Chérine

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Chérine

| image = Chérine HFFestival 10aug2024.jpg

| caption = Chérine (2024)

| birth_name = Chérine Mroue

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1995|10|5}}

| birth_place = Edegem, Belgium

| genre = French pop

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}

| years_active = 2017–present

| label = Sony Music

| website = {{URL|https://cherine.be/}}

}}

Chérine Mroue (born 5 October 1995), known mononymously as Chérine, is a Belgian singer and songwriter.{{cite web |last1=Vandamme |first1=Ulrike |title=Eurovisiesongfestival: Een van deze zeven artiesten zal België vertegenwoordigen in Liverpool |url=https://newsmonkey.be/eurovisiesongfestival-zeven-deelnemers/ |website=Newsmonkey |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=nl |date=8 November 2022}}

Early life

Mroue was born on 5 October 1995 in Edegem, Antwerp to a Belgian mother and a Lebanese father.{{cite AV media |people=@cherinemroue |date=5 October 2022 |title=Birthday dates 🥰 |language=nl |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@cherinemroue/video/7151399799277817093 |access-date=14 January 2023 |publisher=TikTok}}{{cite web |title=Stem mee! Welke van deze zeven songs mag voor België naar het Eurovisiesongfestival? |url=https://communicatie.een.be/stem-mee-welke-van-deze-zeven-songs-mag-voor-belgie-naar-het-eurovisiesongfestival |website=Eén |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=nl-BE |date=13 January 2023}}{{cite AV media |people=Eurovision Insider |date=9 January 2023 |title=Interview with Chérine — Eurosong 2023 (Eurovision Belgium 2023 🇧🇪) |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdsQeou5ikA |access-date=14 January 2023 |time=3:50 |publisher=YouTube}}{{cite web |last1=Boeckx |first1=Jolien |title=Cherine (22) uit The Voice werd als 3-jarige achtergelaten door haar papa |url=https://www.hln.be/muziek/cherine-22-uit-the-voice-werd-als-3-jarige-achtergelaten-door-haar-papa~aa7123da/ |website=HLN |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=nl |date=1 December 2017}} When she was three years old, her father abandoned the family and returned to Lebanon. He died in 2022.{{cite web |title='Eurosong'-kandidate Chérine krijgt zware klap te verwerken: 'Net overleden' |url=https://www.nieuws365.be/news/36328/eurosong-kandidate-chrine-krijgt-zware-klap-te-verwerken-net-overleden |website=Nieuws365 |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=nl |date=10 January 2023}} Mroue was raised bilingually and is fluent in Dutch, French and English.{{cite web |title=Cherine Mroue |url=https://ctmentertainment.be/publishing-roster/cherine-mroue |website=CTM Entertainment Belgium |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=nl-NL |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113220458/https://ctmentertainment.be/publishing-roster/cherine-mroue |url-status=dead }} At a young age, she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).{{cite web |title=Eurosong-kandidate Chérine krijgt harde diagnose: 'Schaamde me voor wie ik was' |url=https://www.nieuws365.be/news/36330/eurosong-kandidate-chrine-krijgt-harde-diagnose-schaamde-me-voor-wie-ik-was |website=Nieuws365 |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=nl |date=11 January 2023}}

Career

In 2017, Mroue was a participant in the fifth season of {{Lang|nl|The Voice van Vlaanderen}}, the Flemish version of The Voice franchise.{{cite web |last1=Ryck |first1=Patricia de |title=Chérine: Eurosong 2023 kandidaat - ontdek alles over zangeres |url=https://vlaamskijken.nl/2023/01/10/cherine-eurosong-2023-kandidaat/ |website=Vlaams kijken |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=en |date=10 January 2023}} She advanced to the live shows of the competition, but was eliminated before the final. In 2019, she auditioned for the eighth season of the French version of The Voice, but none of the judges turned around.{{cite web |last1=Verheyden |first1=Xavier |title=La Belge Chérine a retenté sa chance dans "The Voice" en France: "Quand la production m'a rappelée, j'ai dit non et j'ai raccroché" |url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id450853/article/2022-03-19/la-belge-cherine-retente-sa-chance-dans-voice-en-france-quand-la-production-ma |website=Ciné-Télé-Revue |publisher=sudinfo.be |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=fr |date=19 March 2022}} In 2022, she auditioned again with the song "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo. This time, all four judges turned around. She was eliminated in the Cross Battles round.{{cite web |last1=Rousseau |first1=Martin |title=La Belge Chérine éliminée de "The Voice" (TF1): les internautes la comparent à un personnage de dessin animé |url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id459529/article/2022-05-01/la-belge-cherine-eliminee-de-voice-tf1-les-internautes-la-comparent-un |website=Ciné-Télé-Revue |publisher=sudinfo.be |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=fr |date=1 May 2022}} Later that year, Mroue was a finalist in the Belgian singing competition Rising Star organised by the radio station MNM.{{cite web |title=Chérine Mroue is de eerste MNM Rising Star-finaliste! |url=https://mnm.be/lees/cherine-mroue-is-de-eerste-mnm-rising-star-finaliste |website=MNM |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=nl |date=17 May 2022}}

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed plainrowheaders" style="width:75%; margin:1em auto 1em auto;" ! colspan="6" style="background:#BFBFBF;" \|The Voice performances and results
scope="col" colspan="2" \|Season ! scope="col" \|Round ! scope="col" \|Song ! scope="col" \|Original artist ! scope="col" \|Result
scope="row" rowspan="4" \|{{Flagicon\|Flanders}} Flanders ! scope="row" rowspan="4" \|5th (2017) \|Blind Auditions \|"Unsteady" \|X Ambassadors \|Joined team Alex Callier
The Battles \|"Sorry" \|Justin Bieber \|Advanced
rowspan="2" \|Live Shows \|"Easy Come Easy Go" \|Alice on the Roof \|Advanced
"Lovefool" \|The Cardigans \|Eliminated
scope="row" rowspan="4" \|{{Flagicon\|France}} France ! scope="row" \|8th (2019) \|Blind Auditions \|"Speed" \|Zazie \|Eliminated
scope="row" rowspan="3" \|11th (2022) \|Blind Auditions \|"Drivers License" \|Olivia Rodrigo \|Joined team Amel Bent
The Battles \|"The Reason" \|Hoobastank \|Advanced
Cross Battles \|"Break My Heart" \|Dua Lipa \|Eliminated

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed plainrowheaders" style="width:75%; margin:1em auto 1em auto;"

! colspan="6" style="background:#BFBFBF;" |The Voice performances and results

scope="col" colspan="2" |Season

! scope="col" |Round

! scope="col" |Song

! scope="col" |Original artist

! scope="col" |Result

scope="row" rowspan="4" |{{Flagicon|Flanders}} Flanders

! scope="row" rowspan="4" |5th (2017)

|Blind Auditions

|"Unsteady"

|X Ambassadors

|Joined team Alex Callier

The Battles

|"Sorry"

|Justin Bieber

|Advanced

rowspan="2" |Live Shows

|"Easy Come Easy Go"

|Alice on the Roof

|Advanced

"Lovefool"

|The Cardigans

|Eliminated

scope="row" rowspan="4" |{{Flagicon|France}} France

! scope="row" |8th (2019)

|Blind Auditions

|"Speed"

|Zazie

|Eliminated

scope="row" rowspan="3" |11th (2022)

|Blind Auditions

|"Drivers License"

|Olivia Rodrigo

|Joined team Amel Bent

The Battles

|"The Reason"

|Hoobastank

|Advanced

Cross Battles

|"Break My Heart"

|Dua Lipa

|Eliminated

In November 2022, Mroue was announced as one of seven participants in Eurosong 2023, the Belgian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.{{cite web |last1=Paelinck |first1=Gianni |title=Nog eens Tom Dice op het Songfestival of wordt het Loredana? Deze 7 kandidaten wagen hun kans in Eurosong 2023 |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2022/11/07/kandidaten-eurosong/ |website=VRT NWS |access-date=11 January 2023 |language=nl |date=8 November 2022}} Her entry "{{Lang|fr|Ça m'ennuie pas|italic=no}}" ({{Translation|"It Doesn't Bore Me"}}) finished in fourth place with 268 points in the final on 14 January 2023.{{cite web |last1=Vanhelden |first1=Valerie |title=De stemmen zijn geteld: Gustaph zal ons land vertegenwoordigen op het Eurovisiesongfestival in Liverpool |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2023/01/14/winnaar-preselectie-eurovisiesongfestival/ |website=VRT NWS |access-date=14 January 2023 |language=nl |date=14 January 2023}} The song was co-written with William Rousseau and François Welgryn and is about her ADHD, which, according to Mroue, makes her get bored easily.{{cite AV media |people=Eurovision Insider |date=9 January 2023 |title=Interview with Chérine — Eurosong 2023 (Eurovision Belgium 2023 🇧🇪) |language=en |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdsQeou5ikA |access-date=14 January 2023 |time=5:51 |publisher=YouTube}}

Discography

= Singles =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" \|Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em;" \|Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" \| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" \|Album
scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" \| BEL (FL) {{cite web\|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/23c4d9/Cherine-Ca-m'ennuie-pas\|title=Chérine – Ça m'ennuie pas\|publisher=Ultratop\|language=nl\|access-date=13 March 2023}}
scope="row" \|"{{Lang\|fr\|Ça m'ennuie pas\|italic=no}}" \| rowspan="4" \|2023 \| 25 \| rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}}
scope="row" \|"{{Lang\|fr\|Mon étoile\|italic=no}}" \| —
scope="row" \|"{{Lang\|fr\|L'âge que je n'ai pas\|italic=no}}" \| —
scope="row" \|"{{Lang\|fr\|HYPER\|italic=no}}" \| —

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" |Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:3em;" |Year

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" |Album

scope="col" style="width:3.5em;font-size:90%;" | BEL
(FL)
{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/23c4d9/Cherine-Ca-m'ennuie-pas|title=Chérine – Ça m'ennuie pas|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=13 March 2023}}

scope="row" |"{{Lang|fr|Ça m'ennuie pas|italic=no}}"

| rowspan="4" |2023

| 25

| rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}}

scope="row" |"{{Lang|fr|Mon étoile|italic=no}}"

| —

scope="row" |"{{Lang|fr|L'âge que je n'ai pas|italic=no}}"

| —

scope="row" |"{{Lang|fr|HYPER|italic=no}}"

| —