“Masked singers”: did you recognize this popular singer in the Miss Corn costume?

To play Miss Maïs, this popular singer brought her singing skills out of her hat.

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A great admirer of Fabienne Thibeault when she was little, Martine St-Clair began to be interested in opera singing at a very young age, having had, for several years, the same singing teacher as her idol.

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“When I agreed to do the show, I wanted to delve back into the art of lyrical singing. By recording my three songs for the show, it was a super beautiful summer day, there was a beautiful sun, I rediscovered a passion for this art,” underlined the singer of Wash, washdelighted to have succeeded in fooling those around her and most of the investigating judges with this character.

“I really liked the idea of ​​Miss Corn because it reminded me of my childhood. I come from a family of eight children, I am the sixth. But we spent our summers with our uncles, near Lotbinière, going to play in the wheat fields and picking corn. It was like a little return to childhood,” she said with a touch of nostalgia.

“The big challenge was being able to slip into the costume quickly. At first, we needed two or three readjustment sessions because it wouldn’t slide and I was caught in it. We had to start the costume again, and the air didn’t circulate much,” continued Martine St-Clair, admitting to having been surprised to receive the call from production to participate in the show, but also very impressed by all the logistics behind.

“It was worthy of Mission impossible”, she exclaimed.

Attached to her character of Miss Maïs, Martine St-Clair had a lot of fun playing the game, and laughed in her costume when she heard the investigators’ guesses.

“I found Stéphane [Rousseau] not bad good. But at the same time, I was sad that it ended for me. I cried in my dressing room when I was unmasked,” she confided following her unveiling.

The show Masked singers is presented on Sundays, at 6:30 p.m., on TVA.

Tribute to Lucien Francoeur

During her interview with the QMI Agency, Martine St-Clair wanted to address a few words to the poet and rocker Lucien Francoeur, who died on Tuesday.

“Lucien was a friend. We did Tot’Aime together in the last year. Together, we had the project of creating songs based on my paintings. We’ve known each other for a long time and we haven’t let go of each other. We talked to each other, we wrote to each other. He sent me poems, moods. We had some great ideas in the works,” underlined the artist, probably saddened by her departure.

“He called me his angel fairy. He always sent me good words. We had ideas for new songs,” she continued, sending her condolences to Claudine, his partner, Virginie, his daughter, as well as to his entire family.