Natália Kelly (born December 18, 1994) is an

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n singer. She currently resides in

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. Kelly represented Austria at the

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, Sweden, with the song " Shine".

Biography

2000-04: Early life

Kelly was born in

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, the daughter of an American businessman with

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and

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roots and a Brazilian mother. She moved to Austria from the US at the age of six in 2000. Kelly started from an early age with music. In 2004, at the age of ten, she was a member of the children's opera in the production of ''In 80 Tagen um die Welt'' (

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) at the

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state theatre. Also in 2004, Kelly came second on

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(ORF) television show, '' Kiddy Contest'', with a duet with Manuel Gutleb. In the following years, Kelly participated in several competitions including ''

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'' in classical music.

2005-07: Gimme 5

Between 2005 and 2007, Kelly was a member of children's pop group Gimme 5 that was signed to

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, and produced by

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2011: The Voice

In 2011, Kelly won a long-running Austrian talent show called ''The Voice'' (not to be confused with the international franchise ''

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''), and received a recording contract from Alexander Kahr.

2013: Eurovision Song Contest and ''Natália Kelly''

On 15 February 2013, Kelly entered the Austrian national selection for the

, '' Österreich rockt den Song Contest'', with her song " Shine". At the close of voting, Kelly had received 32 points from the jury vote, and 38 points from the televote, giving a total of 70 points and first place, and thus she was selected to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest in

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. Kelly competed in the first semi-final of the competition on 14 May 2013, however, Austria missed out on qualification for the final, placing 14th in a field of 16 and scoring 27 points. Her debut album entitled

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was released worldwide on 12 April 2013.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Natalia 1994 births Living people Musicians from Hartford, Connecticut American people of Austrian descent American people of Brazilian descent American people of Irish descent American emigrants to Austria 21st-century Austrian women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2013 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Austria English-language singers from Austria