Patrick Fiori, born Patrick Jean-François Chouchayan, 23 September 1969, is a French singer of Armenian descent.
Patrick Fiori, born Patrick Jean-François Chouchayan, 23 September 1969, is a French singer of Armenian descent.
Fiori was born to a French-Armenian father (Jacques Chouchayan) and a Corsican mother (Marie Antoinette Fiori) in Marseille, France. His father's family were escapees of the Armenian genocide. He was born in a family of five siblings. He spent part of his childhood in Marseille south of France and part in Ajaccio in Corsica. He started music at the age of 12 in 1981 thanks to encouragement from Franck Fernandel, who offered him a role in the musical La Légende des santonniers. In 1985, at the age of 16, he recorded his first song "Stéphanie" with financing from his parents followed by other recordings like "Dans ton regard" and "Le Cœur à fleur d'amour".
Taking part in Léon Zitrone's show Les Habits du dimanche gave him more exposure. In 1987 he opened for singer Gilbert Montagné for a number of shows. He later opened for other renowned artists like Michèle Torr and Barry White. In 1992 he had great success with "Au fil de l'eau" written by his childhood friend Bernard Di Domenico during the Francophonie. He won first prize during Fenouillèdes Song Contest held in Sournia, the Pyrénées-Orientales). That year's event had been sponsored by Fabienne Thibeault who encouraged him to go further in his career.
In 1993, as he became well-known with the public, at 23, the songwriters François Valéry and Marie-France Brière (director of variety and entertainment at France 2) suggested that he represent France in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Mama Corsica" composed by Valéry, a bilingual song mainly in French language but with some additional Corsican language lyrics. The song delivered the first rare occasion in which Corsican language was heard at the Eurovision Song Contest. The next appearance of Corsican was after 18 years with France's entry in Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with Amaury Vassili's song "Sognu" which was completely in Corsican.
On 15 May 1993, Fiori performed "Mama Corsica" representing France in the Contest held that year in Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Ireland. He was accompanied by an orchestre led by Christian Cravero. The accompaniment also included two banjo players and two vocalists who joined him on stage throughout the song. Fiori finished fourth with a total of 121 points in between 25 nations competing. The song obtained the coveted "douze points" (12 points) from jury in Denmark and Portugal.
In 1994, Fiori released his debut album entitled Puisque c'est l'heure.
In 1995 he released the self-financed Cœur à l'envers. He also appeared in a number of variety shows notably La Chance aux chansons hosted by Pascal Sevran interpreting on an occasion "Ma vie" an original song by Alain Barrière in his presence. ...
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Filmography (Movies)
Concert solidaire - Aidons l'Aude
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Release Date:27/12/2025
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
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Release Date:15/11/2025
La Grande Fête de Carcassonne
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Release Date:06/09/2025
Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés
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Release Date:07/03/2025
Les Bodin's en folie : La Soirée des 30 ans
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Release Date:17/02/2025
Les Bodin's en folie : La suite
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Release Date:17/02/2025
Éternel Aznavour : le concert événement
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Release Date:18/10/2024
Pour toi Céline: La soirée évènement
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Release Date:12/05/2024
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
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Release Date:01/03/2024
Ycare, le live
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Release Date:09/01/2024
On s'était dit rendez-vous... avec Patrick Bruel
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Release Date:15/12/2023
Les 20 chansons de Florent Pagny préférées des Français
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Release Date:07/12/2023
Avec Florent Pagny, tout le monde ELA
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Release Date:01/09/2023
Paris 2024, le concert-événement
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Release Date:25/07/2023
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
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Release Date:03/03/2023
Alibi.com 2
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Release Date:07/01/2023
Tous en Chœur Montreux : On chante Goldman
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Release Date:29/12/2022
Les Enfoirés 2022 - Un air d'Enfoirés
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Release Date:04/03/2022
Jean-Jacques Goldman : la grande soirée anniversaire / la soirée continue
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Release Date:06/10/2021
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
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Release Date:14/09/2021
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
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Release Date:05/03/2021
Bad Seeds
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Release Date:07/02/2021
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
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Release Date:06/03/2020
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
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Release Date:30/11/2019
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
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Release Date:08/03/2019
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
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Release Date:08/12/2018
Soprano : le documentaire événement
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Release Date:08/12/2018
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
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Release Date:09/03/2018
Enfoirés Kids
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Release Date:01/12/2017
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
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Release Date:03/03/2017
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
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Release Date:11/03/2016
Le concert de Noël avec Roberto Alagna et l'orchestre philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
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Release Date:24/12/2015
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
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Release Date:13/03/2015
Les copains d'abord font du ski
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Release Date:25/12/2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
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Release Date:13/12/2014
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
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Release Date:14/03/2014
Piaf: Hymnes à la Môme
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Release Date:19/10/2013
Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés
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Release Date:15/03/2013
Patrick Fiori - L'instinct masculin
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Release Date:19/09/2011
Michel Legrand and the Cinema
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Release Date:26/04/2011
The Baker's Wife
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Release Date:30/12/2010
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
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Release Date:12/03/2010
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
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Release Date:07/03/2008
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
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Release Date:25/11/2005
Solidarité inondations
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Release Date:22/04/2003
Garou : Live à Bercy
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Release Date:20/09/2002
Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau
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Release Date:22/02/2002
Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés
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Release Date:09/03/2001
Les Enfoirés 2000 - Enfoirés en 2000
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Release Date:26/02/2000
Notre Dame de Paris
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Release Date:12/10/1999
Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000
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Release Date:13/02/1999
Television Appearances
Le grand concert des régions
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The Unexpected Getaway
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Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
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La Boîte à secrets
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The Secret Song
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Basique, le concert
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Amanda
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The Voice Kids
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The Voice Kids
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The Voice : La Plus Belle Voix
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N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels
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La chanson de l'année
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La chanson de l'année
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Star Academy
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Stars à domicile
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Le Grand Tralala
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Vivement dimanche
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Fort Boyard
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Téléthon
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Le monde est à vous
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Sacrée Soirée
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Victoires de la musique
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La Chance aux chansons
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