Valentina (French singer)

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Valentina
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Valentina in 2020
Background information
Birth nameValentina Tronel
Born (2009-04-06) 6 April 2009 (age 15)
Rennes, France
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
InstrumentVocals
Years active2017–present
LabelsSony Music France

Valentina Tronel (born 6 April 2009), [1] known mononymously as Valentina, is a French singer. She rose to prominence after she won Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, becoming the first French entrant to win the contest. Previously, in 2016, she took part in the French version of The Voice Kids. Between 2018 and 2021, she was part of the child pop group Kids United Nouvelle Génération.

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Early life

Valentina was born in Rennes, [2] [3] the capital of Brittany, northwestern France, [4] and lives in Thorigné-Fouillard. [5] [6] She has an older brother. [7] Her mother is an Italian-language teacher [8] and her father is a real estate agent. [9]

From her early childhood, Valentina was "surrounded by music"; [10] she said; "I grew up in a family where everyone sang: my mother [sang] in bars, my father [did] Michael Jackson impressions. [...] Music has always been part of my life." [10] She said she was probably two and a half when she sang her first song. Her mother sang her to sleep with Italian songs and the first songs Valentina sang were Italian.

Career

In 2016, Valentina took part in the fourth season of The Voice Kids France (2017) but she was rejected at the blind auditions stage. [2] Valentina was the show's youngest contestant that season, [11] [12] she was seven when she applied for the show and when her blind audition was recorded, [2] and eight on 2 September of the following year when the show was broadcast. [2]

In 2018, Valentina joined the child musical group Kids United Nouvelle Génération, which is a "new generation" of the group Kids United. [13] According to Le Figaro , her offer of a place there was due to her appearance on The Voice Kids, [6] but according to Valentina, she and her mother sent a video of Valentina singing Kids United songs in response to an Internet advertisement for a music project; they later discovered the advertisement was for Kids United Nouvelle Génération and that Valentina had been selected for the second round. [10]

As its youngest member, [14] Valentina became a mascot for the group. [15] As of 2020, she has recorded two albums with the group; Au bout de nos rêves was released in August 2018 and L'Hymne de la vie in November 2019. [6] The group disbanded in 2021.

She has also been the voice actress of Liberty in the French adaptations of Paw Patrol: The Movie in 2021 and Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie in 2023.

Junior Eurovision Song Contest

On 9 October 2020, France Télévisions announced it had selected Valentina to represent France with a song titled " J'imagine " at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which was held in Warsaw, Poland, on 29 November. [16] [17] [18] On 16 October, the song was released as a single [19] and a music video was unveiled on the same day. [20] [21] As of October 20th 2024, the video has received 31 million views. [22] Valentina won the contest with a score of 200 points, 48 more than second-placed Kazakhstan. This was France's first victory at the contest. [23] [24]

In December 2022, she was selected as the spokesperson to announce the French jury results in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022 that would be held in Yerevan, Armenia. [25]

Musical style and influences

Valentina's idol is Ariana Grande, who she said "has a wonderful voice". Her favorite of Grande's songs is "Love Me Harder". [9] Valentina is also fond of the music of Celine Dion, Dadju, Maître Gims, Nolwenn Leroy, Louane, Patrick Fiori. [9] Apart from singing, Valentina also raps in French. [15] She also sings in Italian, in particular songs by her mother's favorite singer Laura Pausini. [15] At her blind audition for The Voice Kids in 2016, Valentina performed Laura Pausini's " Tra te e il mare ". [26]

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

YearTitleAlbum
2020" J'imagine "Plus loin qu'un rêve
2021" Y'a pas que les grands qui rêvent "
2023"En vrai"-

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Preceded by France in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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