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France In The Eurovision Song Contest 2023
France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with the song "", written by Fatima Zahra Hafdi, Ahmed Saghir, Yannick Rastogi and Zacharie Raymond. The song was performed by La Zarra. The French broadcaster internally selected the French entry for the contest, delegated by the television channel . La Zarra was officially announced by as the French entrant on 12 January 2023, and the song was presented to the public as the French entry on 19 February 2023, during the France 2 programme . As a member of the " Big Five", France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Background Prior to the 2023 contest, France participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty-four times since its debut as one of seven countries to take part in . France first won the contest in with "" performed by André Claveau. In the 1960s, they won three times, with "Tom Pillibi" performed by Jacqueline Boyer in , "" perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Zarra
Fatima-Zahra Hafdi (born 25 August 1987), known professionally as La Zarra (), is a Canadian singer and songwriter based in France. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool with the song "Évidemment". Biography Hafdi was born in Montreal, Canada, to parents of Moroccan descent. During her childhood, she lived between Montreal and Longueuil, where her family finally settled. She rose to prominence in 2016, when she released her debut single "Printemps blanc", in collaboration with French rapper Niro. In 2021, her fame increased with the single "Tu t'en iras", which was regularly broadcast on radio and television. The single was certified platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). In the same year, La Zarra was nominated for the NRJ Music Awards, the leading French music awards, as Francophone revelation of the year, boosted in part by the success of her debut album ''Traîtrise''. On 12 January 2023, she was chosen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frida Boccara
Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara (29 October 1940 – 1 August 1996) was a Moroccan-born French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russian. Early life Boccara was born in Casablanca, Morocco, into a Jewish family of Italian origin that lived in Tunisia before they settled in Morocco. When she was 17, she moved from Casablanca to Paris, France, where she eventually started her artistic career as a singer. Boccara also had a brother and a sister in show business, composers Jean-Michel Braque (born Roger Boccara) and Lina Boccara. Her son, Tristan Boccara, was born in the mid-1970s and also became a singer known as ''Goldinski'' (he is also a composer, pianist and arranger) Career In 1964, Boccara had submitted the song "Autrefois" ("In the past") to the Eurovision Song Contest selection panel, but she was unsuccessful. Five years later, at the Eurovision Song Contest 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulenn
"" (; ) is a song by French musician Alvan and the vocal group Ahez. It represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, after winning , the French national final. It is the second time that France has selected a song sung in Breton, a Celtic language spoken in the region of Brittany, to represent the country at Eurovision, the first having occurred in 1996. Release "" was released on 16 February 2022, along with the other 11 competing songs in . Eurovision Song Contest ''Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez !'' France 2 opened a submission period on 21 June 2021 in order for interested artists and songwriters to submit their proposals through an online submission form up until the deadline on 24 October 2021. Songs were required to contain at least 70% French language or French regional language lyrics with a free language allowance for the remaining lyrics. At the closing of the deadline, the French broadcaster received 3,000 submissions. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Haddad
Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad ( he, לורן עמיר חליפה חדידר חדד, born 20 June 1984), better known as Amir Haddad ( he, עמיר חדד), or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer and songwriter. He took part in 2006 in the Israeli music competition ''Kokhav Nolad'', released his album ''Vayehi'' in 2011 and was a finalist in French competition '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' as part of Team Jenifer finishing third in the competition. He represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song " J'ai cherché", which finished in 6th place. Early life Haddad was born in Paris to Maghrebi Jewish parents from Tunisia and Morocco."סבתות מתות עלי" He grew up in |
Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas (; born 5 December 1966) is a French singer. Her music is a mix of pop, cabaret, jazz, and chanson. Since the appearance of her 1988 debut album '' Mademoiselle chante...'', Kaas has sold over 17 million records worldwide. She had her greatest success in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Russia, Finland, Ukraine, and South Korea with her third album '' Je te dis vous''. In 2002, Kaas made her film debut in '' And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen'' with Jeremy Irons. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow and finished in eighth place. Career 1966–1984: Early life Patricia Kaas, the youngest of her family, was born on 5 December 1966 in Forbach, Lorraine, France, near the German border. Her father, Joseph Kaas, a miner, was a French Germanophone ( Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by France in 1918) and her mother, Irmgard, was a German from Saar. Kaas grew up in Stiring-Wendel, between Forbach and Saarbrücken on the French side of the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandrine François
Sandrine François (born December 1980 in Paris) is a French singer who represented France at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest. Biography She was discovered singing in a pub and invited to sing on the television show of Mireille Dumas. This appearance led to a record contract, and to her working with producer-writer-arranger Erick Benzi (Jean-Jacques Goldman, Céline Dion). In 2002 François was invited by French television to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest. Rick Allison, Marie-Florence Gros and Patrick Bruel Patrick Benguigui (; born 14 May 1959), better known by his stage name Patrick Bruel (), is a French singer-songwriter, actor and professional poker player. Biography Early life Patrick is the son of Pierre Benguigui and Augusta Kammoun, d ... wrote a song for her called "Il faut du temps." She reached fifth position with 104 points. Her success led to the production of a solo album entitled 'Et Si Le Monde...', boasting 14 tracks in French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha St-Pier
Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer of Acadian origin who has spent most of her career in France. She was coach in the second and third season of The Voice Belgique (''The Voice of Belgium''). Career Natasha St-Pier released her first album, ''Émergence (Natasha St-Pier album), Emergence'', in 1996, produced by composer/producer Steve Barakatt. In 2000, she made her international singing debut as ''Fleur-de-Lys'' in the London version of the Musical theatre, musical drama ''Notre Dame de Paris (musical)#Original London Cast, Notre Dame de Paris''. She came fourth in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, 2001 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen, representing France with the power ballad ''Je n'ai que mon âme'', later releasing an English version of the song: "All I Have Is My Soul". By 2010, she had released 7 albums, topped the French album and singles charts, and made it to the top 10 of the Eurochart Hot 100. St Pier has become popular in francophone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Pravi
Barbara Piévic (born 10 April 1993), known professionally as Barbara Pravi, is a French singer, songwriter and actress. After signing with Capitol Music France in 2015, she released five extended plays with the label: ''Barbara Pravi'' (2018), (2020), (2021), (2021) and Les prières - guérir (2023). As a songwriter, Pravi has written songs for a number of artists including Yannick Noah, Julie Zenatti, Chimène Badi and Jaden Smith. She additionally composed "" by Valentina, which won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, and "" by Lissandro, which won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022. Pravi represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "", securing 2nd place, the best result for France since 1991. Her debut album, ''On n'enferme pas les oiseaux'' was released on 27 August 2021. Early life Barbara Piévic ( sr-Cyrl, Пјевић, Pjević) was born in Paris on 10 April 1993. Her family consists primarily of artists and musicians, being surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carola Häggkvist
Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music.Eurovision.tvCarola will represent Sweden again Retrieved on 29 February 2008. Her debut album, '' Främling'' (1983), sold around one million copies and remains the biggest-selling album in Swedish music history.Carola InternationaHistory – Biography Retrieved on 29 February 2008. She has also worked as a songwriter. During her career, she has recorded many top-selling albums and singles and is referred to as Sweden's most prominent female singer. Some of her biggest hits are " Främling", "Tommy tycker om mig", "Fångad av en stormvind", "All the Reasons to Live", "I Believe in Love", "Genom allt", and " Evighet". She has released records in various languages: Swedish, Dutch, German, English, Norwegian and Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amina Annabi
Amina Annabi ( ar, أمينة العنابي, Amīna al-ʿAnnābī; born 5 March 1962) is a French-Tunisian singer-songwriter and actress. She finished second in the tied 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Rome, after a countback, scoring equal 146 points alongside Carola from Sweden. Early life Amina was born into a family of musicians. Her father is French and her mother is Tunisian. Her grandmother was a musician and one of her uncles was involved in setting up the Tabarka Festival in Tunisia, so Amina got the chance to see a number of music stars, going along to concerts by Joan Baez, James Brown and the famous Algerian diva Warda. It was at the Tabarka music festival that Amina would get to meet the young Senegalese star Wasis Diop. They became friends and they had the opportunity to work together some years later. In 1975, Amina and her mother, a talented musician and composer, moved together to Paris. Three years later Amina formed her own group, after showing her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joëlle Ursull
Joëlle Ursull (born 9 November 1960) is a French singer. She performed "White and Black Blues", composed by Georges Augier de Moussac with lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg, in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 of 5 May 1990. She scored 132 points and was joint second with Ireland, behind "Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno. The single was a hit in France, where it peaked at #2 and remained charted for 26 weeks. Previously, Ursull was a member of the trio Zouk Machine.Elia Habib, Muz hit. tubes, p. 187 () Alone, she released the albums ''Miyel'' and ''Black French''. Biography Early life Joëlle Ursull was born on 9 November 1960 in Pointe-à-Pitre. She was elected Miss Morne-à-l'Eau before becoming Miss Guadeloupe in 1979. Ursull worked as a television actress in a sitcom produced by RFO. Later, she embarked on a modelling career before forming the group Zouk Machine. Among her influences are the Caribbean Zouk, Biguine, Reggae, Ragga, Quadrille, Salsa, and Merengue. The creation of Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Ferry (singer)
Catherine Ferry (born 1 July 1953) is a French singer. In 1976, at the Eurovision Song Contest, Catherine Ferry represented France with the song "Un, deux, trois" (Tony Rallo/ Jean Paul Cara). She ranked second in the contest. Among the backing vocalists was Daniel Balavoine, who wrote the B side "Petit Jean". She worked and was produced mainly by Daniel Balavoine a famous French singer who wrote nearly 30 songs for her. In 1977, she took part in the Yamaha Festival in Japan. In 1982, she released at WEA the song "Bonjour, Bonjour" (Linda Lecomte/Balavoine). In 1983, she participated in the musical fairy tale "Abbacadabra" by Alain Boublil based on ABBA's songs. In 1984, the album "Vivre avec la musique" was released, produced by Andy Scott, with music by Daniel Balavoine, Joe Hammer and Michel Rorive, lyrics of Daniel Balavoine, Linda Lecomte, Patrick Dulphy, Bernard Balavoine and Francis Wauthers. Balavoine died in 1986, having failed to finish the French lyrics of a song or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
