Laura Tesoro (born 19 August 1996) is a Belgian singer and actress. She represented

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with the song " What's the Pressure". Tesoro is also known for portraying Charlotte on the Flemish soap opera ''

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'', and placing second on

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of ''

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''. The singer is also one of the four coaches on ''

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''.

Biography

1996–2014: Early life and career beginnings

Tesoro was born on 19 August 1996 in

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to an Italian father and a Belgian mother. She had her first acting role in the Flemish crime drama ''

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'' as Evy Cuypers in 2008, and went on to perform in musicals such as ''

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'' and ''Domino''. She performed at

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in 2009. From 2012 to 2014, she appeared as Charlotte in ''

'', a love interest to Guido. In 2014 she appeared in

of ''

'', where she ended up as the runner-up. Throughout her time on the show, she was a member of Team

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. She released her debut single "

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" the same year, which peaked at number 23 on the Belgian Flemish Singles Chart.

2015–present: Eurovision Song Contest

In 2015, she released her second single " Funky Love". In November 2015, Tesoro was announced as one of the five participants of ''Eurosong 2016''. In the first show, she covered the song "

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" by

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, which represented Turkey in the

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. In the second show she revealed her Eurovision candidate song " What's the Pressure", and received the highest televoting score. In the final on 17 January 2016, she was declared the winner after placing first with both the Belgian public and international juries. She represented Belgium in the

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, where she placed tenth in the final. In the same year, Tesoro took part in the

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version of Poppy in

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. On 28 April 2017, she released the single "

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", the song peaked at number 20 on the Flemish Singles Chart. Furthermore, on 27 October 2017, she released the single "Beast" which was available for pre-save on Spotify on 20 October, seven days prior. She is also a well-accomplished boxer, and her single "Beast" has a music video showing her boxing skills. In late 2019, Tesoro released the single "Limits". The song served as the lead single to her debut album. A few weeks later she added "

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" as the second single, after releasing her debut album on 24 October 2019.

Discography

Album

Singles

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Notes

References

External links

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