Senta-Sofia Delliponti (born 16 April 1990 in

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Biography

Early life and education

Senta-Sofia Delliponti was born on April 16, 1990, in

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, to Maik Delliponti and Elena Delliponti. Her father is

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and a pizza maker, and her mother is

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and a music teacher. She was named after the actress

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and the capital of her mother's home country,

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. She grew up in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony and has a younger brother. At the age of 13, Delliponti made her first appearance on the casting show

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, during which she took second place in the category ''Music Act from 10 to 15 years''. With other candidates on the show, she released the single ''Smile'', which made it to fifth place in the

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. She released a second single entitled ''Mother'' with the winner of

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, although it only made it to number 71 in the

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. She appeared with

on ''Die Schlager des Jahres 2003'' (a compilation of hits of 2003). She also sang one track on a Christmas album released by TV Allstars. After completing her secondary school diploma in 2006, Delliponti was trained in

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and

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at the Charlottenburg Acting School in

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from 2007 until 2010.

Career

On 12 July 2003, Delliponti made her first appearance on the talent show on

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. She participated in the category ''Music Act of 10 to 15 years'' and was able to prevail until the finale. Behind her associate act

, she finished second on 10 August 2003.

Discography

Albums

Singles

*"Scheißegal" (2006) *"Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst" (2007) – Theme song for German series of ''Big Brother'' *"Gäa" (2014) *"Kuliko Jana - Eine neue Zeit" (2019)

Tours

* ''Mit den Gezeiten Tour 2014'' (2014) * ''Oonagh Tour 2015'' (2015) * ''Oonagh Tour 2017'' (2017)

External links

Oonagh - Universal Music Group

References

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Senta-Sofia Delliponti Senta-Sofia Delliponti (born 16 April 1990 in Wolfsburg, Germany) is a German singer, songwriter and actress. Since January 2014, she used the stage name Oonagh (), until she changed it to Senta in 2022. Her signature musical style is inspired ...

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