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Bilal Hassani
Bilal Hassani (; ; born 9 September 1999) is a French singer-songwriter and YouTuber. He in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song " Roi", finishing in 16th place. Early life Hassani was born in Orsay, Paris Region to a Moroccan family from Casablanca. His mother is a French citizen, while his father lives in Singapore. He has an older brother, Taha, who was born in 1995. He obtained his literary baccalaureate in 2017. Musical career In 2005, at the age of five, Hassani began singing lessons. In 2015, encouraged by his friend Nemo Schiffman, a finalist of the first season, Hassani participated in the second season of ''The Voice Kids'' and introduced himself in the blind auditions by singing a cover of "Rise Like a Phoenix" by Conchita Wurst, a singer whom he admires. He joined the team of judge Patrick Fiori. He was eliminated during the battle rounds by Swany Patrac. In 2018, the LGBT magazine ''Têtu'' designated Hassani as one of the "30 LGBT+ eoplewho move ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orsay
Orsay () is a Communes of France, commune in the Essonne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. A fortified location of the Vallée de Chevreuse, Chevreuse valley since the 8th century and agricultural domain of wealthy and influential people, the development of Orsay is marked by the introduction of a Rail transport, railroad in the second half of the 18th century (today the RER B of which two stations are located in Orsay) and donations which allow the construction of a hospital still active to this day. Orsay is the main home to the Paris-Saclay University. The university significantly shapes Orsay's economy as it employs about 10,000 academic workers. The city's economy is also centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the Paris-Saclay's research and development infrastructure. Seat of the Orsay campus of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 52 countries hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens Of Drama (film)
''Queens of Drama'' () is a French musical drama film, directed by Alexis Langlois and released in 2024. Plot The film centres on a star-crossed romance between Mimi Madamour (Louiza Aura) and Billie Kohler (Gio Ventura), two singers who first meet as competitors in a television singing competition where Mimi is selected for a place in the competition and goes on to have a huge pop hit, while Billie is rejected and pursues underground success as a punk rocker. Production From the initial idea to the start of filming, ''Queens of Drama'' took around six years to develop. While the writing process was relatively quick, the biggest challenge was securing funding, as finding support for a queer film in France proved to be especially difficult, director Alexis Langlois claims. ''Queens of Drama'' carries strong autobiographical elements, with the character of Dorothy serving as a reflection of the director’s own journey as a queer filmmaker navigating the film industry. Drawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Langlois
Alexis Langlois (born 1989) is a French film director and screenwriter. Life and career A native of Le Havre, Normandy, they moved to Paris in 2007 to study film at Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis and the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy.Quentin Grosset"Story : Alexis Langlois, le petit prince du trash qui va bousculer le cinéma français" ''Trois Couleurs'', 7 November 2019. They directed a number of short films, the most noted of which, ''The Demons of Dorothy (Les Démons de Dorothy)'', won the Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International Competition at the 74th Locarno Film Festival in 2021. They have also been a two-time finalist for the Iris Prize, for ''Terror, Sisters! (De la terreur, mes soeurs!)'' in 2021 and for ''The Demons of Dorothy'' in 2022. They also directed "Marathon", a 2023 music video for pop singer Bilal Hassani which also starred porn actor François Sagat. Their debut feature film '' Queens of Drama (Les Reines du dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Fire Saga
''Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'' is a 2020 American musical romantic comedy film directed by David Dobkin, written by Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, and starring Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Melissanthi Mahut, Mikael Persbrandt, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Graham Norton, Demi Lovato, Pierce Brosnan, and Elín Petersdóttir. It follows the personally close Icelandic singers Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdóttir as they are given the chance to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest. Development of a film based on the Eurovision Song Contest began in 2018, with Ferrell, a self-described follower of the event, attending the and editions to conceive the characters and story. The film was officially announced in June 2018, and filming took place between August and October 2019 in Scotland, Iceland, and England. ''The Story of Fire Saga'' was originally scheduled for a May 2020 release on Netflix to coincide with the Eurovision Song Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chimène Badi
Chimène Badi (; born 30 October 1982), also known by her mononym Chimène, is a French singer of Algerian descent. Early life Badi was born in Melun in the Paris suburbs to a family of Algerian origin. She spent her entire childhood in the south-west of France. She grew up in Villeneuve-sur-Lot Villeneuve-sur-Lot (; in the Languedocien dialect of Occitan language: ''Vilanuèva d'Òlt'' ) is a town and Communes of France, commune in the southwestern French Departments of France, department of Lot-et-Garonne. The commune was formerly name ... with her parents, Chérifa and Mohammed, her sister, Déborah, and her brother, Karim. Her sister Déborah encouraged her to persevere with her singing and Chimène went on to hone her vocal style still further, performing at family parties and regional song contests from the age of six. Badi also made her mark at her school's end-of-year shows, wowing the audience with her confident vocal performance. Teachers barely recognised her sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Inter
France Inter () is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is the successor to Paris Inter, later known as France I, and created as a merger of the France I and France II networks, first as RTF Inter in October 1963, then renamed to its current name in December of that year. It is a " generalist" station, aiming to provide a wide national audience with a full service of news and spoken-word programming, both serious and entertaining, liberally punctuated with an eclectic mix of music. It is broadcast on FM from a nationwide network of transmitters, as well as via the internet. It is the most popular station in France with over 7 million daily listeners. History France Inter was founded as part of the reorganization of state broadcasting which followed the end of World War II as "Paris Inter" and charged with being French public radio's generalist (i.e. "full-service") service. The channel was renamed "France I" in 1958, although three years later one of Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TMC (chaîne De Télévision)
TMC may stand for: Companies and brands *Thinking Machines Corporation, a defunct supercomputer company *Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese automobile manufacturer *Toshiba Memory Corporation * Trans Mountain Corporation *Transportation Management Center, a division of American shipping company C.H. Robinson *Transportation Manufacturing Corporation, a defunct bus manufacturer based in Roswell, New Mexico *Triumph Motor Company, a defunct British automotive manufacturer Educational and medical institutions * Tehran Monolingual Corpus, a Persian monolingual text corpus, Iran *Texas Medical Center, a medical institution * Texas Military College, a private junior college, high school, and primary school located in Terrell, Texas that operated from 1915 to 1949 * Thanjavur Medical College, a golden jubilee college in Tamil Nadu, India *Thomson Medical Centre, a private hospital in Novena, Singapore *Thurgood Marshall College, a college within University of California, San Diego * Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quotidien
''Quotidien'' () is a French television show, first broadcast 12 September 2016 on the channel TMC. It is presented by Yann Barthès. History On 9 May 2016, Yann Barthès announced that he was leaving Canal+'s '' Le Petit Journal'', a programme which he had presented since it began in 2004. On the same day the TF1 Group announced that it had recruited Barthès to present two new programmes: a daily show on its channel TMC and a weekly show on the TF1 channel. Canal+ later announced that Barthès would be replaced as presenter of ''Le Petit Journal'' by Cyrille Eldin. The first episode of ''Quotidien'', broadcast 12 September 2016, featured a guest appearance by the singer Vanessa Paradis who opened the series. It also featured an interview with the Socialist Party politician and former Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira, an appearance by the actor Valérie Lemercier, and a live performance by the band La Femme. The show was watched by 1.3 million viewers, representin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including 40,000 sold abroad. It has been available online since 1995, and it is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ', of which has 51% ownership but is editorially independent. is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with ''Libération'' and . A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters Institute poll in 2021 found that is the most trusted French newspaper. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are tenured, unionized, and financial stakeholders in the business. While shareholders appoint the company's CEO, the editor is elected by ''Le Monde''s journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France In The Eurovision Song Contest 2018
France was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Mercy" written by Émilie Satt and Jean-Karl Lucas, and performed by themselves as Madame Monsieur. The French entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal was selected through the national selection ''Destination Eurovision'', organised by the French broadcaster France Télévisions in collaboration with the television channel France 2. The selection consisted of two semi-finals and a final. Madame Monsieur became the winner, placing third with the international juries but winning a landslide share of the vote from the French public, amassing enough points to win the competition. This was the first time France used a national final since 2014. As a member of the " Big Five", France automatically qualified to compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Background Before the 2018 contest, France had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixty times since its debut as one of seven countri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
