1. Laurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad, better known as Amir Haddad or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli singer-songwriter and actor.
21 Facts About Amir Haddad
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Amir Haddad took part in 2006 in the Israeli music competition Kokhav Nolad, released his album Vayehi in 2011 and was a finalist in French competition The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Jenifer finishing third in the competition.
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Amir Haddad represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "J'ai cherche", which finished in sixth place.
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Amir Haddad grew up in Sarcelles and immigrated to Israel in 1992 at the age of eight as part of Aliyah; the family settled in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.
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Amir Haddad sang as a young child in the synagogue and in various social events.
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Amir Haddad came to fame in 2006 with his participation in the fourth season of the Israeli song competition Kokhav Nolad, the Israeli equivalent of the Pop Idol held May to September 2006.
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Amir Haddad was the first candidate to sing mostly French language songs during the audition.
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Amir Haddad sang it yet again much later in 2013, during the gala in tribute of Anaelle Ledoroth in Paris on 27 May 2013.
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In 2011, Amir Haddad released his debut studio album Vayehi co-written by himself and Omri Dagan during the years when Amir was a university student.
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Amir Haddad revived a 1990s hit "Desenchantee" by French artist Mylene Farmer.
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Amir Haddad's version was produced by the famous Israeli producer Offer Nissim.
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Amir Haddad cooperated with a number of artists, notably Shlomi Shabat, Haim Moshe, Dudu Aharon, Gad Elbaz and Eyal Golan.
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Amir Haddad made it to the Final where he finished third.
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Amir Haddad released a music video for "Candle in the Wind", a song he had interpreted during the blind auditions in The Voice.
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In 2015, he released the hit single "Oasis" under the mononym Amir Haddad charting in SNEP, the French Singles Chart.
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On Saturday, February 24th, 2018, Anto, Amir Haddad's cousin, participated in the blind auditions of season 7 of The Voice on TF1 and joined Zazie's team.
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Amir Haddad's song was chosen internally by France 2 by a committee headed by France 2 entertainment director Nathalie Andre and the newly appointed French Head of Delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest Edoardo Grassi after having received 280 submissions.
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Amir Haddad joined Stephane Bern and Marianne James as a commentator for France 2 at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv on 13 May Also in 2017, Amir collaborated with OneRepublic on the French remix of their new single "No Vacancy".
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Amir Haddad served as one of the domestic jury members for the semifinals of Destination Eurovision along with Christophe Willem and Isabelle Boulay to help France choose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon.
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On 7 July 2014, Amir Haddad married Lital, his longtime companion in Israel.
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Amir Haddad has been part of the Les Enfoires troupe since 2017.