sais déjà" - 3:23 ("I Know Already")
- "Love You" - 3:37
- "Interlude" - 3:34
Donne-moi quelque chose qui ne finit pas (2009)
- "Désert" ("Desert")
- "On est loin" ("We are far")
- "Eau salée" ("Salty water")
- "Petit garçon en habit d'homme" ("Little child in men's clothing")
- "Bang Bang"
- "Rose transparente" ("Transparent rose")
- "Une fleur" ("A flower")
- "À quoi" ("To what") with Albin de la Simone
- "L'île" ("The Island")
- "Nus sous les étoiles" ("Naked under the stars")
- "Rose"
- "Au nord de moi" ("North of me")