Emma Daumas

Manuelle "Emma" Daumas (born 23 November 1983, in Avignon) is a French singer-songwriter and performer, particularly well known for her participation in Star Academy. Daumas grew up in a family of music lovers. Her passion for music led her to write several songs by the age of 12. Her parents then allowed her to record her first song Stupid boy. After the piano, she took lessons in guitar, and enrolled at the academy of Villeuneuve-lès-Avignon at the age of 15. She frequently entered contests, in particular Mon Dieu of Édith Piaf. She came in 8th in the Laudun song contest playing one of her own compositions, Dis-moi pourquoi ("Tell me why"). From this point on, her potential not only as a singer but as a songwriter started to become noticed. At this time, she began to enter the scene by taking part at the galas of Pascal Fallais, her professor at the time, with songs like I'm sorry or Vivre from the musical Notre-Dame de Paris. Three years later, she eventually took first place at the song contest at Laudun. In 2000, Daumas participated in Graines de stars, a live show hosted by Laurent Boyer. Her performance of Barbra Streisand's "Memory" allowed her to take fourth place. She …

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