Even MIKA Can't Stop Himself From Yann'sine Jebli's Voice | The Voice France 4

Yann'sine Jebli is a 20 y.o. Moroccan singer from Tan Tan City who has started singing since a very early age. As he claims, the real beginning of his artistic career was when his father offered him a phone, at the age of 17, which contained a Moroccan song titled "Bared ou Skhoun" that was the catalyst of his talent.

The public began to be familiar with Yann'sine as he appeared on the Singing TV Show "Studio 2M" in which he ended up being a finalist in 2013. Two years later, the young singer came back even stronger facing the INTERNATIONAL public in the French version of the renowned Reality TV Singing Competition "The Voice".

He gave an unforgivable performance of Indila's hit single "Dernière Danse" at the "Blind Auditions" phase. The performance was so good that all 4 coaches pressed their button and tried to convince Yann'sine to be part of their team, but Yann'sine chose - the "Popular Song" singer - MIKA as his coach.

Mika did whatever it takes to make of Yann'sine a global star, he coached him and advised him. The young singer was put on the "Battle Phase" against the Algerian contestant "Dalia Chih" performing Nina Simone's "Feeling Good", and Mika chose, again, the Moroccan Yann'sine.

The third phase was also a win for the young singer who performed an oriental-mixed version of Jean-Jacques Goldman's "Comme Toi" at the "Knochout Stage" phase against Madeleine and Thomas. Mika had to choose only one from the 3 performers, and yet again, he chose Yann'sine.

When the 2 last phases were airing on TV, Yann'sine was back to Morocco where he was well-welcomed by his fans, friends, family and the Moroccan media including Newspapers, Radio Stations, … He has also made a fun-filled lip sync cover (Click HERE for the video) 

The young singer returned to France for the next phase, "Live Shows" where the public votes for their favorite contestant.

This phase was the one where performers get really stressed, but Yann'sine knew how to handle the situation, and gave the most talked-about performance to which he added an oriental flair. He sang Michel Sardou's "Je Vole" in a very unique way where he imposed his Moroccan origins. The young talented singer passed on a message through his performance, knowing that he has left his parents in Morocco to make his singing dream come true.

"It was touching to see him telling his story and putting his musical culture in it, it was mastered and sincere" 

said MIKA about Yann'sine's performance.

At the end, Mika had to chose between Sharon Laloum or Yann'Sine, you already know who he has chosen, of course Yann'sine.

Support Yann'sine Jebli on his Facebook page by clicking HERE.

When ART Meets Casablanca's Billboards | Billboard Festival Casablanca 2015

Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco, is celebrating from the 1st to the 15th of April 2015 the Billboard Festival which occupies 63 billboards in the "non-sleeping" city. The billboards caught the attention of so many people from different ages and cultures.

The 15 days period will be a pure honor for the Moroccan culture, Moroccan photographers AND Nordic contemporary women artists. The exhibited "Master-Peaces" will for sure bring a certain spirit to the city and will distress the active population of Casablanca by making'em focus more on the content of the billboards which will change the commercial basic billboards to what we have been used to (especially in the commercial capital of Morocco).

The Billboard Festival is more of a challenge targeting to change our view about the urban space, stereotypes about identity and most important about women, who are given the opportunity in the festival to make their voices heard and express their inner artist in order to make the city a better environment for creativity.

The festival-project is the approach of the Copenhagen based visual artist Hanne Lise Thomsen known for her projects in public spaces including The Billboard project Women2003 in Copenhagen.

Last but not least, the Billboard Festival Casablanca 2015 is a brand new Nordic-Arabic project looking forward to promoting Moroccan and Scandinavian Women artists on the most crowded streets of Casablanca to show the world a "friendship" between Moroccan and Scandinavia quoted "The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship".

An event is going to take place in Casablanca following the festival with artist talks, video projections, performances and panel debates.

The Billboard Festival team put up a website (Click HERE) where you can find a map that shows the exact emplacements of each billboard, names of the artists + their works.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

From Scandinavia:
Anette Abrahamsson (SE), Jeanne Betak (DK), Katja Bjørn (DK) Yvette Brackman (DK) Christina Capetillo (DK), Sidse Carstens (DK), Charlotte Haslund-Christensen (DK), The Icelandic Love Corporation (IS), Hilda Ekeroth (SE), Maria Finn (SE), Fryd Frydendahl (DK); Gudrun Hasle (DK), Ane Henriksen (DK), Ditte Haarløv Johnsen (DK), Kirsten Justesen (DK), Lene Adler Petersen (DK), Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (DK), Jytte Rex (DK), Aurora Reinhard (FI), Beathe C.Rønning (NO), Christel Sverre (NO), Jeanette Sætre (NO) Hanne Lise Thomsen (DK), Charlotte Troldahl (DK).

From Morocco:
Rita Alaoui, Leila Alaoui, Zineb Andress Arraki, Myriem Baadi, Aïcha El Beloui, Carolle Benitah, Yasmina Benabderrahmane, Hind Bensari, Deborah Benzaquen, Siham Achari Berrada, Celine Croze, Safaa Erruas, Soukeina Hachem, Yasmine Hajji, Soukaïna Aziz El Idrissi, Maria Kabbaj, Zahrin Kahlo, Wafae Ahalouch el Keriasti, Jamila Lamrani, Randa Maroufi, Safaa Mazirh, Fatima Mazmouz, Zara Samiry, Bouanani Touda, Fatiha Zemmouri

Students from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen: 
Kinga Bartis (HU), Biba Fibiger (DK), Una Gunnarsdottir (IS), Nike Åkerberg (SE), Anne Kristin Kristiansen (D), Coline Marotta (F), Radmila Jovovic (SRB), Anna Sjöström (SV). 

Students from École Superieure des Beaux Arts, Casablanca: 
Amal Bachkata, Zainab Má, Khawla Lasfar, Kaghat Malak, Houda Quali Sabriv, Zineb EL Ouardi.

   

The #REBirth : FITW EVENTS

"FITW EVENTS" stands for From I to W blog's Events section which is one of the most promising sections from the blog's new features for the #REBirth.
"FITW EVENTS" is both a mixture of REVIEWS and RATINGS (X/5 Stars) of events where the FITW team will be present. The events that we target are one of a kind events in Morocco (ONLY). They may have a certain place in the industry, but we want to make sure that you'll get to know what happens BACKSTAGE, and how the staff manages to make of the event a success.

The #REBirth : "FITW ART"

"FITW ART" stands for From I to W blog's Art section which is one of the new sections we've added for the new concept of the blog.

"FITW ART" is the place where artists can inspire and get inspired from other artists. 

The section is a mixture of articles about ART in general, dedications to young artists and a support for new people in the industry.

We'll set up a weekly pseudo-program in which talented young artists can make their voice heard and go live on the net. We will put online an application that you can fill and we'll choose each week the best submission.

When we say ART, we mean ALL SEVEN ARTS + PHOTOGRAPHY and COMICS.

Stay tuned for more information on Facebook by clicking HERE.