Jean-Pascal
Background information
Birth name	Jean-Pascal Lacoste
Born	June 21, 1978 (1978-06-21) (age 31)
Origin	Toulouse, France
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer, actor, presenter
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Mercury
Associated acts	Star Academy 1

Jean-Pascal Lacoste (also known as Jean-Pascal or Jipé, born on June 21, 1978, Toulouse, France) is a French singer, actor and TV host.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personnal life 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 References

[edit] Career

In 2001, he participated in the first edition of French TV reality show Star Academy, but was eliminated on January 5, 2002. He was semi-finalist and participated in the Star Academy Tour. He remained famous for his quarrels with Jenifer Bartoli.

After his participation, he released his singles "L'Agitateur" (#2 in France, #1 in Belgium) and "Rue de la liberté" (#13 in France, #3 in Belgium) and his debut album Jean-Pascal, qui es-tu ? (#7 in France, #1 in Belgium).^[1]

In June 2002, he became a TV host in a sport program Tous ensemble, then in a Incroyable mais vrai !, along with Bruno Roblès, Roger Pierre et Sophie Favier, on TF1.

In 2006, he started a career as actor in the police series Section de recherches.

In January 2007, he won the "Grand Concours des Animateurs", hosted by Carole Rousseau.

Since September 2008, he hosts various TV shows on NRJ 12.

[edit] Personnal life

He has married his fiancée named Jennifer in early 2007 and became Kylie's father on March 29, 2008.^[2]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• 2002 : Jean-Pascal, qui es-tu ? - #1 in Belgium, #7 in France, #61 in Switzerland
• 2003 : Plein sud - #12 in Belgium, #42 in France

[edit] Singles

• 2002 : "L'Agitateur" - #1 in Belgium, #2 in France
• 2002 : "Rue de la liberté" - #3 in Belgium, #13 in France
• 2002 : "La chanson con" - #22 in Belgium, #17 in France

[edit] References

v • d • e Star Academy France Host Nikos Aliagas Winners Jenifer Bartoli (2001) · Nolwenn Leroy (2002) · Élodie Frégé (2003) · Grégory Lemarchal (2004) · Magalie Vaé (2005) · Cyril Cinélu (2006) · Quentin Mosimann (2007) Other notable contestants Mario Barravecchia (2001) · Jean-Pascal Lacoste (2001) · Olivia Ruiz (2001) · Houcine (2002) · Georges-Alain Jones (2002) · Jérémy Chatelain (2003) · Emma Daumas (2003) · Morganne Matis (2003) · Michal Kwiatkowski (2004) · Sofia Essaïdi (2004) Singles "La Musique (Angelica)" (2001) · "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (2002) · "Paris Latino" (2002) · "La Bamba" (2003) · "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (2003) · "L'Orange" (2003) · "Laissez-moi danser" (2004) · "Adieu monsieur le professeur" (2004) · "Santiano" (2005) ·