Natascha Bessez is an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed in the

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Cliche Love Song" written by Lasse Lindorff, Kim Nowak-Zorde, Daniel Fält and Basim. The song was performed by Basim. In addition to participating in the contest, the Dani ...

and on '' The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart'' in 2020.

Early life

Bessez has a Chilean mother and a father of French descent.

Career

Pageantry

Bessez was named

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2005.

Music career

In 2007, Bessez was chosen to compete in the reality music competition on CW 11's '' Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll''. After making it to the top 18, she then competed in the group audition round, where she performed, "

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" by

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along with Anjelia, Chelsea, Jasmin, Anastacia, and Robyn, but was eliminated. In 2014, Bessez competed in the Eurovision Song Contest Prelim's, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 with the song "Wanna Be Loved" along with Danish saxophonist

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. In the final held on 8 March 2014 in

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, the duo performed tenth and made it into the superfinal after placing in the top three. In the superfinal, they received 7 points from the jury and 8 from the public vote, ending them up in a dual second place with Rebekka Thornbech and her song "Your Lies", behind the winner Basim and his song " Cliche Love Song". "Wanna Be Loved" represented Denmark in the

OGAE Second Chance Contest 2014 The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a visual event which was founded in 1987 and is organised by branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. Four nations competed in the first contest which took place in 1987. The ...

, a contest where each country's OGAE fanclub selects a song to represent them that didn't win their country's national selection. It placed fifth out of twenty competing songs. In 2018, she auditioned for ''

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, p''erforming “Finesse” by

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and

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. In 2020, she competed on '' The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart'' and was eliminated in week five of the competition.

Personal life

In 2018, after meeting a Dutchman while living in New York City, she moved together with him to the town of

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Filmography

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