Biography
Matthew Raymond-Barker (born 20 June 1989 in London, England) is an English singer who won the second season of the French X Factor in 2011. He received the grand cash prize and a recording deal with Sony Music.
Born in London, Matthew William Raymond-Barker is the only son of Karen (née Jacobs) and William Francis Raymond-Barker. He lives in Mitcham,south-west London, works in Waterford and attended Emanuel School in Battersea.
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Raymond-Barker had applied initially to the British The X Factor competition, but was rejected after the first day of bootcamp.
Raymond-Barker is a student, studying French and Spanish at the University of Bath and was in France for a period of six months to improve his French language skills at University of Toulouse. He applied to the French X Factor in Montpellier after a friend of his spotted an advertisement for the French competition.
He was coached in the series by Véronic DiCaire.
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