Barbara Pravi

Barbara Piévic (born 10 April 1993), known professionally as Barbara Pravi, is a French singer, songwriter and actress. After signing with Capitol Music France in 2015, she released five extended plays with the label: ''Barbara Pravi'' (2018), (2020), (2021), (2021) and Les prières - guérir (2023). As a songwriter, Pravi has written songs for a number of artists including Yannick Noah, Julie Zenatti, Chimène Badi and Jaden Smith. She additionally composed "" by Valentina, which won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, and "" by Lissandro, which won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Pravi represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "", securing 2nd place, the best result for France since 1991. Her debut album, ''On n'enferme pas les oiseaux'' was released on 27 August 2021.

Early life

Barbara Piévic ( sr-Cyrl, Пјевић, Pjević) was born in Paris on 10 April 1993. Her family consists primarily of artists and musicians, being surrounded by paintings and music since childhood. Pravi's father is of Serbian and Algerian Jewish descent, while her mother is of Polish Jewish and Iranian origin. Pravi's maternal grandfather is the Iranian painter Hossein Zenderoudi.

Career

2014–2018: Early career

Pravi began her music career in 2014, after meeting French musician Jules Jaconelli. With Jaconelli, she began composing songs. The following year, she released an original song titled "", which led to her signing a contract with Capitol Music France. She adopted the stage name Barbara Pravi from the Serbian word ( sr-Cyrl, прави, lit=real', 'authentic, in the masculine), as a homage to her Serbian grandfather. Upon beginning her professional recording career, Pravi performed on the soundtrack of the French version of the Swiss film '' Heidi'' with the song "" and afterwards was cast as Solange Duhamel in the musical show in November 2016, performing songs written by Jean-Jacques Goldman, Charles Aznavour and Maxime Le Forestier.

In 2017, Pravi released her first official single "". The single was later included on her self-titled debut extended play, which was released the following year. Also in 2017, Pravi starred in the television film , as the role of Marion, was later broadcast on France 2 in December 2019. From 2017 until 2018, Pravi performed on the 55 Tour, supporting French singer Florent Pagny. At the end of 2018, Pravi decided to alter her musical style by adopting a more traditional French style, rather than the pop music that had dominated her early releases.

Along with writing and composing her own songs, Pravi has written for several other artists including Yannick Noah, Julie Zenatti, Chimène Badi, Jaden Smith, Louane and Florent Pagny.

2019–2021: Eurovision Song Contest

In 2019, Pravi cowrote Carla's Junior Eurovision Song Contest song Bim Bam Toi, representing France in Gwlice-Silesia, Poland. This finished 5th place in the final of the competition. Also post-competition, this song was viral on TikTok and got the first viral TikTok disk with a song located in France.

In 2020, Pravi cowrote Valentina's Junior Eurovision Song Contest entry J'imagine, representing France in Warsaw, Poland. This won the contest, being the first out of two of Pravi's Junior Eurovision Song Contest wins.

In 2021, Pravi represented France in Eurovision Song Contest with the song Voilà. She finished 2nd to Italian group Maneskin. This was historic in the French Eurovision history as it was the best result for France in 30 years and the highest scoring entry (in points) in French Eurovision history since their debut in 1956. Pravi was asked to represent France many times before but she declined due to "not feeling ready".

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2021–present: Post-Eurovision ventures

In July 2021, Pravi announced her first international tour for her debut studio album, ( en, We don't lock up the birds), which came out on 27 August 2021.

Pravi performed "" as an interval act at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021, which took place on 19 December in Paris. Pravi also performed the song "" ( en, The man and the bird) at the 37th edition of the , where she went on to win the Female Revelation of the Year award.

On International Women's Day, 8 March 2022, Pravi released "" ( en, Prayer for yourself).

On 13 July 2022, Pravi released "365", which is dedicated to all the fans who have supported her in the past year.

Pravi co-wrote Lissandro’s song "", which went on to win the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 for France.

On 21 December, Pravi was announced as Florence in the TV movie "Adieu Vinyle" to be premiered on France 2, it is supposed to be premiered in mid 2023. This is Pravi's 3rd acting role after Un été 44 (2016) and La sainte famille (2017, but premiered in 2019). It is also credited on her portfolio that she starred in Barbara Pravi (voilà qui je suis) in 2021 but this was a documentary which she was the person they were filming about


In late 2022 and early 2023, Pravi was rumoured to represent France in Eurovision Song Contest 2023. It has been confirmed to be false as Alexandra Redde Amiel, the French head of delegation for Eurovision, confirmed that La Zarra will represent them in Liverpool. However, Pravi is still accredited for Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on IMDb alongside Megan Chung so it's been unannounced whether she is still currently active in the cast for the show, as herself, as a composer, as something completely different or inactive in the show's broadcast in Early to mid May 2023.

On January 6, 2023, she announced she was officially signed to Virgin Records France after 8 years at Capitol Music France. It is currently unknown if she is still signed to Universal Music France, Intagio Records and Megan Entertainment Group but looking at the announcement post, it looks like she is still singed to them, as they wasn't mentioned.

On January 8, 2023 she announced she was officially preparing her second full length album after On n'enferme pas les oiseaux which was released in August 2021. She is working on this alongside her television movie debut in Adieu Vinyle, a TV movie which is set to premiere on France 3 in mid 2023.

On January 13, 2023, she was announced as a temporary host on the BBC podcast show "Music Life". The first episode included November Ultra, Pi Ja Ma, Yaël Naïm and Melissa Lauveux and the second episode explains Pravi's playlist "Sur la route" (on the road) which is a playlist she plays on tour. Also on this show, Pravi confirmed that she has a new project (assumption that it's a single) coming out March 8, 2023, with lots of drawings and poems attached with the project. This also follows on from her French radio debut on RTL2's Foudre with Waxx, which she co-hosted an episode with Waxx.

Awards and achievements

2016:
Press Awards for musical « Un été 44 »

2018:
* Destination Eurovision 2018 - songwriter for « L’un près de l’autre » by Noee, was not selected as the entry for France at Eurovision (check before Eurovision section)

2019:
* Composition and backing vocals of Bim Bam Toi for Carla Lazzari at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 finishing in 5th place
* TikTok Viral Disk - Bim Bam Toi (Carla)
* TikTok Viral (no disk) - Notes pour trop tard (Barbara Pravi)

2020:
* Composition and backing vocals of J’imagine for Valentina Tronel at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020 finishing 1st place

2021:
* Primary vocals, composition and producer of Voila at Eurovision Song Contest 2021 finishing 2nd place
* Winner of Marcel Bezençon Prix for the Press Award and the Artist Performance Award
* Winner of Sacem Prize for the best French song of the Year (Voila)
* Global Platinum Disk for Voila
* W9 Prize for the Female Revelation of the Year
*ESC TOP 250 2021 - 5th place
*TikTok Viral (no disk) - Voilà (Barbara Pravi)
* ESCBUBBLE Eurovision 2021 Song of the Year Prize - Winner
* TOP 2000 - 678 (Voilà)

2022:
* Victoires de la Musique 2022 - Female Revelation of the Year
* Gold Disk (France) for Voila
* 100,000 subscribers on YouTube
* Composition and backing vocals of "Oh Maman!" for Lissandro at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which won the contest.
* Prix Inter'Val d'Automne 2022 1st place - 2022 Favourite
* ESC TOP 250 2022 (Voilà) - 10th place
* Composition, lyricist and backing vocals of Voilà performed by Enola and Louis on Star Academy (French TV series) - Place: Enola (2nd), Louis (4th)
* The David Horton Show - 8th with Voilà
* TOP 2000 - Number 262 (Voilà)

2023:

*Hitovision Édition 1- 1st place

Collaborations and Covers

2018:

* Something Stupid cover with Calum Scott on Taratata
* You Are The Reason French Version with Calum Scott
* Debout les femmes participation
* Kid cover originally by Eddy De Pretto

2019:
* Notes pour trop tard cover originally by Orelsan
* Composition of Ma Voie album by Angelina Nava
* Composition of Bleu Indigo album by Yannick Noah
* Composition of Chimeme Badi album by Chiméme Badi
* Composition and backing vocals of Jaden Smith's Erys.

2020:
* Composition of Les force contraines album by Terrenoire
* La fin de monde with Terrenoire
* Foule Sentimentale cover with Gaëtan Roussel

2021:
* Ma plus belle histoire d’amour cover with Carla Bruni

2022:
* Composition and featuring in Terrenoire’s 2nd album
* Tama with Fatoumata Diawara
* Daughters of Cyrus with Aida Nostrat and Golfshifteh Farahani 2023:
* Composition of 143 Replay in DREAMDAY's 1st single album VOYAGE 091
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Personal life

Pravi has a deep connection with Persian literature, with her mother being of Iranian descent. Pravi is very active in the fight to end violence against women, having previously been a survivor of domestic violence. She has frequently contributed to music initiatives intended to promote causes involved with women's rights. Pravi was also invited to speak at Emlyon Business School through TEDx to speak about her career and how she found self-confidence.

Pravi has cited her musical influences as Barbara, Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Françoise Hardy, and Aragon.

Discography

Studio albums

TBA - 2023/2024 - Virgin Records - Digital download, CD, LP, streaming

Extended plays

Singles

Filmography

2016: Un été 44 (Solange Duhamel)+

2017: La sainte famille (Marion)

2021: Barbara Pravi - voilà que je suis (Self)

2023: Adieu Vinyle (Florence)

Un été 44 No2 (Solange Duhamel)

The Search** (Leeseo)

** - English language acting debut

+ - French language acting debut

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All acting (and non acting) credits are found here

Eurovision Participations

2018:

Composition of Noéé's L'un près de l'autre (5th in Semi final 1 of Destination Eurovision)

Involved in Angelina's Jamais sans toi (2nd at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018)

2019:

Composition of Carla Lazzari's Bim bam toi (5th at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019)

2020:

Was involved in the french selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Composition of Valentina's J'imagine (1st place at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020

2021:

Competed in Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with Voilà finishing in 2nd

Involved with Enzo's Tic Tac (3rd place at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021)

2022:

Eurovision Song Contest 2022:

• Involved with Alvan and Ahez's Fulenn (24th place in final)

• Involved with Sheldon Riley's Not the Same (15th place in final)

Composition of Lissandro's Oh Maman! (1st place in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022)

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References

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1993 births
21st-century French singers
21st-century French women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for France
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2021
Musicians from Paris
French women singer-songwriters
French singer-songwriters
French people of Algerian-Jewish descent
French people of Polish-Jewish descent
French people of Iranian descent
French people of Serbian descent
French pop singers
Living people