1. Patrick Fiori was born in a family of five siblings.
23 Facts About Patrick Fiori
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Patrick Fiori spent part of his childhood in Marseille south of France and part in Ajaccio in Corsica.
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Patrick Fiori started music at the age of 12 in 1981 thanks to encouragement from Franck Fernandel, who offered him a role in the musical La Legende des santonniers.
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Patrick Fiori later opened for other renowned artists like Michele Torr and Barry White.
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On 15 May 1993, Patrick Fiori performed "Mama Corsica" representing France in the Contest held that year in Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland.
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Patrick Fiori was accompanied by an orchestre led by Christian Cravero.
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Patrick Fiori finished fourth with a total of 121 points in between 25 nations competing.
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In 1994, Patrick Fiori released his debut album titled Puisque c'est l'heure.
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Patrick Fiori appeared in a number of variety shows notably La Chance aux chansons hosted by Pascal Sevran interpreting on an occasion "Ma vie" an original song by Alain Barriere in his presence.
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Also in 1998, Patrick Fiori signed a contract with Sony and recorded his third album Prends Moi.
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Patrick Fiori sang in the French soundtrack for Mulan singing in the role of Shang and in French version of The Prince of Egypt with songs in the role of Ramesses II.
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Patrick Fiori wrote "Si je m'en sors" for Julie Zenatti.
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In 2002, Patrick Fiori released his fifth album, the self-titled Patrick Fiori with the first single from the album being "Marseille" dedicated to his home town and written by Jacques Veneruso.
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Patrick Fiori had a collaboration with Jean-Jacques Goldman who wrote four songs for him for the album including "Je sais ou aller".
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Patrick Fiori launched a new long tour from 2005 to 2007 to promote the album including two show at the l'Olympia de Paris on 13 and 14 January 2007, where he introduced the young singer songwriter Tommy.
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Patrick Fiori toured with a hundred dates between October 2014 and December 2015, appearing again at Le Zenith of Paris and at the Paris Olympia.
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Patrick Fiori went on tour in the summer of 2018 interpreting the album.
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Patrick Fiori has collaborated with a great number of artists.
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Patrick Fiori has since remained as a coach after that, making him the longest serving coach in the history of The Voice Kids.
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Patrick Fiori had a relationship with Julie Zenatti for 8 years.
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Between 1998 and 2000, Patrick Fiori was in a relationship with Canadian-Belgian singer Lara Fabian.
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Patrick Fiori is a parrain of Association Gregory Lemarchal, and on 7 January 2017, appeared in Le Zenith de Paris directly broadcast on TF1 in the event Gregory Lemarchal, 10 ans apres l'histoire continue, singing an unreleased new song written Gregory Lemarchal titled "Pour mieux s'aimer" with all benefits going to the Association Gregory Lemarchal.
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Patrick Fiori is a parrain of the Corsica-based La Marie-Do against cancer and of the French Armenian Foundation.