Grévin Montreal’s studios

Catherine Pogonat has been a radio and television host for 15 years and has helped many artists get discovered, thanks to great shows like Bande à part, Ste-Catherine and Mange ta ville.

Claude Deschênes has been with Radio-Canada for 33 years, including 25 as a cultural journalist with Téléjournal. He now covers the cultural scene on his blog claudedeschenes.ca, and regularly works with the program Télématin, on the France2 television network.

As a host, reporter, journalist, correspondent and cultural columnist, Herby Moreau took his first steps as a production assistant for Julie Snyder at Sortir. In 2009, he launched his own television network, called Herby.tv, and hosted the show District V in 2011.

He is the Vice-President of Content and Strategy with Productions Déferlantes, as well as a producer, television and radio host, with a deep understanding of the arts scene. His experience includes hosting the last Gala Artis, La vraie nature, 7 seasons of Accès illimité and many others.

Joanne Vrakas has made a career in both radio and television for a decade now. She has been working with CBC News as a local reporter covering a wide variety of topics.

President of the Grévin Academy

Marc Laurendeau is a comedian, actor, journalist, professor and a radio and television host. He was part of the comedy quartet Les Cyniques during the 1960s and 1970s, along with André Dubois, Marcel Saint-Germain and Serge Grenier. In the cinema, he appeared in Jacques Godbout’s 1972 musical comedy IXE-13.

In 1973, Laurendeau became Editorialist at the Montréal-Matin daily, and at the same time he was hosting Montréal en vrac, a late afternoon program on CKAC radio. In 1975, he was promoted to Chief Editorialist at Montréal-Matin, where he worked until 1978. From 1978 to 1988, he was a political columnist and analyst for La Presse and hosted public affairs shows on television. Since 1988, he has been a reporter and commentator for the radio at Radio-Canada, the French side of the CBC. Since 1995, he has lectured in journalism at Université de Montréal.

From 1998 to 2013, he reviewed newspaper coverage on a daily show called C’est bien meilleur le matin along with René Homier-Roy.

Josélito Michaud is an impresario, author, television producer, and a Quebec radio and television host. He has been presenting a series of documentaries called L’American Dream on ICI RDI since February 2017.

She has worked in media relations for the Grande Théâtre de Québec and Kébec Disc, and then founded Communimage in 1978. Les Productions Feeling, CDA Las Vegas and Céline Dion have been her professional clients ever since. In 2010, she worked with Grévin Paris to complete the Grévin Montréal project.

Monique Giroux is a host, author, producer and a figurehead of Quebec culture. She is a passionate advocate for local artists and she encourages, advises and admires those who take risks, who shake things up and who embrace creativity in all its forms.

Robert Vinet is a producer, agent, artist manager and restaurateur, and created Gestion, Son Image in 1984. He is now Yvon Deschamps’ business manager, with whom he co-owns two restaurants in Montreal’s Place des Arts.

Thérèse Parisien studied sociology at the University of Ottawa before becoming a journalist, working with many newspapers, magazines and television programs. On 98.5 FM radio, she regularly covers the arts and performances scene.