Hand-picked by France, Fatima Zahra Hafdi will need to win over both the public and the jury to beat out the 25 other countries competing in the finals on May 13
In a video posted to Instagram, La Zarra sparkles in a black sequined dress, standing atop a towering plinth flashing like a disco ball. Singing in French, her voice is powerful and devastating, like a classic chanteuse. It’s only a 30-second clip of La Zarra’s first rehearsal for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, but it’s causing a frenzy in the comments section.” and declarations that La Zarra is “Queen,” the highest form of flattery in online chatter.
Born and raised in Montreal, La Zarra, whose real name is Fatima Zahra Hafdi, was hand-picked to represent France at Eurovision, the music competition in which European countries – and, despite the name, a handful of non-European countries, including Israel and Australia – send an artist or group to perform an original three-minute song. Hafdi will need to win over both the public and the jury to beat out the 25 other countries competing in the finals on May 13.
Hafdi’s parents are from Morocco, and she was raised on a musical mix of great Arabic divas such as Fairuz and Warda Al-Jazairia, American hip hop, and 1990s pop staples including the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys. She learned how to sing by studying Edith Piaf and Barbra Streisand, iconic voices that you can hear imprinted on her own.
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