Cyndi Almouzni (born 10 October 1984), best known at the beginning of her music career in the United States as Cherie, is a French pop and dance music singer coming from Marseille. Her 2004 hit "I'm Ready" hit number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Later on she performed professionally with her real name Cyndi Almouzni and under her mononym Cyndi, most notably when she took part in the competition for UK entry to Eurovision Song Contest with "I'll Leave My Heart" coming second to the eventual entry "Flying the Flag (For You)" from Scooch. Career When she was 14, Cyndi won a local talent contest and entered the national televised contest finals held in Paris. This was the start of her professional singing career. She has performed in many countries, including France, the UK and the US. She signed a worldwide recording contract in the US while continuing her studies. As Cherie Steve Allen, A&R at Sony BMG first discovered Cyndi after hearing her powerful vocals on a dance track recorded when she was just 14 years old. Allen was behind two previous Eurovision entries, Gina G with "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" and the 1997 UK winning Eurovision entry in Dublin with "Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves. In 2003, "Betcha Never" (that later appeared in the album Cherie) was used as a part of the soundtrack of the 2003 film Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. In 2004, Cyndi while signed to Lava Records under the artistic name Cherie, she released a self-titled album she named Cherie which featured the lead-off single "I'm Ready" released in mid-2004. The song sampled the bassline from Foreigner's "Urgent" and made decent headway on the US charts reaching No. 1 on Hot Dance Club Songs in addition to No. 33 on US Pop Songs chart and cracked the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 99. The follow-up single from the same album Cherie titled "Older Than My Years" was released in September 2004 and charted at Adult Contemporary chart. After these three hits, and aside from one holiday track that was sent to radio ("Merry Christmas Darling") Cherie seemingly disappeared altogether. Cyndi also guest starred in five episodes of season 4 of the American sitcom One on One as Charlie, the new lead singer of the rock band created by actor Robert Ri’chard's character Arnaz, between 2004