Quentin Mosimann (born 14 February 1988 in Geneva) is a Swiss singer, DJ and record producer. He began his DJ career in Saint-Tropez at the age of 14 and won the seventh season of the reality show Star Academy on TF1 in 2008. He has been ranked among the top 100 DJs in DJ Mag's annual poll for several consecutive years, placing 93rd in 2015, and is known for his international career as a DJ-singer.
Early life
Mosimann was born in Geneva to a Swiss father from Bern and a French mother, although he held only Swiss nationality. After his parents separated, he moved with his mother to Bogève in Haute-Savoie. In 2005 he moved to Hyères in the Var, near Saint-Tropez, where he performed as a DJ at the NJoy club under the pseudonym John Louly.
Music career
After winning Star Academy, he released his debut album Duel in 2008, which reached No. 2 in France, and followed it with Exhibition in 2010, a pop-electro album. From 2010 his DJ career took on an international dimension, with performances in clubs across Europe, the United States, Asia, Africa and elsewhere. He also judged the Belgian television show The Voice Belgium and presented the music programme Décibels on Stage.
Later work
Mosimann continued to release singles, remixes and collaborations through the 2010s, working with various labels and artists. In 2026 he became the director of season 14 of the French Star Academy.