Kendji

Kendji "Girac" Jason Maillié (born 3 July 1996), also known mononymously as Kendji, is a French singer and guitarist. He is the winner of Season 3 of the music competition The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Mika. He has released three studio albums, Kendji, Ensemble and Amigo as well as a string of hit singles. The youngest of a Catalan Gitano family, Kendji grew up in Saint-Astier and was taught to play the guitar and sing by his grandfather. He left school at 16 to follow the family business as an arborist. He speaks Catalan with his parents. He gained some fame through publishing materials online. His Romanes version of "Bella" by Maître Gims filmed by a friend went viral. His video garnered 5.8 million views.[4] Another popular song he uploaded was "Si j'étais président" a cover of Gérard Lenorman. For season 3 of The Voice: la plus belle voix, he auditioned with the song "Bella" by Maître Gims in the second episode of season 3 broadcast on January 18, with only judge Mika turning his chair, whereas the three others, Florent Pagny, Jenifer and Garou refrained. In the Musical Battles Round broadcast on 8 March 2014, Mika put him against Youness both singing "Tous les mêmes" by Stromae. Kendji moved to "L'épreuve ultime" round where he performed "Hotel California by The Eagles in the 29 March 2014 emission. In the live rounds he performed "Ma philosophie" by Amel Bent (5 April 2014), "Mad World" from Tears for Fears (19 April 2014) and "Allumer le feu" by Johnny Hallyday (19 April 2014). In the semi-final on 3 May 2014 he sang "Belle" by Garou and Daniel Lavoie qualifying for the finals as Team Mika's finalist. In the final broadcast on Final, on 10 May 2014, he sang "Amor de mis amores" / "Volare" by Gipsy Kings, "Temps à nouveau" by Jean-Louis Aubert and "L'Aigle noir" by Barbara. He won The Voice title for season 3 with 51% of the public vote against 21% for runner up Maximilien Philippe, with Amir Haddad finishing third with 18% and Wesley with only 10% fourth. His first official single the bilingual French/Spanish "Color Gitano", which was released in June 2014 from his eponymous EP, followed by his official album release in September. In December 2014, he won two NRJ Music Awards for Francophone Breakthrough of the Year and "Color Gitano" as Francophone Song of the Year. His album Kendji sold 600,000 copies by January 2015, and over 1 million copies by October 2015, certifying Diamond and becoming France's second highest selling album of 2014 after Racine carrée by Stromae. He is currently the biggest selling The Voice alumnus worldwide. His follow-up single "Andalouse" proved even more successful commercially. Other notable singles included "Conmigo" from the repackaged version of Kendji released on 4 May 2015. A second album titled Ensemble was released on 30 October 2015. Notable singles from his second album include "Me Quemo", "Les yeux de la mama" and "No Me Mirès Màs" (jointly with Soprano). On 31 August 2018 his third album, titled Amigo was released. It started at number one on the French sales chart with 48,408 sales. ... Source: Article "Kendji Girac" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Périgueux, Dordogne, France, 1996-07-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2014	Les copains d'abord font du ski	Self	80
2	2015	Kendji Girac à l'Olympia	Self	0
3	2016	La Story Disney : La Magie Musicale	Self	0
4	2017	Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés		75
5	2017	Everyone's Life	Self	46
6	2017	Kendji Girac - Ensemble le live	Self	45
7	2018	Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !		71
8	2018	Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show	Self	0
9	2018	L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc	Self	0
10	2018	Soprano : le documentaire événement	Self	100
11	2019	Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés		72
12	2019	Gims - Destination Stade de France	Self	80
13	2020	Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés		74
14	2021	Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime	Self	67
15	2021	L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman	Self	69
16	2021	Enrico Macias, l'inattendu	Self	60
17	2022	Champion	Zack	66
18	2022	Kendji Girac au Dôme de Paris	Self	70
19	2022	Ces chansons de nos vacances	Self	80
20	2023	Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours		78
21	2023	Soolking au Zénith	Self	70
22	2023	Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA	Self	80
23	2023	Florent Pagny : Le Phénix	Self	60
24	2024	Le Gala des pièces jaunes 2024 : Le Concert événement	Self	0
25	2024	Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !		69
26	2025	Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés		72

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Victoires de la musique	Self	20
2	1987	Téléthon	Self	50
3	2000	NRJ Music Awards	Self - Nominated	30
4	2000	NRJ Music Awards	Self	30
5	2001	Stars à domicile	Self	68
6	2001	As An Aside	Self - Guest	65
7	2001	Star Academy	Self	64
8	2002	Sucré salé	Self	93
9	2004	La chanson de l'année	Self	90
10	2004	La chanson de l'année	Self - Winner	90
11	2004	Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land	himself	73
12	2010	Ça finit bien la semaine	Self	0
13	2013	Clique	Self - Guest	45
14	2014	The Voice Kids	Coach Kendji	57
15	2018	Basique, le concert	Self	0
16	2018	The secret song	Self	80
17	2019	La Boîte à secrets	Self	0
18	2019	Mask Singer	Loup	56
19	2020	La semaine des 4 Julie	Self	20
20	2022	Un dimanche à la campagne	Self	90

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