Zoé Clauzure (; born 12 February 2010) is a French child singer best known for winning the 2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Earlier, in 2020, she had reached the semifinals of the seventh season of the French version of ''The Voice Kids''.

Biography

Zoé Clauzure is from

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, in the suburbs of

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. She has taken vocal and piano lessons since the age of six. She was discovered in 2019 during the seventh season of '' The Voice Kids France'' (broadcast in 2020). In the blind auditions, she sang " Homeless" by Marina Kaye. Of the four judges, only Soprano turned his seat for her and took her in his team, bringing all the way to the semi-finals. "You have a

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charisma, you are already a star," he said when choosing Zoé for the semis, where she sang "

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and wasn't chosen by him to advance. In November, she released a single titled "Ma Place", for which she wrote the lyrics together with Bernard Clapot on the lyrics. In October 2021, she released an album ''Les Fables de La Fontaine en chansons'' (meaning "

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in song form") as part of the singing group We Are World Citizens, composed of children from past seasons of ''The Voice Kids''. In 2022, she released a solo single titled "Dans les nuages". The single and the accompanying music video were a prize for winning the Billieblush Academy, a singing contest for girls below the age of 13, organized by the clothes mark Billeblush.

2023 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

On 27 September 2023,

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announced having selected Zoé with a song titled " Cœur" to represent France at the

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that would be held in Nice on 26 November. On the same day, the song was released as a

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. On October 18, the accompanying music video was unveiled. The song was revealed to be about

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. While not making any direct references to school, the singer encouraged the listeners to "move forward towards victory", even if there were people wanting to see you fail.https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/11/01/lyrics-zoe-clauzure-coeur-junior-eurovision-2023/278094/ On 26 November, Zoé won the Junior Eurovision with a total of 228 points, 27 points ahead of second-placed Spain and 48 points in front of Armenia in third. This was France's second consecutive and third overall victory at the contest.

Discography

Collaboration albums

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clauzure, Zoé 2010 births Living people 21st-century French women 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 Hauts-de-Seine Warner Music France artists