Caroline Costa Subtil, known professionally as Caroline Costa (born 9 May 1996), is a French singer and TV presenter.

Early life

Born May 9, 1996 in

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. Caroline Costa grew up in the

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, with her parents Laurence and Joachim Costa, and her sister Lucie. She is of

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and French origin.

In Pop System

Caroline Costa was born in 1996 in France, to a French mother, Laurence, and Portuguese father, Joaquim. She had great success as a youngster. In 2007, she was chosen as part of the 6-member teen group Pop System (sometimes Popsystem) for the French children's series ''Iapiap!'' broadcast on

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, where she was mentored by

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. Pop System enjoyed great popularity in the period 2007–2008 and released the single "Laissez-nous dire" that reached No. 12 on the French Singles Chart. The teen group was made up of the girls Caroline, Marina, Sarah, Lisa and the boys Nicolas and Joris.

In ''La France a un incroyable talent''

In 2008, she appeared on the French television channel M6's program ''100% Mag''. In November 2008, she took part in the M6 reality television series ''

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'' where she reached the finale. She auditioned with '' Hurt'' from

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, and received a standing ovation. In the next round, she performed "

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" by

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. In the finale Costa performed " I Will Always Love You" by

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and finished runner-up for the season with the title going to Alexandre, a fire juggler.

Solo career

She started her solo music career in 2009. In 2009, she did a duet with the Spanish teen actor/pop singer

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for a Spanish cover of

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's " Without You" (that was a huge hit when covered by Harry Nilsson in 1971, then by Mariah Carey in 1994) and had many television appearances and appeared again on ''100% Mag''. In September of the same year, she was part of a charity album release for the French AIDS charity

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, working with famous artists like

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and

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. Her first solo single released in France was "Qui je suis" in December 2010. The EP included besides "Qui je suis", an instrumental version of the same song, also "Mon secret" and a cover of " Take a Bow". In December 2011 her single "Je t'ai menti" was released in duet with Swedish upcoming artist

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alongside a music video that was first broadcast on NRJ Hits. The song is a French version of "Kill for Lies", a famous song by Ulrik Munther. This was a pre-release for her debut studio album ''J'irai'', released on 5 March 2012.

TV presenter

She started presenting the French television program ''Kids 20'' on the French children's channel Télétoon +.

Musical show

Since 2012, she has participated in the famous French musical show about Robin Hood, ''

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'' (full title ''Robin des Bois: Ne renoncez jamais''). She plays the role of Bedelia, the sheriff's daughter, who falls in love with Adrien, Robin's son. The cast of the musical comedy includes

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, Stephanie Bedard, Caroline Costa, Sacha Tran, Dume,

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and Marc Antoine. They performed many shows in Paris before going on to other cities in France, Belgium and Switzerland. The show has been a huge success. In 2013, the cast won an

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for Francophone Duo/Group of the Year.

In popular culture

*On 9 July 2011, she appeared in the popular French television adventure and games show '' Fort Boyard'' on the channel

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. At age 15, she is the youngest participant on the show. *On 21 December 2011, she took part besides many other artists in ''

le rappel'' (a look back on highlights of earlier participants) and sang "

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" by

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Discography

Albums

EPs

*2011: ''Qui je suis''

Singles

;with Pop System ;Solo

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Caroline 1996 births Living people French people of Portuguese descent 21st-century French singers 21st-century French women singers French people of Spanish descent French people of Italian descent