Catherine Ochoa, or simply known as Cáthia is a

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, New York. She rose to fame when she came in 13–16th place on the fourth season of the American version of reality television singing competition ''

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''. Cáthia released her first single "Without You" 47 days after her elimination on ''The Voice'' on June 24, 2013. Cáthia was the second Salvadoran American to participate on The Voice, after Adriana Louise who was on

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. Cáthia later participated in a reality television singing competition called "Yo Soy El Artista" (I Am The Artist) on

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, where Cathia achieved a fourth-place finish, becoming the second Salvadoran American ever to advance to the final stages of a Telemundo singing competition production after

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Early life (before ''The Voice'')

Cáthia was born in

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in New York City to parents who immigrated from

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. She attended high school at

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, in New York City's

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borough, where she was a vocal major and trained in opera, musical theater and learned how to play the piano as a teenager. As a senior in high school, she competed in the Apollo Theater Amateur Night, advancing to the semi-finals. She cites Whitney Houston, Selena Quintanilla, Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey as some of her vocal inspirations in her earlier years.

''The Voice, Yo Soy El Artista and Touring''

Cáthia auditioned for ''The Voice'' earning a three-chair turn from

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and

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. She chose Shakira as her coach. In the battle round, Cáthia lost to Mary Miranda but was stolen by Usher. She advanced through the knockouts beating Ryan Innes. In the Top 16 Cáthia was eliminated. She performed twice in the finale first with

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and Karina Iglesias; then with

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, Josiah Hawley and VEDO.
YouTube. In 2014, Cáthia competed on Telemundo's "Yo Soy El Artista", advancing to the final round and placing in the Top 5 of the competition. While on the show she worked with artists like Luis Fonsi and Olga Tañon, training in voice, dance and acting. From there, she went on to work on her EP "Volar", debuting the title track single and video on Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo". In 2017, Cáthia joined Prince Royce's band as part of the "FIVE" Tour, and remained the sole background vocalist in his band for over 2.5 years, touring the U.S., Europe and Latin America. She worked as a background and session vocalist for other artists like Luis Fonsi and Jennifer Lopez during this time, while releasing her EP "No Me Conoces" in 2018, a single "Bet It All" in 2019, and "De Una" in 2020, that same year, she sang backup for

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on '' Dick Clark's New Year's Rocking Eve 2021.''

Performances and results

: – Studio version of performance reached the top 10 on iTunes

Discography

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cathia 1993 births Living people 21st-century American women singers American people of Salvadoran descent American women pop singers Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni Latin pop singers Musicians from the Bronx Singers from New York City Spanish-language singers of the United States The Voice (franchise) contestants 21st-century American singers