Julien Doré (; born 7 July 1982) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He is the winner of the fifth season of the television show ''

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'', aired on the French Television M6 channel. He is also the great-great-grandson of

Gustave Doré Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré ( , , ; 6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French artist, as a printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravin ...

, a well-known illustrator of the 19th century.

Life

Doré was born in

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( Gard, Occitanie), and grew up in Lunel. After taking his

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at the college

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, he attended the

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of Nîmes for five years. He is the founder of the band Dig up

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. In 2006, he created with Guillaume de Molina the project "The

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disco suicide", "protean group" which covered pop and disco hits. In June 2007, Doré was voted number one in French ''

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'' Magazine's "15 Sexiest Men" poll. He dated

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, but the two separated in March 2009.

''Nouvelle Star''

In 2007, Doré was selected at the

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session in

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for the fifth season of the music competition ''

'', where he presented himself with a ukulele. At the beginning, he only participated in the casting to get free publicity for his band. He convinced the jury when he sang "A la faveur de l'automne" (originally by Tété). His most memorable performances and revelations were while singing " Moi... Lolita" (

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) and " ...Baby One More Time" ( Britney Spears),

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songs, in acoustics. He won the finale against Tigane.

Career

Doré has had a successful musical career after winning ''Nouvelle Star'' with three studio albums, ''

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'' (2008), ''

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'' (2011) and '' Løve'' (2013), all reaching top four on the official French Albums Chart. He has also gained chart success in Belgium and Switzerland. In 2009, he recorded a duet with Cœur de Pirate of her song, "Pour un infidèle." A video was released to promote the song, showing the two as a 1960s-era celebrity couple. Also in 2009, Doré recorded the song "Helsinki" with French singer Mélanie Pain. Doré also collaborated with French chanteuse

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on her 2010 album release, ''Soleil bleu.'' He was a guest coach for candidates Quentin Bruno and Law on Season 4 of '' The Voice: la plus belle voix'' the French version of the reality television singing competition ''The Voice''.

Discography

Albums

Studio Live albums Others *2014: ''Piano Sølo'' (limited edition, FR (SNEP): Peak #110)

EPs

Soundtracks

*2010: ''Holiday''

DVDs

*2015: '' Løve Live DVD''

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other songs

Filmography

References

External links

M6 website

His band Dig up Elvis

His band Dig up Elvis (Myspace official page)

His band Jean d'Ormesson's (Myspace official page
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