Amandine Bourgeois
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Amandine Bourgeois (born June 12, 1979 in Angoulême ) is a French singer . She won the sixth season of the French talent show Nouvelle Star in 2007 and represented France at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest .
life and career
Amandin Bourgeois' father as well as her stepfather are musicians and influence their musical development. She learned music at the age of seven and flute at the age of nine at the Nice Conservatory . In her teens she formed her first rock group and gave several concerts in Albi , Gaillac and Toulouse . She then attended a hotel management school and worked in luxury hotels in Great Britain and the Balearic Islands. In 2001 she returned to Toulouse and turned back to music, became a singer in several musical groups and got roles in the two musicals "Le Casting" (2005) and "The Wall" (2006).
In 2007 she was contacted by the production team for the casting show Nouvelle Star via her website on Myspace, which contains compositions and musical interpretations. In Toulouse she presented herself to the jury and is accepted. In the spring of 2008 she won the sixth season of the talent show Nouvelle Star . Eleven months later, at the end of May 2009, her debut album “20 m²” was released. According to Radio Europe 1, the title alludes to the room in which she retired to write the songs with her boyfriend. After winning at Nouvelle Star , she turned down the offer of her record company Sony to record an album with cover versions because it was "not her nature". Most of the songs on the produced album were written by Amandine Bourgeois herself and her friend Guillaume Soulan, some numbers are by Ariane Moffatt and Jeanne Cherhal .
On January 22nd, 2013 it was announced that Bourgeois France will represent France with the song L'enfer et moi (Eng. Hell and I ) at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. Your title was selected by a twelve-person jury. Bourgeois reached the final and finally finished 23rd out of 26 finalists.
Songs interpreted by Nouvelle Star
Solo performances
Date of broadcast | title | Original interpreter | jury |
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March 5, 2008 (Casting Toulouse ) | Andy | Les Rita Mitsouko | 4 «yes» |
March 5, 2008 (Casting Toulouse ) | Knockin 'on Heaven's Door (à la guitare) | Bob Dylan | |
March 13, 2008 (theater) | What's up? | 4 non blondes | |
March 26, 2008 (theater) | butterfly | Superbus | |
April 2, 2008 (first live broadcast) | Nothing Compares 2 U | Sinéad O'Connor | 4 consents |
April 9, 2008 | With a little help from my friends (Version by Joe Cocker ) | Beatles | 4 consents |
April 16, 2008 | Ne me quince pas | Jacques Brel | 4 consents |
April 23, 2008 | Rehab | Amy Winehouse | 4 consents |
April 30, 2008 | Against all odds | Phil Collins | 4 consents |
May 7, 2008 | Bad girls | Donna Summer | 4 consents |
May 7, 2008 | Lola | Superbus | 2 consents |
May 15, 2008 | When a Man Loves a Woman | Percy Sledge | 4 consents |
May 15, 2008 | Déjà-vu | Beyoncé | 2 consents |
May 21, 2008 | Allumer le feu | Johnny Hallyday | 2 consents |
May 21, 2008 | Beautiful | Christina Aguilera | 2 consents |
May 28, 2008 | Bring Me to Life | Evanescence | 4 consents |
May 28, 2008 | Many rivers to cross | Jimmy Cliff | 4 consents |
June 4, 2008 (semi-finals) | River Deep Mountain High | Tina Turner | 4 consents |
June 4, 2008 (semi-finals) | Rodeo | Zazie | 3 consents |
June 4, 2008 (semi-finals) | I'm kissing you | Des'ree | 4 consents |
June 11, 2008 (final) | Hey you | Pink Floyd | 4 consents |
June 11, 2008 (final) | En apesanteur | Calogero | 2 consents |
June 11, 2008 (final) | Somebody to love | Queen | 4 consents |
Duos / trios
Date of broadcast | title | partner | Original interpreters | |
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March 19, 2008 (theater) | tandem | with Yolaine and Cindy | Vanessa Paradis | |
2 avril 2008 (first live broadcast) | Imagine | with Thomas, Clément, Sian and Axelle | John Lennon | |
April 9, 2008 | Où sont les femmes | with Lucile | Patrick Juvet | |
April 16, 2008 | Diamonds are forever | with Sian | Shirley Bassey | |
April 23, 2008 | What a Wonderful World | with Benjamin and Thomas | Louis Armstrong | |
April 30, 2008 | C'est comme ça | with Benjamin | Les Rita Mitsouko | |
May 15, 2008 | Andy | with Jules | Les Rita Mitsouko | |
May 21, 2008 | Je suis malade | with Ycare | Serge Lama | |
May 28, 2008 | Le soleil de ma vie | with Cédric | Sacha Distel and Brigitte Bardot | |
May 28, 2008 | Je suis un homme | with Ycare | Zazie | |
June 4, 2008 (semi-finals) | Comment te dire adieu | with Cédric | Françoise Hardy | |
June 4, 2008 (semi-finals) | Voilà c'est fini | with Benjamin | Jean-Louis Aubert | |
June 4, 2008 (semi-finals) | Gimme some lovin | with Benjamin and Cédric | The Blues Brothers | |
June 11, 2008 (final) | Paroles, paroles | with Benjamin | Dalida and Alain Delon | |
June 11, 2008 (final) | Respect | with Benjamin | Aretha Franklin | |
June 11, 2008 (final) | C'est vraiment toi | with Benjamin | Téléphone |
Discography
Albums
- 2009: 20 m²
- 2012: Sans amour, mon amour
- 2014: Au masculin
swell
- ↑ a b Chart sources: CH FR BE W
- ^ Le Matin «Amandine, candidate à la“ Nouvelle Star ”: J'ai de la parenté à Lausanne! »Christine Savioz, article from April 13, 2008
- ↑ See biographical information on Greatsong.net (November 24, 2009)
- ↑ Amandine: “Je me sens prete” (par: Yves Jaegle) “Je me suis beaucoup cherchée, je me sens prête maintenant” Yves Jaegle, article from April 16, 2008
- ^ La Dépêche du Midi "Sexe, drogue et rock n'roll" SR, article of March 9, 2006
- ↑ Télé Star, article of May 26, 2008
- ↑ Report on the release of the Radio Europe 1 album ( Memento from May 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ibid. (Europe 1)
- ↑ Interview for 20minutes.fr ( Memento of September 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), in which the artist tells how she achieved her desire to make an album with her own music. (November 24, 2009)
- ↑ Le Parisien EXCLUSIF, Amandine Bourgeois représentera la France à l'Eurovision, article of January 22, 2013
- ↑ News at esctoday.com
Web links
- Biography of stars-celebrities, multilingual
- Official website of Amandine Bourgeois
- E-zine Nuestros Vecinos del Norte, portrait of Amandine Bourgeois
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bourgeois, Amandine |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french pop singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Angoulême , France |