Marwan Youssef


Marwan Youssef is a Lebanese singer and songwriter. He rose to fame when he won the 11th season of Star [Academy (Arabia)|Star Academy] in 2015–16. After his victory, Marwan released two singles and one music video, and performed many concerts in music festivals in the Arab World.

Early life

Marwan Youssef' was born in to a family of Lebanese Christians. Marwan performed on TV before Star Academy on religious Christian TV channel NourSat.

Career

''Star Academy Arabia 11'' and ''Watan Hobbi'': 2015–2016

Marwan Youssef entered season 11 of Star Academy as one of 18 contestants. Throughout his 4 months on the show, he was chosen twice as top student and never fell into the danger zone. Youssef won the final prime with 55.46% of the votes, beating the 3 other finalists. As one of his prizes, Marwan won a song produced by Endemol Shine Middle East, titled Watan Hobbi.

''Rafed Saddek''- present: 2016-present

Marwan released a second single "Rafed Saddek" and a music video under Watary Productions. The song performed well on Anghami. Marwan Youssef performed at many important festivals, such as Ehmej Festival.

Discography

Singles

  • 2016: Watan Hobbi
  • 2017: Rafed Saddek

Music Videos

  • 2017: Rafed Saddek

Live recordings

Marwan Youssef performed many songs live through his time on Star Academy, that can be found on Star Academy's YouTube Channel

Recognition