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.
WeekSong ChoiceOriginal ArtistResultOpen Audition"A la faveur de l'automne"Tété-Open Audition – 2nd song"Funny Fishy Pussy"The Jean d'Ormesson Disco Suicide3 vote "Yes" out of 4Theatre auditions – day 1"Creep"RadioheadSafeTheatre auditions – day 2 (trio)"Du côté de chez Swann"DaveSafeTheatre auditions – day 3"A la faveur de l'automne"TétéSafeTop 15"Like a Virgin"MadonnaSafeTop 13"Les Mots bleus"ChristopheSafeTop 10"Heartbreak Hotel"Elvis PresleySafeTop 9"Comme d'habitude" ("My Way")Claude FrançoisSafeTop 8"Light my Fire"The DoorsSafeTop 7"Moi... Lolita"AlizéeSafeTop 6 – 1st song"Strangers in the Night"Frank Sinatra-Top 6 – 2nd song"Mourir sur scène"DalidaSafeTop 5 – 1st song"I Put a Spell on You"Screamin' Jay Hawkins-Top 5 – 2nd song"Le Coup de soleil"Richard CoccianteSafeTop 4 – 1st song"...Baby One More Time"Britney Spears-Top 4 – 2nd song"Les Bêtises"Sabine PaturelSafeTop 3 – 1st song"Tainted Love"Gloria Jones-Top 3 – 2nd song"Vanina"DaveSafeTop 2 – 1st song"Smells Like Teen Spirit"Nirvana-Top 2 – 2nd song"You Really Got Me"The Kinks-Top 2 – 3rd song"Le Mal Aimé"Claude FrançoisWinner
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.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 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.Lemancel, Anne-Laure. "Sylvie Vartan, toujours le même âge." RFI Musique, 3 December 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
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 positionsCertificationFRALesCharts.com Julien Doré discographyBEL (Wa)Ultratop.be/fr/ Julien Doré discographySWI2008Ersatz Released: 16 June 2008 Sony BMG224 SNEP: Gold2011Bichon Released: 21 March 2011 Sony BMG4416 SNEP: Gold2013Løve 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 Sony BMG 1 1 4 SNEP: 3× Platinum2024Imposteur Released: 8 November 2024 1 1 3
Live albums YearAlbumChart positionsFRABEL (Wa)2015Løve Live Released: 6 February 2015 Columbia1112
Others 2014: Piano Sølo (limited edition, FR (SNEP): Peak #110)
EPs YearAlbumNotes2009Julien Doré & The Bash EPAlso available as part of Bichon release
Soundtracks 2010: Holiday
DVDs 2015: Løve Live DVD
Singles Year Title Chart peak positions Album FRA BEL (Wa) SWI 2007 "Moi... Lolita" 2 1 20 2008 "Les Limites" 15 10 48 Ersatz "Figures Imposées"(with Morgane Imbeaud) — 22*(Ultratip) — "De mots"(with Arno) — 18*(Ultratip) — 2009 "First Lady" — 22*(Ultratip) — "Pour un infidèle"(Cœur de pirate & Julien Doré) 1 8 43 Cœur de pirate 2011 "Kiss Me Forever" 33 12 — Bichon "L'été summer" 12 15*(Ultratip) — 2012 "Laisse Avril" — 39*(Ultratip) — 2013 "Paris-Seychelles" 11 39 — Løve "Viborg" 160 — — "On attendra l'hiver" 33 9*(Ultratip) — 2014 "Chou wasabi"(featuring Micky Green) 15 12 — 2016 "Le lac" 1 3 72& "Sublime & Silence" 17 7 — "Porto Vecchio" 42 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)
References
External links
M6 website His band Dig up Elvis His band Dig up Elvis (Myspace official page) His band Jean d'Ormesson's (Myspace official page