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Lisandro Cuxi
Cuxi in 2015
Background information
Born	Lisandro Monteiro Furtado (1999-07-17)17 July 1999 (age 26) Torres Vedras,Lisbon Region, Portugal
Origin	Cannes, France
Genres	Pop soul R&B funk dancehall world
Occupations	Singer-songwriter dancer
Years active	2017–present
Labels	Mercury

Lisandro Monteiro Furtado (born 17 July 1999), better known by hisstage nameLisandro Cuxi, is a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter and dancer. In 2017, Cuxi won thesixth season ofThe Voice: la plus belle voix as part of TeamM. Pokora. He released his debut album namedMa bonne étoile in September 2017.

His family was originally from Cape Verde. Cuxi was born on 17 July 1999 inLisbon, Portugal, and is the youngest brother of singerSoraia Ramos.^[1] At aged nine he moved toCannes despite not being able to speak French. He then learned both French and English especially with songs.^[2][3][4]

In 2015, he took part in season 2 of the French television seriesThe Voice Kids, broadcast from 25 September to 23 October 2015. In the blind auditions, Cuxi sang "Run to You" byWhitney Houston, all three coaches turning their chairs. Cuxi chose to be part of Team Jenifer. He went on to reach Final and finished in second.

In 2017, he took part inseason 6 of the French television seriesThe Voice: la plus belle voix, broadcast onTF1 from 18 February to 10 June 2017. In the blind auditions, Cuxi sang "Can't Stop the Feeling" byJustin Timberlake with all four coaches,Florent Pagny,Mika,Zazie andM. Pokora turning their chairs. Cuxi chose to be part of Team Matt. Cuxi went on to win the show.

After winningThe Voice: la plus belle voix on 10 June 2017, he released his debut single "Danser" on 17 June.^[5] The song peaked at number 18 on theFrench Singles Chart. His debut studio album,Ma bonne étoile was released on 15 September 2017 byMercury Records and includes the single "Danser", co-written byDany Synthé andÉmilie Satt.^[6][7] The album peaked at number 16 on theFrench Albums Chart.

On 7 January 2018, he was confirmed as one artists competing inDestination Eurovision the national final organised byFrance 2 to select France's entry forEurovision Song Contest 2018. He performed during the first semi-final which was filmed on 8 January 2018 and aired on 13 January 2018. He performed a cover of "Billie Jean" byMichael Jackson and his Eurovision song "Eva". He progressed to the Final by winning the semi-final. Results in the semi-final were determined by a Francophone jury panel and an international jury panel. The final aired live on 27 January 2018. Despite winning the international jury vote, he placed third in the public vote and finished in second place behind winnersMadame Monsieur.

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• 21st-century French male singers
• Black French musicians
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• People from Torres Vedras
• Portuguese emigrants to France
• Portuguese people of Cape Verdean descent
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