Miss Dominique

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Miss Dominique
Background information
Born	1979
Origin	Martinique, France
Genre(s)	Pop, R&B, Gospel
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter,
Years active	1998—present
Label(s)	2006 Sony BMG

Miss Dominique, born in 1979 in Martinique, France, is a French singer and second-place finalist of the fourth edition of Nouvelle Star. Her real name is Dominique Michalon but her pseudo is Miss Dominique

1 Early life
2 Nouvelle Star
- 2.1 Performances
3 After Idol
4 Discography
- 4.1 Albums
5 External link

[edit] Early life

Dominique started singing when her mother sent her to a gospel chorus. At 8, she was in her first concert, the "bébés chérubins" in Sarcelles (a suburb of Paris).

She is also known by the stage name "Beth Sheba". She sang in a masterclass in Louisiana in the United States. Later, her band, "Beth-Shéba and Les Gospel Wave Singers" toured with Ray Charles and Manu Dibango. In 1998, she released an album "A Chans' ou an destin'" in Martinique as Beth Sheba.

[edit] Nouvelle Star

Early on, Dominique's performance of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing" marked her as a favorite; judge Marianne James cried and said "Alleluia". Many felt that her best performance was "Calling You" from Bagdad Café. Despite this, Dominique lost in the final round to Christophe Willem. There have been claims that Dominique's chance of winning were significantly reduced due to the fact that her home, Martinique was not allowed to vote.

[edit] Performances

Top 14 : I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
Top 14 redux : Comme d'habitude (Claude François)
Top 10 : Ella, Elle l'a (France Gall)
Top 9 : We Don't Need Another Hero (Tina Turner)
Top 8 : I'm Every Woman (Whitney Houston)
Top 7 : It's Raining Men (Weather Girls)
Top 6 : L' Hymne à l'Amour (Edith Piaf), I'm Outta Love (Anastacia)
Top 5 : GoldenEye (Tina Turner), Salma ya Salama (Dalida), I Have Nothing (Whitney Houston)
Top 4 : Ma Révérence (Véronique Sanson), I Feel Good (James Brown)
Top 3 : What's Love Got To Do With It? (Tina Turner), Calling You (Bagdad Café)
Top 2 : All Night Long (Lionel Richie), La Quête, Hero (Mariah Carey)

[edit] After Idol

Miss Dominique released her debut album, Une Femme Battante on [November 13]].

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album	Statistics	Singles
	Une Femme Battante Released: November 13, 2006 Peak Chart Positions: #8 FRANCE FRENCH Sales: 47 264 copies	Singles Released "It's a Man's Man's World"