Natália Kelly

Natália Kelly (Amadeus Awards 2013)

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Shine   AT 26th 03/01/2013 (3 weeks)

Natália Kelly (born December 18, 1994 in Hartford , Connecticut , USA ) is an Austrian singer from Bad Vöslau , Lower Austria . In 2013 Kelly entered the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö , Sweden with her song Shine for Austria .

Life

Kelly came to Austria at the age of six. The daughter of an American businessman and a Brazilian mother took her first steps into music at an early age. She was already on stage at the age of ten in the play Around the World in 80 Days of the children's opera in Baden (2004). Also in 2004 she won second place on the ORF show Kiddy Contest with a duet with Manuel Gutleb. In the years that followed, she successfully took part in the Prima la musica classical music competitions.

From 2005 to 2007 Kelly was a member of the children's pop group Gimme 5, which was signed by Universal Music and reinterpreted Austropop hits. Gimme 5 was produced by Alexander Kahr .

In 2011 Kelly came first in the Austrian singing competition “The Voice” in Vösendorf and received a record deal with Alexander Kahr.

On February 15, 2013 Kelly won the Austrian qualification with the title Shine Austria rocks the song contest for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 . The composers of the title are Andreas Grass, Nikola Paryla, Natália Kelly and Alexander Kahr. Kelly competed for Austria in the semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest on May 14, 2013 in Malmö . There she could not qualify for the final of the competition and reached place 14 of the 16 participants in the semifinals.

Awards and Achievements

• 2004: 2nd place ORF Kiddy Contest
• 2005: National winner of the "Show4Kids" singing competition
• 2006: 1st place Prima la musica Lower Austrian provincial competition, category "Piano"
• 2008: National winner singing competition "Sing & Win"
• 2008: 3rd place "Prima La Musica", national competition, category "Solo classical singing"
• 2008–2010: three-time world champion in the "Vocals" category of the European Dance Union (ESDU)
• 2010: 1st place "Prima La Musica" Lower Austrian provincial competition, category "Solo classical singing"
• 2010: 2nd place "Prima La Musica" national competition, category "Solo classical singing"
• 2011: Winner of the Star-T young talent competition
• 2011: Winner of Austria's big singing competition "The Voice"

Web links

Commons : Natália Kelly  - collection of images

• Natália Kelly at the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts AT
2. ↑ Natália Kelly on IMDB
3. ↑ Kiddy Contest on austriancharts.at
4. ↑ THE VOICE ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Natália Kelly to represent Austria in Malmö!
6. ^ Statement by the ORF commentator during the final broadcast
7. ^ The Voice 2011