Meret Manon is a Swiss singer, TV personality, and influencer. She earned the limelight for her TV appearance in Pop Star Academy: Katseye. Also, she is a member of the group Katseye.
The Switzerland-born personality celebrates her birthday on the 26th of June. Her birth year is 2002 and the 22-year-old is quite talented in multiple areas including social media.
Quick Info
Real Name | Meret Manon Bannerman |
Age | 22 [as of 2024] |
Birthplace | Zurich, Switzerland |
Education | N/A |
Height | 5 feet 5 inches |
Weight | 52 kg [approx.] |
Ethnicity
Meret Manon is half Ghanian, quarter Swiss, and quarter Italian. Her father is Ghanian and her mother belongs to two of the latter backgrounds.
She has one sibling.
Personal Life
Bannerman became interested in stage performances as a child. She used to write and perform songs using her ukulele growing up.
She spent a year as an exchange student in Los Angeles. As the Americans were pronouncing her first name strangely, she went by her middle name Manon, and continued using it ever since.
She grew up in Lucerne.
Career
Meret Manon has been an active internet personality for a few years now. While she made her Tiktok debut in late 2020, she has been available on other social platforms such as Instagram.
She became popular for sharing lip-sync videos on Tiktok and is signed with the talent agency Unlocked Branding. As of August 2024, she has gained around 300k followers on the app.
She auditioned for Hybe and Geffen Records’ girl group in 2022 and was selected as one of the 20 contestants from 120,000 applications. Then, she received a year’s worth of training in Los Angeles.
Then, she competed in the Netflix reality TV series Pop Star Academy: Katseye in late 2023. She was the winner of the competition with five other members namely Sophia Laforteza, Lara Raj, Daniela Avanzini, Megan Skiendiel, and Yoonchae Jeong.
The winners then formed the pop girl group Katseye under the labels Hybe UMG and Geffen Records. The group debuted with the single Debut on 28 June 2024 and released their debut album SIS (Soft Is Strong) on 16 August 2024.
The EP included six songs including the group’s most popular song Touch which has over 23 million streams on Spotify. Currently, they have over 5.1 million monthly listeners on the platform.
Unknown Facts
- She can speak English and Spanish.
- She is wanderlust and has been to countries such as Mexico, France, Albania, etc.
- Aged 17, she performed on stage with her favorite artist at a concert after being randomly picked.
- She had a pet cat named Lisa.
- She appeared in the music video September Skies by Benjamin Amaru.
- Bannerman has a tiny tattoo on her right upper arm.
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Photo credit: @meretmanon – Instagram.