Houcine (born Houcine Camara, 19 August 1980, Nancy) is a French singer. He was a finalist of the second edition of French TV reality show Star Academy. His first single, Être un homme comme vous, was on the soundtrack of the movie The Jungle Book 2, and became a successful record in France, Belgium-Wallonia, and Switzerland, where it became a top ten hit. Houcine has two sons, Lenny and Noah.

Nolwenn Leroy, (born 28 September 1982 in Saint-Renan, Finistère, Brittany), is a French singer and songwriter, discovered by the French television reality show Star Academy. She is best known for her two Number One singles "Cassé" and "Nolwenn Ohwo!".

Leroy's parents left Saint-Renan, with her, when she was four years old. After living in Paris, Lille, and Guingamp, her mother Murielle Leroy and her younger sister settled with Leroy's grandparents in Saint-Yorre. Her mother had been divorced from her father, professional footballer Jean-Luc Le Magueresse, in 1993.

She studied at the "Collège des Célestins" in Vichy. When Leroy was eleven, her music teacher noticed her musical talents and encouraged her to learn the violin. At the age of thirteen she won "Les écoles du désert", a contest sponsored by the Cora supermarket chain, consequently travelling with a humanitarian mission from Gao to Timbuktu, Mali; she later claimed this had a profound influence on her.

In July 1998, she was awarded a scholarship by the Vichy Rotary Club to travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, as an exchange student. While there, she also attended the Performing Arts School. Returning to France, and speaking fluent English, she began classical singing classes at the Vichy music conservatory. From 2001 she studied law at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, for a potential alternative career to music.

Julie Zenatti, born 5 February 1981, is a French singer celebrity. She first played the role of Fleur-de-Lys and later Esmeralda on stage for the musical Notre-Dame de Paris. Zenatti was involved with Notre-Dame de Paris co-star Patrick Fiori from 2002–2006 and the pair were engaged for 2 years. She's a judge of the reality competition X Factor France.

Zenatti was born in 1981 in Paris. She is of Algerian, Italian and Jewish descent. Her father is an accomplished amateur pianist, and used to accompany her singing on the piano.

Houcine Bennoui (born c. 1989) is a French Muay Thai kickboxer, younger brother of Karim Bennoui. He is the WFC World Muay Thai Champion.

H. Bennoui resides in Lyon, France and trains at Gym boxing St Fons in Lyon, Saint-Fons. His trainer is Nasser Kacem.

He begins Muay Thai at the age of 11, with Nasser Kacem who was a teacher in the suburbs of Lyon. His older brother, Karim Bennoui is the It's Showtime 61MAX world Champion -61 kg.

Bennouihas had 38 fights for 34 wins (including 24 by knockout) and 6 defeats. In 2008 he became WFC World Muay Thai Champion and in 2011 he won a Muay Thai tournament (65kg) in Brest, France.

Houcine Slaoui (pronouced Husyn Slawi, Arabic: حسين السلاوي‎) (real name Houcine Ben Bouchaïb) (1918 in Salé–1951) is a Moroccan singer and composer who had a considerable influence on early-modern Moroccan Chaabi music.

His nickname "Slaoui" is inspired by his birthplace. Since childhood, he has not ceased promoting a personal style, combining words, music and a certain realism of the life. He appears as one of the principal craftsmen, of the modern Chaabi songs in Morocco. He was one of the first to introduce modern musical instruments into Moroccan music, he was influenced by such middle-eastern artists as Mohammed Abdel Wahab; And blended some of the styles of early Egyptian pop music into his songs.

He is most remembered for a song called " Lmarikan " (The Americans), a ballad that recounts his impressions of the Americans whom he's seen during the landing of American troops in Morocco, in 1942 during Operation Torch. The song, which is still popular in Morocco today, has somewhat of a historical value and has been covered by various other artists.