Ensemble pour Haïti was a French Canadian

Canadian French

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 telethon that was held on January 22, 2010 at 8 PM ET

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 / 9 PM AT. The special, a relief

Relief

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 concert

Concert

A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...

 to help those affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake

2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...

, was simulcast on Radio-Canada

Télévision de Radio-Canada

Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...

, TVA

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, V, Télé-Québec

Télé-Québec

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, LCN

Le Canal Nouvelles

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, MusiquePlus

MusiquePlus

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, MusiMax

MusiMax

MusiMax is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel owned by Astral Media operating out of Montreal, Quebec.MusiMax is devoted to music and music related programming focusing more on adult contemporary, soft-rock, classic rock and lighter music than its sister station, MusiquePlus...

 and TV5, as well as on the Espace Musique

Espace musique

Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...

, NRJ, 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....

, Boom FM

Boom FM

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 and Corus Québec

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 radio networks. The event raised approximately CDN$

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6.65 million.

The two-hour event was hosted by Luck Mervil

Luck Mervil

Luck Mervil is a Haitian-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter. He is known for his belief in Quebec independence, and was named Patriot of the Year by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society in 2005....

 and France Beaudoin, and featured appearances by Annie Blanchard, 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:...

, Brigitte M, Bruno Pelletier

Bruno Pelletier

Bruno Pelletier , is a francophone Quebecer singer.-Life:Pelletier was born in Charlesbourg, a suburb of Quebec City. In 1983 Pelletier performed in the bands Amanite and Sneak Preview, which sang in English. He later started a group called Pëll, singing in French. At 23 years old, he moved to...

, Daniel Boucher

Daniel Boucher

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, Diane Dufresne

Diane Dufresne

Diane Dufresne, CQ is a singer and painter, and has sung a number of classics of Quebec repertoire of popular songs....

, Doriane Fabreg (Doba), Elisapie, H'Sao, Gregory Charles

Gregory Charles

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, Lynda Thalie, Marc Hervieux, Marco Calliari, Marie-Chantal Toupin

Marie-Chantal Toupin

Marie-Chantal Toupin is a Canadian musician.She was a 2004 Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year...

, Marie-Élaine Thibert

Marie-Élaine Thibert

Marie-Élaine Thibert is a Quebec adult contemporary and pop singer. Thibert was first notable for being the runner-up in the first season of Star Académie in 2003, the Quebec singing idol reality show...

, Marie-Ève Janvier and Jean-François Breau, Marie-Josée Lord, Marie-Jo Thériault, Mario Pelchat

Mario Pelchat

Mario Pelchat is a francophone singer.-Biography:Quebec singer Mario Pelchat has performed since 1973. His first 45 RPM single recording was released in September 1981. His early albums include 1982's Je suis un chanteur and Tu m’as fait mal the following year...

, Maxime Landry, Muzion

Muzion

Muzion is a rap group based in Quebec, Canada made up of rap artists of Haitian origin. Members of the band came from Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal. The band is made up of Dramatik, Imposs and his sister J-Kyll...

, Nadja

Nadja

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, Nomadic Massive, Paul Piché

Paul Piché

Paul Piché is a Québécois singer-songwriter, environmentalist, political activist and renowned Quebec sovereigntist....

, Pierre Lapointe

Pierre 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...

, Renée Martel, Roberto Lopez, Stéphanie Lapointe

Stéphanie Lapointe

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....

, Sylvain Cossette

Sylvain Cossette

Sylvain Cossette is a French-Canadian singer-songwriter from Grand-Mère, Quebec . Sylvain was a founding member of the Quebec-based English language band Paradox in 1984, before becoming a French language solo artist by 1994...

, Mapou Ginen and Wilfred LeBouthillier.

Viewers were encouraged to make a donation during the event, which will benefit the Canadian Red Cross

Canadian Red Cross

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 and CECI ("Centre d’étude et de coopération internationale" (Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation

Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation

Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation - non-profit organization helping poor countries and communities, promoting human rights defence and know how exchange for development...

)).

Ensemble pour Haïti was broadcast the same evening as the Canadian anglophone appeal, Canada for Haiti

Canada for Haiti

Canada for Haiti was a Canadian television special that aired on January 22, 2010. The special was meant as a relief concert to help those affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Canada's major broadcasters CBC, Citytv, CTV and Global, simulcasted the event...

at 7 PM ET, and was broadcast against the American broadcast, Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief was a charity telethon held on January 22, 2010 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time . The telethon was the most widely distributed telethon in history...

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External links / Sources

• TVA: "Ensemble pour Haïti" (official site)
• Facebook: "Ensemble pour Haïti"
• Twitter: "Ensemble pour Haïti"