Julien Doré

Julien Doré (; born 7 July 1982) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor.

He is the winner of the fifth season of the television show Nouvelle Star, aired on the French Television M6 channel.

Life Doré was born in Alès (Gard, Occitanie), 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 band Dig up Elvis. 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 number one in French Elle Magazine's "15 Sexiest Men" poll. He dated Louise Bourgoin, but the two separated in March 2009.

Nouvelle Star In 2007, Doré was selected at the casting session in Marseille for the fifth season of the music competition Nouvelle Star, where he presented himself with a ukulele. 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.

Career Doré has had a successful musical career after winning Nouvelle Star with three studio albums, Ersatz (2008), Bichon (2011) and Løve (2013), all reaching top four on the official French Albums Chart. He has also gained chart success in Belgium and Switzerland. In 2009, he recorded a duet with Cœur de Pirate of her song, "Pour un infidèle." A video was released to promote the song, showing the two as a 1960s-era celebrity couple. Also in 2009, Doré recorded the song "Helsinki" with French singer Mélanie Pain. Doré also collaborated with French chanteuse Sylvie Vartan on her 2010 album release, Soleil bleu.

He was a guest coach for candidates Quentin Bruno and Law on Season 4 of The Voice: la plus belle voix the French version of the reality television singing competition The Voice.

Discography

Albums Studio YearTitleChart positionsCertificationFRA BEL (Wa) SWI2008Ersatz Released: 16 June 2008 Released: 21 March 2011 Released: 28 October 2013 Columbia / Sony BMG4921 SNEP: 3× Platinum2016& Released: 14 October 2016 Columbia / Sony BMG113 SNEP: Diamond 2018 Vous & moi Released: 2 March 2018 Sony BMG 2 2 10 SNEP: Gold 2020 Aimée Released: 4 September 2020 Released: 8 November 2024 1 1 3

Live albums YearAlbumChart positionsFRA 19 — "Coco Câline" 14 2 — 2020 "La fièvre" 73 7 —Aimée "Nous" 45 7 — 2021 "Waf" — 15 — 2024 "Beau" 35 9 — Non-album singles "Toutes les femmes de ta vie" — 30 — 2025 "Les démons de minuit" — 50 — "Viens on essaie" — 10 — Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other songs Year Single Chart peak positions Album FRA 2014 "Week-end à Rome" 1992016 "Mon écho" 111 & "Corail"(feat. Juliette Armanet) 1432020 "Kiki" 188 Aimée "Barracuda I" 191

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2009 Écrire pour un chanteur The Young Man TV series2010 Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour... Nicolas Vampires Jean-Paul 2011 Le cri cosmique Eugène B. Short film2013 Pop Redemption Alex Chez nous c'est trois! L'acteur de Baisers fanés 2017 Call My Agent ! Himself TV series (7 episodes) 2023-2025 Panda Victor Pandaloni TV series (12 episodes)