Amaury Vassili Chotard (born 8 June 1989) is a French opera singer and professional

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. His debut album, ''Vincerò'' (2009), went double platinum in France, and he has had international success with releases in

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Biography

Amaury Vassili Chotard was born in

Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...

, Upper Normandy, and began singing around the age of 9 years, enrolled by his mother at a musical school in Rouen, created by Albert and Elizabeth Amsallem. At 14, Vassili competed in his first singing contest, where he won in singing "

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" by Jacques Brel (an idol of Vassili). In Vassili's second contest, in front of a full house, he sang " Les Lacs du Connemara" by

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; however he did not qualify for the final, despite receiving a standing ovation from the crowd. During the contest, his mother realised how much he enjoyed being on the stage and especially the impact he had on the public, saying "C'est son truc !" ("it's his thing!"). In 2004, Vassili took first place in the Coupe de France de la chanson française. He became famous with his debut album, ''Vincerò'' (2009), which went double platinum (over 250,000 copies) after a worldwide release. His second album, ''Canterò'', was released in November 2010. Vassili describes his music style as "lyrical pop". France at ESC 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

On 27 January 2011, it was announced by the French broadcaster France Télévisions that Vassili would be the French entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 to be held in

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, Germany. The song was revealed as "", and was performed in Corsican. It marks the second French Eurovision entry to be performed in the language after Patrick Fiori received fourth place with " Mama Corsica" in 1993. Vassili eventually placed 15th with 82 points.

Post-Eurovision to present

Vassili was the spokesperson for France during the

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and presented the country's voting results. Due to an unknown reason as yet, Georgia did not reveal their votes, leaving only 41 countries voting in total. He participated on the French version of the '' Masked Singer'' as Turtle and became the first male contestant to win the show.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other songs

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vassili, Amaury 1989 births Living people Musicians from Rouen French operatic tenors Opera crossover singers Warner Music France artists 21st-century French singers 21st-century French male singers Masked Singer winners Eurovision Song Contest entrants