Award-winning
Festival in September 2004 for the song Megagit Mediterranean in Turkey, Aline
Lahoud has won the first prize of the French song in the great theater of the
Casino de Dieppe (Normandy). Bringing together thirty French-speaking
countries, the ninth edition of the International Stepping Stone Charles Trenet
spent best singer Aline Lahoud speaking interpreter. The jury, which included
many famous personalities and culture including Paul Sullitzer Lou,
Jean-Jacques Debout, Eva Kowaleska (supermodel), Bernard Menez (actor), Pascal
Bruner (presenter) and chaired by Edouard Leveau, MP Mayor of Dieppe, gave the
young Lebanese singer Charles Trenet Trophy (a bronze bust of "Singing
Fool"). The young Lebanese woman has captivated audiences and warm voice,
performing a song called "Quand tout s’enfuit " composed by Jad
Rahbani and written by Romeo Lahoud. This song was to be unveiled to the
Eurovision Song Contest, but she could not go to Kiev to represent Lebanon.
In congratulating the winner, Paul Lou Sullitzer addressed it by saying:
"Listening to you, I immediately detected the budding star that grows in
you ..." While Jean-Jacques Debout (husband of Chantal Goya) predicted for
him an international career worthy of the greatest singers, Bernard Menez, He
confessed that he had wanted to vote four times for her. It received a second
offer of Universal (the one that produces Star Academy) for the realization of
a musical album coupled with a video. "This is the happiest day of my
artistic life, because I always dreamed of singing on a French stage," she
told reporters who interviewed.
Charles Trenet Association, which groups many showbiz personalities, Lahoud has decided to consider as an honorary member of this association.
Charles Trenet Association, which groups many showbiz personalities, Lahoud has decided to consider as an honorary member of this association.
