Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji, who shot to fame after collaborating with renowned composer Oussama Rahbani in 2007, is among the 100 talents vying for the title in the newest season of France's The Voice.
According to French paper Le Figaro, Nikos Aliagas, the show's presenter, introduced Hiba by her first name during a private press screening of the talents for the show's fourth season.
Standing behind a screen for her blind audition, Tawaji sang a French song by Michel Legrand, "Les moulins de mon cœur (The Windmills of my Heart)."
Tawaji is widely known in Lebanon for her sultry voice and has three albums produced by Rahbani; the most recent album was released in 2014 titled "Ya Habibi."
Tawaji surfaced in 2007 when she collaborated with Rahabni on several songs. She also showcased her acting skills during an acclaimed musical play in 2011 "Don Quixote," by Marwan, Ghadi and Oussama Rahabni.
Tawaji is not the first Lebanese to audition for The Voice in France. Aline Lahhoud, a singer, auditioned for the third season in 2014 and won the judges over with her rendition of Lebanese song "Khdne Maak." Lahhoud, the daughter of prominent singer Salwa al-Katrib, was eliminated in the second round.
Before Lahhoud, Anthony Touma, a French-born Lebanese, also auditioned for the show and reached an advanced round but did not win the title.
[DailyMail]
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