La Zarra

Biography

Fatima-Zahra Hafdi (Arabic: فاطمة الزهراء حافظي; born 25 August 1987), known professionally as La Zarra (French pronunciation: [la zaʁa]), is a Canadian singer based in France. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool with the song "Évidemment×Évidemment19 February 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Évidemment3:01", finishing in 16th place.

Biography

Hafdi was born in Montreal, Canada, to parents from Morocco. During her childhood, she lived between Montreal and Longueuil, where her family finally settled. She rose to prominence in 2016, when she released her debut single "Printemps blanc×Printemps blanc15 January 2021 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Printemps blanc2:05", in collaboration with French rapper Niro.
In 2021, her fame increased with the single "Tu t'en iras", which was regularly broadcast on radio and television. The single was certified diamond by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP). In the same year, La Zarra was nominated for the NRJ Music Awards, the leading French music awards, as Francophone revelation of the year, boosted in part by the success of her debut album Traîtrise×Traîtrise3 December 2021 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks1Fille de joie2:512LVQM3:103Simple ami2:554Tu t’en iras3:275TFTF3:056Traîtrise2:397Pas le Coeur à la fête2:518Comme je l’aime3:279Amour de quartier3:0410Ne m’en veux pas2:5311Fleur oubliée3:2012Je coule3:3613Vie d’artiste2:4714C’est une chanson2:57.
On 12 January 2023, she was chosen by France Télévisions to represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, becoming the second Canadian singer to represent the country after Natasha St-Pier in 2001. She placed sixteenth out of twenty-six countries in the Grand Final, with 104 points.
In 2024, she performed Diane Tell's "Si j'étais un homme" at the ceremony inducting Tell into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
In 2025, over 70 past Eurovision participants, including La Zarra, signed an open letter to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) demanding that Israel be banned from the contest.