On January 28 at the end of the afternoon, France 3 will broadcast a new episode of the show A Sunday in the countryside. Frédéric Lopez, the flagship host of this intimate Sunday program, will notably receive Patrick Fiori to find out more about his career and his childhood. And his musical career, among others. The 54-year-old songwriter notably agreed to return, in an exclusive extract that Gala reveals to you this Saturday, on his time in Canada as part of from an old famous show, which was obviously not the most pleasant.
Asked about the period during which he played in the musical Notre Dame de Paris, Patrick Fiori explained that he found success thanks to his role of Phoebus, which he played at the end of the 1990s and which allowed him to make himself known. Only, It wasn’t easy at first for him to find a place alongside other artists. all equally talented, but perhaps more popular. “We stayed number one for three years. We went to Canada. It was a hit there,” the singer first said, giving some explanations: “At the beginning, it was difficult for the French, it was a bit difficult for us.” Alluding to his comrades, who were from Quebec, like Garou, Daniel Lavoie, Luck Mervil or even Bruno Pelletier, without mentioning them all, Patrick Fiori paused, specifying that he had not “never talked about that” publicly.
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Obviously sufficiently comfortable with Frédéric Lopez – like the many personalities he receives in his warm and small group show, who speak openly about sometimes very painful subjects in a relaxed manner – the artist gave the reasons why the tour in Canada was trying for him, on a mental level: “When I came home and sang Beautiful – there were three of us – when Garou came home, everyone applauded, Daniel Lavoie [aussi] And [pas] me… And that lasted three months. I said to myself: ‘I’m the extra guy, the extra guy.'” Determined to prove his talent and above all that he had nothing to envy of the voice of his colleagues, despite the fact that he was still a little-known young singer, Patrick Fiori ended up abandoning the idea of pleasing the Quebec public at all costs, simply by doing what he loves to do: “And after a while… I don’t give up. You applaud me, you don’t applaud me… Anyway, I’m here, I’m going to do my thing. Already, I’m enjoying it, I want to… I’ve slowly made my place.”
The entire sequence will be available on France 3, this Sunday, January 28, in A Sunday in the countryside, program presented by Frédéric Lopez, from 4:55 p.m.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias
Photo credits: Screen capture France 2 / GALA