Stéphanie Morato, better known by her stage name Nina Morato, is a French singer-songwriter.
She started her career releasing songs under the names Stéphanie and Stéphanie de Malakoff before using Nina Morato to release the 1993 song "Maman". The album that followed Je suis la mieux, which was a critical success and won Morato the 1994 Victoires de la Musique prize in the category 'Best New Female Pop Artist of the Year'.
The next year, she was chosen to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song Je suis un vrai garçon, which garnered controversy due to the lyric "Je sais je suis son amour, mais putain, y'a des jours où c'est lourd", roughly translated as "I know I'm his love, but f*** it, there are days which are hard". Despite this, she finished in 7th place.
Afterwards, she released two more albums and has spent time touring and appearing in productions.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1994 | |||
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| Participants | |||
 Marie Bergman & Roger Pontare •  CatCat •  Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan •  Evridiki •  Sigga •  Frances Ruffelle •  Tony Cetinski •  Sara Tavares •  Duilio •  Silvi Vrait •  Dan Bittman •  Chris & Moira •  Willeke Alberti •  Mekado •  Tublatanka •  Ovidijus Vyšniauskas •  Elisabeth Andreassen & Jan Werner Danielsen •  Alma Čardžić & Dejan Lazarević •  Kostas Bigalis & The Sea Lovers •  Petra Frey •  Alejandro Abad •  Friderika Bayer •  Youddiph •  Edyta Górniak •  Nina Morato
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| Songs | |||
| Stjärnorna • Bye Bye Baby • Rock 'n' Roll Kids • Ime Anthropos Ki Ego • Nætur • Lonely Symphony (We Will Be Free) • Nek' ti bude ljubav sva • Chamar a música • Sto pregando • Nagu merelaine • Dincolo de nori • More than Love • Waar is de zon? • Wir geben 'ne Party • Nekonečná pieseň • Lopšinė mylimai • Duett • Ostani kraj mene • To trehandiri • Für den Frieden der Welt • Ella no es ella • Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? • Vechnyy strannik • To nie ja • Je suis un vrai garçon
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