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À La Recherche De La Nouvelle Star
''À la recherche de la nouvelle star '' (Looking for the new Star) is a reality television show based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol''. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in La Francophonie. It was hosted by Benjamin Castaldi. The Belgian singer Jonatan Cerrada won over Thierry Amiel with 50.4% of the total votes, and went on to represent France at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, with " À chaque pas". After the first season the show was renamed ''Nouvelle Star''. Auditions The inaugural season of ''À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' had seven audition cities to find the best talent not only in France, but also Belgium and Canada: : Toulouse (8 February) : Lyon (14 February) : Marseille (18 February) : Rennes (22 February) : Paris (28 February) : Brussels, Belgium (7 March) : Montreal Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M6 (television Channel)
M6 (), also known as , is the most profitable private national French television channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world. M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire that owns several TV channels, magazines, publications, movie production companies, and media-related firms. It is owned by RTL Group. On 20 May 2021, it was announced that M6 Group, owners of the channel, has proposed a merger with TF1 Group, which owns competing commercial network TF1. On 16 September 2022, it was announced that the merger was officially abandoned, citing concerns from French antitrust regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, regarding competition in the advertising sector; the combined entity was likely to have been required to sell either primary channel (M6 or TF1) for the merger to proceed. History M6 launched on 1 March 1987, at 11:15 am CET, taking the place of TV6 (French TV channel), TV6. M6's current on-air brand image, intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liège
Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about north-east). In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the ''sillon industriel'', the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The municipality consists of the following Deelgemeente, sub-municipalities: Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liège proper, Rocourt, Liège, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native (band)
Native is a French R&B duo composed of two sisters, Laura Mayne (born 20 January 1968 in Villemomble, Seine-Saint-Denis) and Chris Mayne (born 12 January 1970 in Villemomble). They began their singing career as backup singers with Niagara and Gérald De Palmas. They achieved their first success in 1994 with their single "Si la vie demande ça", a top ten hit in France. In 1994, they won a Victoires de la musique award for most promising group of the year. They featured on the track "Who the F*** Is This" on the Bubba Sparxxx & The Muddkatz album ''New South: The Album B4 the Album Mixtape'' (2003). After the group split, in 2002 Laura Mayne released her first solo album under the name Native, entitled ''Laura Mayne-Kerbrat''. In 2003, Chris Mayne formed the band West Isle with Éric Daniel, former member of Sweetness group. They released the album ''Ailleurs'' in 2006. Discography Albums * 1993: ''Native'' * 1995: ''Nat(l)ive'' * 1997: ''Couleurs de l'amour'' - #27 in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. His music and showmanship have had a significant, lasting impact on the music industry, and his songwriting partnership with lyricist Bernie Taupin is one of the most successful in history. John was the 19th EGOT winner in history. He has sold over 300 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists of all time. John learned to play piano at an early age, winning a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. In the 1960s, he formed the blues band Bluesology, wrote songs for other artists alongside Taupin, and worked as a session musician, before releasing his debut album, ''Empty Sky'' (1969). Throughout the next six decades, John cemented his status as a cultural icon with Elton John albums discography, 32 studio albums, including ''Honky Château'' (1972), ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' (1973), ''Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Pausini
Laura Pausini (; born 16 May 1974) is an Italian Pop music, pop singer. She rose to fame in 1993, winning the newcomer artists' section of the Sanremo Music Festival 1993, 43rd Sanremo Music Festival with the song "La solitudine", which became an Italian standard and an international hit. Her Laura Pausini (1993 album), self-titled debut album was released in Italy on 23 April 1993 and later became an international success, selling two million copies worldwide. Its follow-up, ''Laura (Laura Pausini album), Laura'', was released in 1994 and confirmed her international success, selling three million copies worldwide. Pausini has released fifteen studio albums, two international greatest hits albums and one compilation album for the Anglophone market only. She mostly performs in Italian and Spanish, but has also recorded and sung songs in Portuguese, English, French, German, Latin, Chinese, Catalan, Neapolitan, Romanian, Romagnol and Sicilian. In 2004, AllMusic's Jason Birchmei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Solitudine
"La solitudine" (''"The Loneliness"'') is a song by Italian pop singer Laura Pausini, released as her debut single by CGD in February 1993. Pausini sang it for the first time on 23 February 1993, during the 43rd Sanremo Music Festival. On 27 February 1993, the song was announced the winner of the competition in the newcomers' section, receiving 7,464 votes. The single reached number five on the Italian '' Musica e dischi'' Singles Chart and later became an Italian standard. A few months after its original release, "La solitudine" was included in Pausini's self-titled first album, released on 18 May 1993. In late 1993, following the success achieved in Italy, the single was released in the rest of Europe, topping the Dutch Top 40 Singles Chart and the Belgian VRT Top 30 Singles Chart, and reaching the top five in France. Pausini also recorded the song in Spanish, with the title "La soledad", and in English, with lyrics adapted by Tim Rice and re-titled as "La solitudine (Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colors Of The Wind
"Colors of the Wind" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for Walt Disney Pictures' 33rd animated feature film, '' Pocahontas'' (1995). The film's theme song, "Colors of the Wind" was originally recorded by American singer and actress Judy Kuhn in her role as the singing voice of Pocahontas. A pop ballad, the song's lyrics are about animism and respecting nature, finding its roots in indigenous Native American culture, perspectives which have later been adopted in both transcendentalist literature and New Age spirituality. "Colors of the Wind" received a mostly positive reception from critics, with several citing it as one of the best songs from a Disney film. The song would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. American actress and singer Vanessa Williams's version of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha St
Natasha is a name of Russian origin. It is the diminutive form of the Latin name Natalia, which means "born on Christmas Day". Notable people * Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016), Costa Rican swimmer * Natasha Allegri (born 1986), American creator, writer, storyboard revisionist, and cartoonist * Natascha Artin Brunswick (1909–2003), German-American mathematician and photographer * Natasha Arthy (born 1969), Danish screenwriter, film director and producer * Natascha Badmann (born 1966), Swiss triathlete * Natasha Badhwar (born 1971), Indian author * Natasha Barrett (other), several people * Natasha Beaumont (born 1974), Malaysian-Australian actress * Natasha Bedingfield (born 1981), British singer * Natascha Bessez (born 1986), American singer * Natasha Bowen, Nigerian Welsh writer * Natasha J. Caplen, British-American geneticist * Natasha Chmyreva (born 1958), Russian tennis player * Natasha Chokljat (born 1979), Australian netball player * Natasha Coates (born c. 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Je N'ai Que Mon âme
"Je n'ai que mon âme" (; English translation: "I only have my soul") is a song by Natasha St-Pier, the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. It was sung mainly in French, with some lyrics in English (the first time a French entry contained any English lyrics). The song was released in Canada as the lead single from the compilation album carrying the same name '' Je n'ai que mon âme''. Outside Canada, the song appeared as a track on the European version of the studio album '' À chacun son histoire''. St-Pier also recorded an English version with the title "All I Have is My Soul". Eurovision The song was performed fourteenth on the night, following 's David Civera with " Dile que la quiero" and preceding 's Sedat Yüce with " Sevgiliye son". At the close of voting, it had received 142 points (12 points from , and ), placing 4th in a field of 23. The song is a power ballad, with St-Pier attempting to resurrect what appears to be a doomed relationship, telling her lover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores; writing and recording the hit singles "Easy (Commodores song), Easy", "Sail On (song), Sail On", "Three Times a Lady", and "Still (Commodores song), Still" with the group before his departure. In 1980, he wrote and produced the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number one single "Lady (Kenny Rogers song), Lady" for Kenny Rogers. In 1981, Richie wrote and produced the single "Endless Love (song), Endless Love", which he recorded as a duet with Diana Ross; it remains among the top 20 bestselling singles of all time, and the biggest career hit for both artists. In 1982, he officially launched his solo career with the album ''Lionel Richie (album), Lionel Richie'', which sold over four million copies and spawned the singles "You Are (Lionel Richie so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello (Lionel Richie Song)
"Hello" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lionel Richie. Taken as the third single from his second solo album, '' Can't Slow Down'' (1983), the song was released in 1984 and reached number one on three ''Billboard'' music charts: the pop chart (for two weeks), the R&B chart (for three weeks), and the Adult Contemporary chart (for six weeks). The song also went to number one on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks. The song was subject to a lawsuit by songwriter Marjorie Hoffman White, who accused Richie of plagiarizing her 1978 composition "I'm Not Ready to Go". Reception ''Cash Box'' said that the song "is as melodic and heartwrenching as anything itchiehas done previously and that’s saying something." Composition The song is written in the key of A minor. The verses follow the chord progression of Am9—Cmaj7/G—Fmaj7—C6/G—Fmaj7. The chorus features a Neapolitan chord (Bb). Music video The music video for "Hello", directed by Bob Giraldi, features the stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
