Olivia Blanc, known as Olivia Ruiz is a french pop singer. She was born on January, 1st 1980 in Carcassonne, a town in our district. She is the daughter of the musician Didier Blanc, tough, later, she will take her grandmother's maiden name : Ruiz. In 2001, she was a candidate in the first french edition of Star Academy, a very famous and popular TV show but, above all, a music contest.