Rene Angelil to Mentor on Star Academie

Okay, so this isn't about Canadian Idol. Or American Idol. But it almost is.

Rene Angelil, best known as the manager/husband of Celine Dion, is going to be coaching Quebec's rising musical talent on their Idol-equivalent show "Star academie."

MONTREAL -- Rene Angelil, the manager of pop icon Celine Dion, has agreed to coach another generation of aspiring stars for a Quebec TV reality show.
Angelil, who is also Dion's husband, will advise and critique performers as they prepare and then perform for Star academie, which is broadcast on the French-language TVA network.

Julie Snyder, who hosts and produces Star academie, said at a news conference Tuesday that she asked Angelil during a recent telephone call if he would participate in the show. He agreed after a week of reflection.

Star academie is the Quebecois equivalent of CTV's Canadian Idol.

Angelil said the young people who participate in the show enjoy a springboard for their career that was not available to him when he was younger and in a musical trio called Les Baronets.

The Star academie team will travel to 12 cities in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick beginning in mid-August to find 100 candidates for the competition. That number will be narrowed down to 20, whose identities will be revealed during a gala in February.

Dion will also participate in one of the galas.

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I would tune in. Just to figure out the Rene/Celine mystery. Those two crack me up and I'm not sure why.

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