Julien Doré

Julien Doré
Background information
Birth name	Julien Doré
Born	July 7, 1982 (1982-07-07) (age 26) Alès, Gard, France
Genre(s)	Pop Folk Alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Label(s)	Sony BMG
Website	Official website

Julien Doré (born July 7, 1982) is a French singer, winner of the fifth season of the television show Nouvelle Star, aired on the French Television M6 channel.

He is also the great-great-great-nephew of Gustave Doré, a well-known illustrator of the 19th century.

Life

Doré was born in Alès (Gard, and grew up in Lunel. After taking his baccalauréat littéraire at the college Louis Feuillade, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts of Nîmes for five years. He is the founder of the group Dig up Elvis, with which he played in the bars of Nîmes. At that time, beer was the currency in which he was paid. In 2006, he created with Guillaume de Molina the project "The Jean d'Ormesson disco suicide", "protean group" which covered pop and disco hits. In June 2007, Doré was voted #1 in French Elle Magazine's "15 Sexiest Men" poll. He used to date Louise Bourgoin (ex-TV presenter on Canal+ channel) but they have been separated since March 2009.

New Star

Doré was selected at the time of the casting in Marseille, where he presented himself with a guitar. At the beginning, he only participated in the casting to get free publicity for his band. He convinced the jury when he sang "A la faveur de l'automne" (originally by Tété). His most memorable performances and revelations were while singing "Moi... Lolita" (Alizée) and "...Baby One More Time" (Britney Spears), dance music songs, in acoustics. He won the finale against Tigane.

Discography

Singles

Albums

Les Limites was released on June 16, 2008 worldwide and on March 31, 2008 in France. On Perez Hilton's celebrity gossip blog, the music video made its world premiere.

External links

• M6 website
• His band Dig up Elvis
• His band Dig up Elvis (myspace official page)
• His band Jean d'Ormesson's (myspace official page

References

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia