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- ↑ "STARMANIA – De retour à Paris en 2022 !". Starmania (in French). Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ↑ "Starmania back, better than ever". The Globe and Mail , September 10, 1980.
- ↑ "1972 Summit Series broadcast being preserved". CBC Sports. February 17, 2004. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
