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Amir Haddad
עמיר חדד
Haddad in 2016
Native nameעמיר חדד
BornLaurent Amir Khlifa Khedider Haddad
(1984-06-20) 20 Juin 1984 (age 42)
Paris, Fraunce
Ither namesAmir, אמיר
Thrift
  • Sangster
  • sangwriter
  • actor
Years active2006–present
Muisical career
GenresPop
LabelsWarner Music France
Wabsteid
Offeecial wabsteid

Laurent Amir Khalifa Khedider Haddad (Hebrew: לורן עמיר חליפה חדידר חדד‎‎; born 20 Juin 1984),[1] professionally kent as Amir Haddad (Hebrew: עמיר חדד‎‎) or simply as Amir, is a French-Israeli sangster-sangwriter an actor.[2] He teuk pairt in 2006 in the Israeli muisic competeetion Kokhav Nolad, lowsed his album Vayehi in 2011 an wis a finalist in French competeetion The Voice: la plus belle voix as pairt o Team Jenifer finishin thrid in the competeetion. He representit Fraunce in the Eurovision Sang Contest 2016 wi the sang "J'ai cherché", whilk finisht in saxt place.

Early life

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Haddad wis born in Paris tae Maghrebi Jewish parents frae Tunisie an Morocco.[3] He brocht up in Sarcelles (Val-d'Oise) an immigratit tae Israel in 1992 at the age o aicht as pairt o Aliyah; the faimily settled in Herzliya, north o Tel Aviv.[3] He sang as a yung bairn in the synagogue an in mony social events.

Amir wis born deif in his richt lug.[4][5]

Career

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2006–2013: Kokhav Nolad an Vayehi

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Amir in 2016

He cam tae fame in 2006 wi his parteecipation in the fowert saison o the Israeli sang competeetion Kokhav Nolad (Hebrew: כוכב נולד; A Starn is Born),[6] the Israeli equivalent o the Pop Idol held Mey tae September 2006. He wis the furst candidate tae sing maistly French leid sangs durin the audeetion. He advancit fur 4 stages afore bein eliminatit.[3]

The series wis wan bi Jacko Eisenberg. Nae winnin in the saison, he finisht his obligatory military service in the Israeli Defence Forces an continued his studies in dentistry in Hebrew Varsity o Jerusalem graduatin in 2012. His sang "Kache limtso milim", the Hebrew version o Patrick Bruel's French hit "J'te l'dis quand même", cam alangside a muisic video. Bruel luved Amir's rendeetion sae much he invitit him tae sing it wi him in a grand event in Ra'anana Pairk on 23 Mey 2008 in front o 8000 spectators.[1] He sang it yet agin much later in 2013, durin the gala in tribute o Anaelle Ledoroth in Paris on 27 Mey 2013.

In 2011, Amir Haddad lowsed his debut studio album Vayehi co-written bi himsel an Omri Dagan[2] durin the yeirs whan Amir wis a varsity student.[7] The album includit his popular version o "Kache limtso milim". He forby revivit a 1990s hit "Désenchantée" bi French airtist Mylène Farmer. Haddad's version wis producit bi the kenspeckle Israeli producer Offer Nissim.[7] Meanwhiles, he pursued his passion in muisic.

At the end o the competeetion, Haddad wis signt tae a French label,[3] creatin a follaein in Fraunce, Swisserland, the Unitit States an Brazil in addeetion tae Israel. He cooperatit wi a nummer o airtists, merkitly Shlomi Shabat, Haim Moshe, Dudu Aharon, Gad Elbaz an Eyal Golan.

2014–2015: The Voice: la plus belle voix

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In 2014, he teuk pairt in saison 3 o the French telly series The Voice: la plus belle voix[6][8] broadcast on TF1 frae 11 Januar 2014 tae 10 Mey 2014. In the blind audeetions, Haddad sang "Candle in the Wind" frae Elton John wi aw fower coaches, Garou, Mika, Jenifer an Florent Pagny turnin thair chairs.[9] Haddad chuise tae be pairt o Team Jenifer.[10] He mak it tae the Final whaur he finisht thrid.

Performances

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Performt Sang Oreeginal airtist Result
Blind audeetion "Candle in the Wind" Elton John Jynt Team Jenifer
Muisical battle "Radioactive" Imagine Dragons Won Battle
L'épreuve ultime 1 "Né en 17 à Leidenstadt Fredericks Goldman Jones Savit bi coach
Live 1 "Counting Stars" OneRepublic Savit bi the public vote
Live 3 "Lucie" Pascal Obispo Savit bi the public vote
Live 4 "Just the Way You Are" Bruno Mars Savit bi the public vote
Semi-final "Comme un fils" Corneille Qualified fur the final
Final "All of Me" John Legend Thrid
"La voix des sages" (duet wi oreeginal sangster Noah) Yannick Noah
"Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer" (duet wi coach Jenifer) Calogero

Amir toured Fraunce wi ither The Voice feenalists. He forby appeart in compilation album Forever Gentleman 2, in the concert bi chairity association Leurs voix pour l'espoir in Olympia, Paris, appeart in the #OBJETPUBLIC calendar o the magazine Public an mony ither appearances. He forby lowsed a muisic video fur "Candle in the Wind", a sang he haed interpretit durin the blind audeetions in The Voice. He is preparin a furst album in French.[11] In 2015, he lowsed the hit single "Oasis" unner the mononym Amir, chairtin in SNEP, the French Singles Chairt.

On Seturday, 24 Februar 2018, Anto, Amir's cousin, pairticipatit in the blind audeetions o saison 7 o The Voice[12] on TF1 an jynt Zazie's team.

2016–2017: Eurovision Sang Contest an Au cœur de moi

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Amir performin at Eurovision 2016

In 2016 he wis selectit bi French public broadcaster France 2 tae represent Fraunce in the Eurovision Sang Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Swaden.[13] Amir's sang wis chuisen internally bi France 2 bi a committee heidit bi France 2 entertainment director Nathalie André an the newly appyntit French Heid o Delegation fur the Eurovision Sang Contest Edoardo Grassi efter haein receivit 280 submissions. The sang teetled "J'ai cherché" is co-written bi Amir himsel, Nazim Khaled an Johan Errami an conteens leerics in a bilingual mix o French an Inglis.[14]

France 2 haed oreeginally planned tae reveal the entry on 12 Mairch 2016, houiver, information that Amir woud represent Fraunce at the Eurovision Sang Contest 2016 wis leakit on 25 Februar 2016 durin the D8 talk shaw programme Touche pas à mon poste !, hostit bi Cyril Hanouna.[15] "J'ai cherché" wis editit an remixed bi Skydancers an Nazim Khaled at the request o the French broadcaster syne the sang exceedit three meenits in its oreeginal version, whilk haed awready been lowsed as the furst single frae Amir's forthcomin album.[16] The entry wis formally presentit tae the public on 12 Mairch 2016 durin the France 2 programme The DiCaire Show, hostit bi Véronic DiCaire.[17] The sang finisht 6t oweraw in the grand final wi 257 pynts, Fraunce's best placin syne 2002 an the kintra's heichest-scorin entry in thair contest history. He lowsed his seicont studio album Au cœur de moi on 29 Aprile 2016, the album haes peakit at nummer 6 on the French Albums Chairt an haes been certified double platinum, the album haes chairtit in Belgium an Swisserland an aa, earnin a gowd certification in Swisserland. "On dirait" wis lowsed as the thrid single frae the album on 29 August 2016. The sang haes peakit at nummer 15 on the French Singles Chairt, an on 17 Juin 2017 wan the Chanson de l'Année prize at the Fête de la Musique event in Nîmes. "Au cœur de moi" wis lowsed as the fowert single frae the album on 6 Februar 2017.

2017–2020: Addictions

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He jynt Stéphane Bern an Marianne James as a commentator fur France 2 at the grand final o the Eurovision Sang Contest 2017 in Kyiv on 13 Mey. In 2017, Amir collaboratit wi OneRepublic on the French remix o thair new single "No Vacancy". On 25 August 2017, he lowsed "États d'Amour" as the lead single frae his thrid studio album, whilk will be lowsed on 27 October 2017. On 7 September 2017, he annoonced that his thrid studio album woud be teetled Addictions.[18]

He servit as ane o the domestic jury memmers fur the semifinals o Destination Eurovision alang wi Christophe Willem an Isabelle Boulay tae help Fraunce chuise its entry fur the Eurovision Sang Contest 2018 in Lisbon. Owin tae ither commitments, he wis unable tae attend the final an wis replacit bi his Eurovision successor Alma.

Alang wi 2019 Swadish Eurovision representative John Lundvik an famit Swadish componers Peter Boström an Thomas G:son, Amir helpit co-write the sang "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)" fur Tom Leeb, wha wis chuisen tae represent Fraunce at the Eurovision Sang Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, afore it wis cancelled.

2020-present: actin an C Amir

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In Juin 2024, he begound filmin the French adaptation o the popular Israeli romcom telly series, Beauty and the Baker. Haddad will pley the male lead, the role previously pleyed bi Aviv Alush.[19]

In September 2024, he lowsed his fowert French-leid studio album, C Amir. The projeck wis influencit bi the daith o his mither in 2023.[20] The track "Supernova" wis inspirt bi the Re'im muisic festival massacre in Soothren Israel.[20]

Philanthropy

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Amir haes been pairt o the Les Enfoirés troupe syne 2017.

Personal life

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Whilst attendin varsity, he wis diagnosed wi attention-deficit hyperactivity ail.[21]

On 7 Julie 2014, Amir marriet Lital, his langtime companion in Israel. Thair furst bairn, a son cried Mikhaël, wis born on 8 Februar 2019. Thay walcomit thair seicont son cried Or ("Licht" in Hebrew) in Julie 2022.[22]

On 1 November 2024, Amir an his wifie revealt thay wur expectin thair thrid bairn durin the NRJ Music Awards 2024 whan Lital appeared wi a roondit belly on the reid cairpet.[23] Amir later confirmit that the bairn woud be a lad.[24] Thair thrid son, Nuri, wis born in Februar 2025.

Amir pairticipates in triathlon an aa.[25]

Discography

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Awairds an nominations

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Yeir Awaird Category Result
2016 NRJ Music Awards Francophone Brakthrou o the Yeir Wan
Francophone Sang o the Yeir ("J'ai cherché")
MTV Europe Music Awards Best French Ack
2017 NRJ Music Awards Francophone Duo/Group o the Yeir (wi OneRepublic) Nominatit
Francophone Sang o the Yeir ("On dirait") Wan
MTV Europe Music Awards Best French Ack
2022 MTV Europe Music Awards Best French Ack

References

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  1. 1 2 à 07h00, Par Le 30 mars 2010 (30 Mairch 2010). "Amir, le Sarcellois devenu star en Israël". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 Apryle 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Le franco-israélien Amir Haddad tape dans l'œil de Jenifer". coolisrael.fr (in Inglis). 20 Januar 2014. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 ""סבתות מתות עלי"". ynet. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2026.
  4. ↑ "appnews.be". appnews.be (in Inglis). Archived frae the original on 21 Februar 2020. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2026.
  5. ↑ Purepeople (29 Februar 2016). "Eurovision 2016 – Amir Haddad : 5 choses à savoir sur le finaliste "The Voice"". www.purepeople.com. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2026.
  6. 1 2 Juive, Tribune (19 Januar 2014). "Amir Haddad : chercher sa voix". Tribune Juive (in French). Retrieved 1 Apryle 2026.
  7. 1 2 "KoL Records Corp - Official Website". KoL Records Corp - Official Website. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2026.
  8. ↑ "הישראלי עמיר חדד ב-"The Voice" צרפת". ynet (in Ebrew). 19 Januar 2014. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  9. ↑ Purepeople (20 Juin 2014). "The Voice : Amir propulse Candle in the wind, et Louis Delort tente une percée". www.purepeople.com. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  10. ↑ mvogel (25 November 2014). "The Voice 3 : Amir " Avec Jenifer on n'a pas forcément les mêmes goûts musicaux"". Closer (in French). Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  11. ↑ "Amir ("The Voice 3") prépare son premier album pour 2015". chartsinfrance.net. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  12. ↑ Purepeople. "Anto, le cousin d'Amir, participe à". www.purepeople.com. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  13. ↑ "Amir is the French choice for Stockholm!". Eurovision.tv (in Inglis). Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  14. ↑ "The French entry to be announced on 12th March". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  15. ↑ "Eurovision 2016: Amir serait le candidat de la France". 20 Minutes (in French). 25 Februar 2016. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  16. ↑ puremedias (2 Mairch 2016). "Eurovision 2016 : Nathalie André évoque le choix d'Amir et la fuite dans "TPMP"". www.ozap.com. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  17. ↑ "The French entry to be announced on 12th March". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  18. ↑ "Amir: son album «Addictions» sort le 27 octobre!". NRJ.fr (in French). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  19. ↑ Goldbart, Max (17 Juin 2024). "French Singer Amir Haddad Lands Debut TV Role In TF1 Adaptation Of Israeli Romcom Series 'The Baker And The Beauty'". Deadline (in Inglis). Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  20. 1 2 "Amir : « Avec cet album, je voulais laisser un message humain et pas politique »". Le Point.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  21. ↑ Purepeople (24 November 2017). "Amir : "J'ai reçu un traitement médical..."". www.purepeople.com. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  22. ↑ "Amir papa pour la 2e fois, d'un «magnifique petit prince»". parismatch.com (in French). 4 Julie 2022. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  23. ↑ "Amir bientôt papa pour la 3ème fois : que signifie le prénom très original de son fils cadet ?". Cosmopolitan.fr (in French). 2 November 2024. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  24. ↑ Purepeople (4 November 2024). "Amir irrite à cause de son vocabulaire en faisant une révélation sur la 3e grossesse de sa femme". www.purepeople.com. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
  25. ↑ Koutrich, Scott (25 Julie 2022). "Who are the IronMan 70.3 amateur celebrities?". ProsWorkout - Training analysis of pro athlets (in Inglis). Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.

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