Slimane

Biography

Slimane Nebchi (French pronunciation: [sliman nɛbʃi]; born 13 October 1989), also known professionally by the mononym Slimane, is a French singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence after winning season 5 of The Voice: la plus belle voix as part of Team Florent Pagny.
As part of his solo career he has achieved over twenty-five chart entries on the French Singles Chart, including a number-one single as a featured artist with the song "Bella ciao". Nebchi has released four studio albums during his career with three of them peaking at number-one on the French Albums Charts. He represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Mon amour×Mon amour8 November 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Mon amour", finishing in fourth place.

Early life

Nebchi was born on 13 October 1989 in Chelles, Seine-et-Marne, France. He is of Algerian descent through his grandparents, who migrated to Paris from Biskra and Ghazaouet. He attended the Lycée Jehan in Chelles, later moving to Les Lilas, a suburb of Paris, where he worked for la société ATEED for a few years.

Career

He started putting music online including own compositions like "Toi et moi", "Je n'y suis pour rien", "Salem" and "Amour Impossible" the latter as a duo with Princesse Sofia. Before the French The Voice, he took part in a number of music competitions; Nouvelle Star in 2009, X Factor in 2011 and Encore une chance in 2012 and in season 2 of Je veux signer chez AZ. He performed during Star Music Beach Tour in 2012 with Richard Cross.
In 2015, he obtained a secondary role in Didier Barbelivien's French musical Marie-Antoinette et le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge, which launched in 2017.
In 2016, at age 26, he auditioned for season 5 of The Voice: la plus belle voix singing "À fleur de toi" originally by Vitaa. All four judges turned their chairs, indicating in the gameshow they wished to take him through to the next round. He opted to be in Team Florent Pagny. On 14 May 2016, he won the title with 33% of the public vote, beating his fellow finalist, MB14.
In November 2023, it was announced that he would represent France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Mon amour×Mon amour8 November 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Mon amour". He achieved fourth place in the final standings, in a pool of 26 contestants.

Legal issues

On 29 October 2024, he was accused of sexual harassment by a technician during his tour in December 2023. On 18 November, it was revealed that a second sexual harassment complaint had been filed against him. In September 2025, he was found guilty, and fined €10,000.

Soundtracks

2015: Marie-Antoinette et le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
"Tu penses à elle" (with Mickaël Miro)
"La terreur citoyen" (solo)
"La France" (with Kareen Antonn, Mickaël Miro and Valentin Marceau)
"La désillusion" (with Valentin Marceau and Mickaël Miro)
"Marie-Antoinette" (solo)

France

2007 – Popstars (M6, 4 season) – candidate
2009 – Nouvelle Star (M6, 7 season) – candidate
2011 – X Factor (M6, 2 season)– candidate
2012 – Encore une chance (NRJ 12) – candidate
2016 – The Voice (season 5) (TF1) – winner
2018 – Fort Boyard (France 2) – candidate
2018 – La France a un incroyable talent (M6, 13 season) – participation in the jury of the second semi-final
2019 – Miss France (TF1) – jury
2019 – Boyard Land (France 2) – candidate
2023-2024 The Voice Kids France (TF1) – jury

Belgium

2018-2019 – The Voice Belgique (7 & 8 season) – jury
2020 The Voice Kids Belgique (season 1) – jury

Philanthropy

Slimane has been part of the Les Enfoirés charity show since 2019.