Chérine | |
Birth Name: | Chérine Mroue |
Birth Date: | 1995 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Edegem, Belgium |
Genre: | French pop |
Years Active: | 2017–present |
Label: | Sony Music |
Chérine Mroue (born 5 October 1995), known mononymously as Chérine, is a Belgian singer and songwriter.[1]
Mroue was born on 5 October 1995 in Edegem, Antwerp to a Belgian mother and a Lebanese father.[2] [3] [4] [5] When she was three years old, her father abandoned the family and returned to Lebanon.[5] He died in 2022.[6] Mroue was raised bilingually and is fluent in Dutch, French and English.[4] [7] At a young age, she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).[8]
In 2017, Mroue was a participant in the fifth season of, the Flemish version of The Voice franchise.[9] She advanced to the live shows of the competition, but was eliminated before the final.[9] In 2019, she auditioned for the eighth season of the French version of The Voice, but none of the judges turned around.[10] In 2022, she auditioned again with the song "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo. This time, all four judges turned around. She was eliminated in the Cross Battles round.[11] Later that year, Mroue was a finalist in the Belgian singing competition Rising Star organised by the radio station MNM.[12]
The Voice performances and results | |||||
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Season | Round | Song | Original artist | Result | |
Flanders | 5th (2017) | Blind Auditions | "Unsteady" | X Ambassadors | Joined team Alex Callier |
The Battles | "Sorry" | Justin Bieber | Advanced | ||
Live Shows | "Easy Come Easy Go" | Alice on the Roof | Advanced | ||
"Lovefool" | The Cardigans | Eliminated | |||
France | 8th (2019) | Blind Auditions | "Speed" | Zazie | Eliminated |
11th (2022) | Blind Auditions | "Drivers License" | Olivia Rodrigo | Joined team Amel Bent | |
The Battles | "The Reason" | Hoobastank | Advanced | ||
Cross Battles | "Break My Heart" | Dua Lipa | Eliminated |
In November 2022, Mroue was announced as one of seven participants in Eurosong 2023, the Belgian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.[13] Her entry "" finished in fourth place with 268 points in the final on 14 January 2023.[14] The song was co-written with William Rousseau and François Welgryn and is about her ADHD, which, according to Mroue, makes her get bored easily.[3] [15]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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BEL (FL) [16] | |||
"" | 2023 | 25 | rowspan="4" |
"" | — | ||
"" | — | ||
"" | — | ||