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WATCH: “The Voice” S5 Judges Photo Session


Tue 01 Oct 2019 | 10:07 AM
Yara Sameh

Moroccan superstar Samira Said posted on Instagram photos from her latest photo session with her co-judges in the talent show "The Voice”.

The Arabic version of “The Voice” returned for its Season 5th on September 21 with Ahlam, Mohamed Hamaki, Samira Said, and Ragheb Alama as the judging panel.

 

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The show is hosted by Jeddah-based presenter Yasser Al-Saqqaf and Nareen Faraj.

It is aired every Saturday on “MBC1, “MBC Egypt”, “MBC Iraq”, and on “MBC5”.

“The Voice: Ahla Sawt” is the Arabic version of Dutch show The Voice of Holland created by John de Mol and produced by Talpa Media Group.

The first season of Arab world’s version of The Voice debuted on September 14, 2012, and was broadcast worldwide from Beirut, Lebanon via MBC 1.

The show has three stages: the blind auditions, the battle rounds, and the live performances.

Said, born January 10, 1958, is a Moroccan-Egyptian Arabic pop singer who is widely known in the Arab World.

She began singing at the age of nine and was discovered in a music program "Mawaheb" broadcast on Royal Moroccan TV, and later on, she moved to Egypt where her fame around the Arab world began.

She has dual nationality of Morocco and Egypt; the latter is her resident home as she moved to Cairo back in  1977.

Said is known for singing “Ben Leef”, “Sayidati Sadati”, “Malich Enwan”, “Akher Hawa”, “Hawa Hawa”, “Bel Salama”, “Ayza Aish”, “Kan Mali”, “Youm Wara Youm”, “Aal bal”, and others.

Said has produced more than 20 albums and won more than 40 awards.

She mainly sings in Egyptian Arabic, cooperating with many Cairo musicians and composers.

The 61-year-old superstar spearheaded concerts to draw people together after the 2006 riots in immigrant suburbs across France, and to bring about solidarity between all religions.

In 2017، veteran actress and TV host, Esaad Younis hosted the prominent singer in a Christmas special in her program “Sahibet Al-Saada” broadcast on “CBC” Channel, in December.

During the episode, she revealed that the decision to retire is not far from the future plan, after presenting a long history full of many successes.

"When I settle in my native country, Morocco, I would have already decided to retire, to enjoy a private life with my son Shady and my family," Said added.