Now United, the global pop group formed by “American Idol” creator Simon Fuller, has added a new member: 18-year-old Nour Ardakani from Lebanon. Ardakani will become Now United’s 16th member follow…
for a new member from the Middle East and North Africa that began last year. The group has a following of 20 million fans worldwide, and scored a best group nomination during the MTV Video Music Awards in New York last month.
Fuller, choreographer Kyle Hanagami and casting director Kerrie Mailey then picked Ardakani after hearing her perform a new Now United song titled “Habibi.” “In Nour, I have found a remarkable young performer,” Fuller said in the statement, in which he went on to praise her as “a wonderful, pure singer with gentle emotion and warmth.”
“I’m so grateful for this opportunity to join Now United, to do what I love and represent the country that I love,” said Ardakani.
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