Caroline Costa

Caroline Costa Subtil
Caroline Costa in 2014
Background information
Birth name	Caroline Costa Subtil
Born	(1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 20) Moissac, Occitanie, France
Origin	Seongnam, South Korea
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, TV presenter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2007 – present
Labels	EMI
Associated acts	Pop System
Website	carolinecosta.fr

Caroline Costa was born in 1996 in France, to a French mother, Laurence, and Portuguese father, Joachim. She had great success as a youngster. In 2007, she was chosen as part of the 6-member teen group Pop System (sometimes Popsystem) for the French children's series Iapiap! broadcast on Canal J, where she was mentored by M. Pokora. Pop System enjoyed great popularity in the period 2007-2008 and released the single "Laissez-nous dire" that reached #12 on the French Singles Chart. The teen group was made up of the girls Caroline, Marina, Sarah, Lisa and the boys Nicolas and Joris.

In 2008, she appeared on the French television channel M6's program 100% Mag. In November 2008, she took part in the M6 reality television series La France a un incroyable talent where she reached the finale. She auditioned with Hurt from Christina Aguilera, and received a standing ovation. In the next round, she performed "My Heart Will Go On" from Céline Dion. In the finale she performed "I Will Always Love You" from Whitney Houston and finished runner-up for the season with the title going to Alexandre, a fire juggler.

She started her solo music career in 2009. In 2009, she did a duet with the Spanish teen actor/pop singer Abraham Mateo for a Spanish cover of Badfinger's "Without You" (that was a huge hit when covered by Harry Nilsson in 1971, then by Mariah Carey in 1994) and had many television appearances and was appeared again on 100% Mag. In September of the same year, she was part of a charity album release for the French AIDS charity AIDES, working with famous artists like Daniel Powter, Lara Fabian and Christophe Willem.