It comes from Melissa Nkonda - an "also ran" in the now defunct Nouvelle Star, the French version of Pop Idol.
Melissa Nkonda (screenshot from "Nouveaux horizons" video)Nkonda took part in season seven of Nouvelle Star in 2009, making it through to the final 15 and then the top 10 but being but eliminated just three weeks into the show's run.
That obviously didn't stop her though and a year later she entered the (non-televised) search for talent launched in 2010 by the French record label AZ, which belongs to the Universal group.
The 20-year-old ran out one of the joint winners of "Je veux signer chez AZ", landing a contract with the label and the chance to record an album.
Since then Nkonda has been on roll.
The album, "Nouveaux horizons", was released earlier this year and includes a track, "J'ai fait tout ça pour vous" featuring one of the most recently rising stars of the British music scene VV Brown and a version of Nkondo's first hit single also entitled "Nouveaux horizons" with the critically acclaimed French rapper, Soprano.
The original of that first single is a catchy, funky uptempo number with an infectious beat and sung in a mixture of English and French which has already been a Top 30 hit in France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Not bad going from a singer who was all but overlooked by the voting public during Nouvelle Star.
Melissa Nkonda (screenshot from Je veux signer chez AZ video)Oh yes the winner that year - Soan.
Now that was a triumph of audience power in determining a commercially successful artist.
Oh well, Nkonda, along with a fellow contestant from the same season - Camélia Jordana - is proof that TV talent shows certainly don't always get it right.
Here's "Nouveaux horizons".
Try not to tap you foot as you listen.
Bet you enjoyed that.
If you want to catch her in concert, check out the dates on her official website.
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