La Chance aux Chansons - Duel à Montréal

Hello everybody, my name is Nina Dobrev, and with my friend Karine Vanasse, we are excited to present for you the Canadian national selection for the 14th edition of Fortuna Music Contest! We're going to tell you the backstage story of this selection, and introduce to you the two artists in competition. A few months ago, our selection committee discovered a 29 year old singer from Montreal called Zoe Sanders. Zoe was born and raised in Montreal. Her father is an English speaker and her mother is a French speaker, and Zoe chose French for singing Le Sel de la Mer (The Salt of the Sea), a song that immediately seduced the committee, opening the doors for her potential participation to the contest.

But here's the twist: while our committee was in special mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, another singer was found with a brand new song. Mathilde Gaultier, aka BB Puma, is a new indie singer who is also from Montreal. She's about to release her first album on the 12th of May. Her song Poussière (Dust) was immediately noticed by the selection committee. An issue quickly raised because of the exceptional vicinity between the musical universes of both singers and their equivalent levels of skill.

So, you, who are in charge of the other delegations, will inherit the tough responsability to chose between these two hidden gems of French Quebec music stage! So let's move on and discover the two songs!!