Julien Decroix, better known as Soan, (born on 4 May 1981) is a French singer-songwriter who won in 2009 the
seventh season of the French music competition ''
Nouvelle Star''.
Beginnings
Soan left home at 17 over family discords and traveled a lot as a singer to earn his living but without notable success. He also sang at Paris Metro underground train stations.
''Nouvelle Star''
At 27, he took part in the Paris auditions of ''Nouvelle Star'' (French version of ''
Idol'') and was accepted to qualification rounds, without his audition being shown on the program. His rendition in the second round was also not shown. His first showing on the broadcast series was while doing a trio interpretation of
BB Brunes's ''Dis-moi'' with two other candidates after which went to the lives rounds. On the show of 31 March 2009 on
M6, judge
Philippe Manœuvre
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announced his selection for the prime shows with 15 finalists left.
On 9 June 2009, he was declared the winner against tough competition from finalist and eventual runner-up Leïla Aissaoui as well as from third
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. He proved to be a phenomenon with his piercings and tattoos, pretty face, smoky eye makeup (''l'oeil de biche''), deep baritone voice and unique sense of fashion.
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designed several of Soan's costumes and outfits.
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Appearances during ''Nouvelle Star''
;Solo
;In duos / trios
;In groups
Group interpretations including Soan at the beginning of program
After ''Nouvelle Star''
On 22 June 2009, he was featured as supporting act before a Jean Corti Jean Corti (1929 – 25 November 2015) was an Italian-French accordionist and composer. He was the accompanist of Jacques Brel for six years, from 1960 to 1966.
Career
Corti composed several songs, either alone (''Les Bourgeois''), with Brel and G ...
concert at Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, in Paris, and between June and October 2009 took part in the ''Nouvelle Star 2009 Tour'' with 4 other finalists.
His debut album, ''Tant pis'' was released on 27 November 2009 on Jive Records. On 9 June 2010, he was invited to interpret one of his songs, "Séquelles", during the ''Nouvelle Star 2010'' semi-finals. He also appeared at Laurent Ruquier
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's program ''On n'est pas couché
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''.
Discography
Albums
Singles
*2009: "Next time"
*2010: "Emily"
*2010: "Séquelles"
References
External links
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Soan YouTube siteSoan Le Lutin Sous l'Arbre Bleu websiteLe Soanatorium Message Board
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Nouvelle Star winners
1981 births
Living people
21st-century French singers
21st-century French male singers