Cynthia Brown is a french singer with indian origins, who participated in the French reality television show Star Academy France

Star Academy France

Star Academy was a French reality television show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It was broadcast on TF1...

(2006) on TF1

TF1

TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...

 including in the semi-final.

Biography

She lost against Cyril Cinelu

Cyril Cinélu

Cyril Cinélu, born 23 January 1987 in Lagny-sur-Marne, is a Francophone singer originally from Martinique who won the sixth season of Star Academy on 22 December 2006.- Biography :...

 who won in the final against Dominique Fidanza

Dominique Fidanza

Dominique Fidanza, is a half Belgian and half Italian singer . She won the Italian version of the reality television singing competition Popstars and was a member of Italian band Lollipop...

. She performed duos with Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...

, Julio Iglesias

Julio Iglesias

Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,...

, Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel is a French singer, actor, and professional poker player of Algerian Jewish descent.-Biography:...

, Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...

, etc. In 2008, she began to record an album under Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour is a Senegalese singer, percussionist and occasional actor. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, "perhaps the most famous singer alive." He helped develop a style of popular music in Senegal, known in the Serer language as mbalax, a type of music...

's direction, but Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

 put the plan to one side. The senagalese singer Youssou N'Dour offers her one of his compositions : Bébé

Bébé (song)

Bébé is a song written by famous Senegalese international singer Youssou N'Dour and composed by Ibrahima N'Dour. This song appears in "Hétéroclite", a record of french singer Cynthia Brown. The music video was shot by french filmmaker Jérémie Carboni.-External links:* .* ....

, a song dedicated to all children in the world. In 2010, she finalised her album Hétéroclite, with the single Notre Terre. A music video was shot in Sénégal and directed by Jérémie Carboni

Jérémie Carboni

Jérémie Carboni is a French director, screenwriter, actor and producer. He was born on December 28, 1980, in Châtenay-Malabry, France. He is the founder of Zerkalo production in 2008.-Early life:...

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