French singer Kendji Girac is left fighting for life after being shot in the chest while visiting travellers’ camp

One of France’s most popular singers is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in the chest during a visit to a travelers camp.

Kendji Girac, 27, is in intensive care at the University Hospital in Bordeaux after being struck by gunfire early this morning after visiting a camp in nearby Biscarrosse.

“He was in a traveler camp where he was injured by a firearm,” an investigating source said.

‘Gendarmes were alerted at around 5.30am and when they arrived they were confronted by around 20 people who refused to pass on any information.

‘Emergency services have now evacuated a seriously injured man, who was shot in the chest, and rushed him to hospital.’

Kendji Girac and Eva Longoria attend the 11th Eva Longoria X Global Gift during Paris Fashion Week at Four Seasons Hotel George V on September 30, 2023 in Paris, France

The source confirms that the victim is Kendji Girac and describes his medical condition as “life-threatening.”

Mr Girac, a father-of-one, shot to fame in France in 2014 after winning the third series of hit TV singing show The Voice. Since then, he has released five albums and performed duets with other French singing stars, such as Vianney and Florent Pagny.

Kendjii Girac was born Kendji Maillé in Périgueux, in the Dordogne, and is of Catalan gypsy origin.

He has often spoken of ‘growing up in a caravan’ and becoming a pruner after leaving formal education at 16.

In August 2013, his uncle posted a video online of Mr. Girac covering a song called Bella, in gypsy style. It became a huge YouTube hit and launched him to The Voice, which he won with more than 51 percent of the national vote.

In January 2021, Mr. Girac became father to a daughter named Eva Alba, but he never revealed the identity of the little girl’s mother.

Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the shooting and police searched the camp where the shooting took place on Monday.