Marwan Ali is a Tunisian pop singer

Pop Singer

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, the winner of the Arab

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 Super Star show, a version of the British show Pop Idol

Pop Idol

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SuperStar is broadcast on Future TV, a Lebanese

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 television station and is the first Idol franchise to feature contestants from multiple countries.

Marwan, an 18-year-old student, won the competition against 12 other late-stage participants from Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco

Morocco

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, Egypt

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 and Syria

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. His competitors in the final show were Saad al-Mujarrad from Morocco and Yusra Mahnoush from Tunisia. His prizes include a new car from Ford, and a recording contract to help launch his debut album.

He is set to release an album in 2011. Ali has covered various songs. One of them being a cover of Kid Cudi's 'Day and Night'. His cover of this song on the video sharing website YouTube

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has attained very positive attention from online viewers.