Lissandro Formica (born 2009), performing under the mononym Lissandro, is a French teenaged singer best known for winning the 2022 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Earlier, in 2020, he had reached the final of the seventh season of the French version of ''The Voice Kids''. He is also an experienced dubbing artist. He has done voice-overs for several television series and animation films.

Biography

Lissandro was born on 2 October 2009 in the

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department. He got an interest in music when he was five. It was thanks to his father that he discovered

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. Lissandro's love for Elvis earned his the nickname Elvissandro. Lissandro was discovered by his singing teacher Marina D'Amico, who had was a finalist on the French ''X Factor'' in 2011 and also was a contestant on the French edition of ''The Voice'' in 2014. He participated in the seventh season of '' The Voice Kids France'', where he reached the final. In the blind auditions, he sang " Too Much" by his idol

. All the four judges turned their seats for him. He chose Jennifer. In 2022, he was internally selected by France Télévisions to represent France at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest with a song titled "Oh Maman!". In October 2022, the song was released as a

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. On November 6, the accompanying music video was released on YouTube. On 11 December, Lissandro won the Junior Eurovision with a total of 203 points, above second-place Armenia with 180 points and third-place Georgia with 161. This was France's second victory at the contest, after that of Valentina in 2020 with her song "

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References

External links

Lissandro profile
on the Junior Eurovision official website {{authority control 2009 births Living people 21st-century French male singers Child pop musicians Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners French child singers French pop singers The Voice Kids contestants Musicians from Moselle (department) Universal Music France artists