recent quebec performers include richard desjardins, daniel boucher, marie-chantal toupin, éric lapointe, vilain pingouin, mes aïeux, les trois accords, kaïn, dumas, la chicane, les colocs, cindy daniel, daniel bélanger, paul cargnello, laurence jalbert, jean leloup, celine dion, les stups, la chicane, dan bigras, isabelle boulay and more recently cœur de pirate. some bands, such as les cowboys fringants have known success in europe (primarily in france) while karkwa, vulgaires machins and malajube are also recognized elsewhere in canada. in 2003, tva began to broadcast "star académie", a québécois version of a french reality music competition, several new artists including marie-élaine thibert, marie-mai, émily bégin and stéphanie lapointe became better known among francophones after participation in the reality show.