Alexa Curtis (born 4 January 2004) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She won '' The Voice Kids Australia'' as part of Team Delta in 2014, and subsequently signed with

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. Curtis represented Australia in the

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, where she placed fifth with 202 points.

Early life

Curtis was born on 4 January 2004 to her

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parents. She has an older brother, Aidan. Two years before she was born, her family originally lived in

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, before relocating to Australia in 2002. She won ''The Voice Kids Australia'' in 2014 and was signed with

Career

Acting

In 2021, Alexa gained the lead role as Taylor Young in Rock Island Mysteries, a 20-part adventure/drama series which was shot on the Gold Coast, Queensland. A joint collaboration between Fremantle Australia and

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. It premiered on May 2 2022 on 10 Shake and 10 Play. It will air on Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand from June 2022 and global audiences on Nickelodeon International later in the year. In 2019 Alexa played a supporting role as Jordan in the locally-shot movie Swimming for Gold.

Singing

In 2014 Alexa was a contestant on The Voice Kids. While all chairs turned, she chose Team Delta. She made it to the grand final where she won. Alexa appeared twice in the 2014

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, first performing with her Voice Kids co-stars, then duetting with ''The Voice'' winner

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. The same year she performed with a small group of ''The Voice Kids'' at Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight. In 2015 and 2016 she performed as a featured artist at the Brisbane IGA Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols. In 2016 she sang the opening theme song for six episodes of ''

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'' on

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. Alexa represented Australia in the 2016 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The song she sang was called "We Are". She finished in fifth place with 202 points. In 2020 Alexa released her first single 'Overflow' with music and lyrics 100% owned by her. It was independently released.

Discography

Singles

Guest appearances

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Alexa 2004 births Living people Australian child singers Australian people of New Zealand descent Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants 21st-century Australian singers