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New Canadian TV song competition lit with Ayrton Zonda 9 FX

Quebec’s KOTV is wrapping up the first season of “Zenith”, a new concept in live musical competition broadcast by Radio Canada, where song stars of different ages fight for the votes of an audience of 100 judges representing four generations. Lighting Designer Martin Labrecque selected Ayrton Zonda 9 FX fixtures for the show.

Labrecque, who is currently working on the new Cirque du Soleil production, teamed with the set designer to create the visual look of “Zenith”. “I built a lighting kit to hand off to DP and Lighting Director Yves Aucoin, who does the weekly show, so he has the flexibility to light the many different looks required by a variety show”, he explains.

“Zenith” marks the first time that Labrecque has used Ayrton Zonda 9 FX fixtures. He obtained sixteen Zonda 9 FX from event production agency Creativ Nation in Montreal, which has an extensive inventory of the fixtures. At the start of the series Labrecque hung all sixteen fixtures on the grid.

“I thought they’d be used mostly as a wash creating a large beam of light with wide shots showing the LiquidEffect”, he explains. “Then, in the middle of the series, Yves decided to put five of them on the floor so now you see the LiquidEffect used more as eye candy behind the participants.” Lighting Programmer for “Zenith” is Eric Belanger.

(Photos: Benoit Rousseau)

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