Person in history
Valentina (French singer)
Valentina Tronel, French child singer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 2009 · April 6
- Age this year
- 17No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 17th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Valentina Tronel, known mononymously as Valentina, is a French singer. She rose to prominence after she won Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, becoming the first French entrant to win the contest. Previously, in 2017, she took part in the French version of The Voice Kids. Between 2018 and 2021, she was part of the child pop group Kids United Nouvelle Génération.
Early life
Early life Valentina was born in Rennes , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the capital of Brittany , northwestern France, [ 3 ] and lives in Thorigné-Fouillard . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She has an older brother. [ 6 ] Her mother is an Italian-language teacher [ 7 ] and her father is a real estate agent . [ 8 ] From her early childhood, Valentina was "surrounded by music"; [ 9 ] she said; "I grew up in a family where everyone sang: my mother [sang] in bars,
Path and career
Career In 2017, Valentina took part in the fourth season of The Voice Kids France , but she was rejected at the blind auditions stage. [ 1 ] Valentina was the show's youngest contestant that season, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] she was seven when she applied for the show and when her blind audition was recorded, [ 1 ] and eight on 2 September, when the show was broadcast. [ 1 ] In 2018, Valentina joined the child musical group Kids United Nouvelle Génération ,
Why this date
Valentina (French singer) appears on our April 6 calendar for 2009 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 2009.
- January 26Antananarivo
- June 19Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- November 23Maguindanao massacre
- November 1Ilyushin Il-76
- June 18Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
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- 2009Suleman octupletsJanuary 26
- 2009Shaylee MansfieldApril 6
Sources
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Questions about Valentina (French singer)
When was Valentina (French singer) born?
April 6 2009.
How old would Valentina (French singer) be today?
17 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on April 6?
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shaylee Mansfield, Julie Ertz and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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