Lately, the singer Santa has been on the rise. Revealed by the tube Salted popcornthe artist whose exceptional intelligence caused him problems in his childhood recently distinguished himself by opening the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games last September. The icing on the cake, the one who had not hesitated to confide in her queer side saw one of her songs chosen by Michael Goldman to become the new anthem of the Star Academy. A true honor that the singer from the group Hyphen Hyphen appreciated its fair value… But if, today, the whole of France knows Santa, this pseudonym is in fact a contraction of his real first and last name: Samanta Cotta.
Like her namesake Samantha, worn by another singing star in the 1980s, the artist’s real first name is very rare in France. According to statistics, it is only given to three to thirty children per year! From an Aramaic term meaning “she who listens”on the other hand, it is much more popular in Anglo-Saxon countries, such as the United States, where Santa’s mother, Diana Eckert, comes from. We can also note that the popular composer and performer of Start me again follows in the footsteps of her mother, because the latter was herself a singer, in the group Daisy Duck. Videos of her performances in the 1980s, which can be found on the Internet, emphasize the resemblance between mother and daughter.
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Santa: this beautiful gift she gave to the candidates of the Star Academy
In the daily life of Star Academy on Monday October 14, broadcast on TF1, the academics had a nice surprise: after debriefing the first prime with the new professor of stage expression, Marlène Schaff, they discovered an unexpected guest in their living room: Santa himself! The singer had come to present them the new anthem of the show, and she had a revelation to make to the students: she “repimped” his song just for them! “That way, it matches you”she confided in particular, before explaining: “CEach time, we start again in a certain way, and this song is that symbol: that every day, we can start again and improve.” A philosophy inspired by the many battles that the singer had to fight…
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias
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