"soundtracks of The Hunger Games (2012), Brave (2012), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), Beyond the Lights (2014) and The Edge of Seventeen (2016). Birdy (singer) Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde (born 15 May 1996), better known by her stage name Birdy, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. She won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008, at the age of 12. Her debut single, a cover version of Bon Iver's ""Skinny Love"", was her breakthrough, charting all across Europe and earning platinum certification six times in Australia. Her self-titled debut album, ""Birdy"", was released on"
"Silvy De Bie Silvy De Bie (born 4 January 1981 in Heist-op-den-Berg), also known as Sil (stylised as SIL) or Silvy Melody is a Belgian singer. She was previously a vocalist for the dance band Sylver. Silvy became a Flanders child star when she was nine years old. She sang ""Ben"" (a Michael Jackson song written by Walter Scharf), on the Flemish showbiz TV show ""De Kinderacademie"" (child academy). This show was not a contest, but an entertainment program, where children between 4 and 12 years old could perform an act (sing act, dance act, telling a little fairy tale"
"ABRSM Grade 8 in both instruments. Fuller began writing her own songs when she was 8 years old. Fuller performed extensively, developing a trade-mark high energy, instrument swapping performance style that showcased her abilities as a songwriter, singer, pianist, violinist, bassist and guitarist. Aged 12, she performed solo at the Casino Barriere during the Montreux Jazz Festival. Other venues included: Théâtre de Vaudeville (Brussels), Madinat Jumeirah (Dubai) and the Lido Theatre (Paris). Fuller opened two nights during Phil Collins' 'First Final Farewell Tour' at the LTU Arena in Düsseldorf. Aged 14, Fuller was the UK's entrant to the Junior Eurovision"
"of the performers, Nathalie Pâque and Gili Natanael were respectively 11 and 12 years old at their time of competing. Due to bad publicity surrounding their participation, the European Broadcasting Union introduced the rule stating no performer is allowed to take part before the year of their 16th birthday. The previous year's winner, Celine Dion, opened the show with a live performance of her winning song and a mimed performance of her first English-language single, ""Where Does My Heart Beat Now"". The song became a top ten hit in the US a year later - effectively launching her into international"
"of 6, initially concentrating on classical music and jazz. He took up the guitar at age 14. As a singer he was inspired by country, folk and pop music from the 1950s to the mid 1970s. In 2012, he participated in the Dutch show ""De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland"" (The Best Singer-Songwriter of the Netherlands). He played the songs ""Standing Here Helpless"", ""Icarus"", and in the finale, ""Multicoloured Angels"". In the finale, Dutch singer Tim Knol and his band played with him. He won the finals and ""Multicoloured Angels"" reached the 17th place in the weekly music chart Dutch Top"
"child she listened to classical music on The Magical Music Box, and she was taken to see Jools Holland and his Big Band on her 11th birthday, whilst all the time listening to a wide array of music of her choice. Duncan first sang in public at age 10 in Junior school, and at age 15 she won the year 11 music competition at her Secondary school, singing and playing an Alicia Keys cover. She had also been writing her own songs from quite an early age. She left school to attend New College Nottingham where she obtained a BTEC"
"Jennifer Pike Jennifer Pike (born 9 November 1989) is a British violinist. In 2002, she became well known for winning the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, and for six years she held the record of being the youngest winner, at twelve years of age. Pike began playing the violin at the age of five, and after auditioning at the age of eight she gained a place at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester. At the age of ten she was chosen to play at a concert attended by the Prince of Wales at the Royal Opera House, Covent"
"presented at the Oerol festival. On November 7, 2007 she won another Edison, this time the Edison Jazz Award. On April 27, 2008 Wende received the Annie M.G. Schmidt Prize for her theatre song ""De Wereld Beweegt"" (The World is Moving). On September 16, 2008 she received a gold album for her second CD in the popular Dutch talkshow De Wereld Draait Door. Wende (singer) Wende Snijders, known mononymously as Wende (born 10 October 1978 in Beckenham, Greater London) is a Dutch singer. Wende moved to Indonesia when she was four years old and to Guinea-Bissau when she was six."
"the youngest winner of the Australian TV talent competition, ""Young Talent Time"". In the competition, she was singing a Whitney Houston medley, for which the prize was A$ 5,000 and a Yamaha baby grand piano, which she still owns. In 1990, her family moved to Los Angeles, where she became a regular guest host of the TV programme ""L.A. Kids"" for which she won an Emmy Award at the age of 16. De Niese made her professional operatic debut at the age of 15 with the Los Angeles Opera. She became the youngest singer ever to participate in the Young"
"good at singing and it was her ""thing"". In 2003, aged 15, she won ""Best Pop Singer"" in the TV show ""Britain's Brilliant Prodigies"", performing as Jessica Cornish. At the age of 16 she began studying at the BRIT School and at 17 she joined a girl group named Soul Deep. She graduated in the class of 2006 along with singers Adele and Leona Lewis. At 18, she claims she suffered a 'minor stroke.' Regarding her choice of the stage name ""Jessie J"", in an interview with the Daily Mail, she is quoted as having said ""to be honest, there's"
"have a daughter and two sons. Apart from doing musicals she also acts in some TV-programs. These are the TV-programs she hosted. Kim-Lian Kim-Lian van der Meij (born 1 October 1980 in Beverwijk) is Dutch musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter. Kim-Lian comes from a musical family. Both her parents were professional dancers. Kim-Lian won a number of dance contests in her childhood and regularly competed in lip-sync shows. She competed in the Dutch tv-program ""De Mini Playbackshow"" (think of ""Stars in their Eyes Kids"") twice, once at the age of 6 and once when she was 11. When she"
"Laura van der Heijden (musician) Laura van der Heijden (born 7 April 1997) is a British . She won the 2012 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Born in West Sussex, England, Van der Heijden is the youngest daughter of a Dutch father and Swiss mother. Her musical studies began at age 4 on recorder, then piano at age 5 and cello at age 6. In 2005, she joined the junior department of the Royal College of Music, where she studied piano under Emily Jeffrey. Her first public performance was at age nine with Forest Row's Jupiter Chamber Orchestra."
"Laura van der Heijden (musician) Laura van der Heijden (born 7 April 1997) is a British . She won the 2012 BBC Young Musician of the Year competition. Born in West Sussex, England, Van der Heijden is the youngest daughter of a Dutch father and Swiss mother. Her musical studies began at age 4 on recorder, then piano at age 5 and cello at age 6. In 2005, she joined the junior department of the Royal College of Music, where she studied piano under Emily Jeffrey. Her first public performance was at age nine with Forest Row's Jupiter Chamber Orchestra."
"Kim-Lian Kim-Lian van der Meij (born 1 October 1980 in Beverwijk) is Dutch musical actress, presenter and a singer-songwriter. Kim-Lian comes from a musical family. Both her parents were professional dancers. Kim-Lian won a number of dance contests in her childhood and regularly competed in lip-sync shows. She competed in the Dutch tv-program ""De Mini Playbackshow"" (think of ""Stars in their Eyes Kids"") twice, once at the age of 6 and once when she was 11. When she turned 16 she was signed at several castings and model agencies. She was soon asked to play minor roles in Dutch TV"
"won the Under 18's Award for female singer and the overall under 18's award and 13-year-old Jake Ward won the Under-18 category for boys. B-Kay and Kazz were awarded the best Live and Unsigned vocal group. In 2008 Welsh indie/electronic band Kiddo360 won the Grand Final, and went on to win a Vodafone Award. Auditions for 2009 began that January. Because of high demand, auditions were limited to 500 per region. regional finals took place across the UK and each act performed one cover song and one original song. The London singer RHEA won her Under-18 category at the Finals."
"to Jurgen Delanghe since 2001. Sandra Kim Sandra Caldarone (born 15 October 1972), better known as Sandra Kim, is a Belgian singer of Italian descent who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1986. Her father was an Italian immigrant from Torrebruna in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Kim was born in Montegnée, near Liège, and started singing when she was seven. At the time of her Eurovision win, she was only 13 years old, making her the youngest winner of the contest, even though the lyrics of her song ""J'aime la vie"" (""I love life"") claim"
"changed over the years to be more celebratory and inclusive, suggesting that children are more open-minded and understanding. Some of the recent albums omit the anthem entirely. The choir currently consists of around 30 children between 8 and 12 years of age. Originally the goal was to have participants from throughout the Netherlands. Over time, however, practical considerations intervened and the children recruited as singers are now required to live within close distance of the TV recording studios in Hilversum, southeast of Amsterdam. As a consequence the songs are sung with the characteristic accent of that area, the most noticeable"
"programme. Israel and Ireland would later debut in the contest in 2012 and 2015, respectively. The contest was won by 9-year-old María Isabel from with her song ""Antes muerta que sencilla"" (Better Dead Than Plain). Dino Jelusić, who won the 2003 contest for , presented the award to María. Since then, María Isabel has entered the charts in not only Spain but France, Italy, Scandinavia, Latin America and released a second album. , who came ninth received more sets of twelve points than the , who came second. , who came sixth, were voted by all the other countries that"
"1st prize for solfège. In 1987 she has also received the ""palmo d'oro"" at International Chamber Music Competition For Lieder in Finale Ligure in Italy and the Radio 3 award for contemporary Belgian Chamber Music at the Orfeus contest. Inspired by the work of Maria Callas she got into music very early on. In her childhood she already showed great talent as a singer, a pianist and composer. She began composing when she was 13 years old. Her talent was soon discovered by Luc Goosen and Jan Decadt, who used her piano pieces as obligatory material at the Urban Academy"
"Annemie Coenen Annemie Anne Francine Coenen (born 14 July 1978 in Herk-de-Stad) is a Belgian singer, producer and composer best known for her role in the group AnnaGrace (formerly known as Ian Van Dahl). She has an older sister, Tiny. In her youth she sang in school musical comedies and choral in Antwerp. Her singing skills were first put to the test when she joined a dance band at the age of 17. At this early stage of her life she hoped to become a fashion designer, and aimed to enter a prestigious fashion school at Antwerp. To this end,"
"the youngest and only female artist at the open-song contest ""Open Mic-avond"" at ""Het Depot"" in Leuven. Organizer and singer Milow (born Jonathan Vandenbroeck) had noticed her talents and asked her to perform in his supporting programme. Initially, Putseys managed to work out her musical career path while studying psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. According to her, studying psychology helped her to understand more about human emotions, which also is something that she has to deal with in her musical activities. Eventually, she continued doing warm-up performances in collaboration with artists such as Jamie Lidell in London and Paris."
"eleventh in the final, scoring 150 points. O'G3NE O'G3NE ( ) is a Dutch three-piece girl group. The group is made up of sisters Lisa, Amy, and Shelley Vol, the latter two of the three being fraternal twins. In 2007, they represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song ""Adem in, adem uit"" (""Breathe In, Breathe Out""). On 19 December 2014, they were announced as the winners of season five of ""The Voice of Holland"", earning a recording contract with EMI. They became the first trio to win the competition on any international version of"
"Evi Hanssen Evi Greta Roberta Hanssen (born 9 November 1978) is a Flemish singer and presenter. Hanssen grew up with three older brothers in the neighbourhood of Antwerp. She started as a background singer in the ""Samson en Gert"" Christmas shows and played on her 16th in ""Samson en Gert"" Sofie, the niece of the mayor. Hanssen was second on the election of 'Look of the year' in 1996. After secondary school she studied at the 'Jazzstudio' in Antwerp for two years and received her candidacy as a singer in jazz music at the conservatory. In April 2001 Hanssen started"
"Caro Emerald Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (born 26 April 1981), better known by her stage name Caro Emerald, is a Dutch pop and jazz singer. Active since 2007, she rose to prominence in 2009 with ""Back It Up"". Follow-up single ""A Night Like This"" topped charts in the Netherlands. Emerald is often praised for her outstanding live performances. She predominantly performs in English mixed in with her own made up language in the form of scat singing. Her debut album ""Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor"" was conceived, written and produced as a studio project by Dutch songwriter/producer"
"the role of Vanessa. The musical received positive reviews. In November 2015 it was announced that she would play the role of Princess Jasmine in the musical ""Aladdin"" at the Prince Edward Theatre. Jade Ewen Jade Louise Ewen (born 24 January 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and a former member of the girl group Sugababes. Ewen began her singing career in a girl group named Trinity Stone, which signed with Sony BMG in 2005 but disbanded in 2007 without releasing an album. In 2009, after winning the right, she represented the United Kingdom in the 2009 Eurovision Song"
"person they have seen, before realising that they used to play together as children. The performance is also memorable for the appearance of vocalist Søren Bundgaard's 9-year-old daughter Lea onstage to provide vocals during the song. This is an act unlikely to be repeated in the Contest nowadays, as the rules since 1990 stipulate that every performer must turn 16 or older in the year of the relevant Contest. It was succeeded as Danish representative at the 1986 Contest by Lise Haavik with ""Du er fuld af løgn"". Sku' du spørg' fra no'en? ""Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?"" (""What business"
"they had two children. The couple split up at the end of 2011. Evi Hanssen Evi Greta Roberta Hanssen (born 9 November 1978) is a Flemish singer and presenter. Hanssen grew up with three older brothers in the neighbourhood of Antwerp. She started as a background singer in the ""Samson en Gert"" Christmas shows and played on her 16th in ""Samson en Gert"" Sofie, the niece of the mayor. Hanssen was second on the election of 'Look of the year' in 1996. After secondary school she studied at the 'Jazzstudio' in Antwerp for two years and received her candidacy as"
"Stefania, Kymora and Sterre. They represented the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta on 20 November 2016 with the song ""Kisses and Dancin'"". Kymora Sade (born 6 June 2004) grew up speaking two languages, German and Dutch, because her mother is German. Besides singing and dancing, she loves to play the guitar and the piano. Her dream is to sing with Beyoncé or to become a famous actress, singer, dancer or all the above. To accomplish this dream, she goes to a special high school in Amsterdam where she follows various art classes. She has"
"that Sandra Kim, who was 13 when she won for Belgium in 1986, will remain the youngest winner unless the age limit is lowered. No restriction on the nationality of the performers exists, which has resulted in countries being represented by artists who are not nationals of that country. One of the most well-known winning artists was Canadian Céline Dion who represented Switzerland in 1988. It should also be noted that the performer only needs to be 16 when the event takes place and not when they are selected, as proven when Lindsay Dracass was selected to represent the United"
"at school and fitting in, she stayed focused on her dreams of becoming successful in entertainment: ""I became very passionate about [becoming an actress and singer]. I fully immersed myself"". Her father died in 2011 when she was 15 years old. She changed her legal name to Dove in honor of her father who called her by that nickname. In 2007, Cameron played the role of a young Cosette in the Bainbridge Performings Arts stage production of ""Les Miserables"", and in 2008, she had the lead role of Mary in ""The Secret Garden"", again with BPA. In 2012, Cameron was"
"to implement an age rule. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) were forced to bring in a restriction rule after criticism arose over the ages of two performers at 1989 contest, being just 11 and 12 years old. From 1990, no artist under the age of 16 on the day of the contest could perform on stage. This rule meant that the record for the youngest ever winner at Eurovision could never be broken, as Sandra Kim, who won for Belgium at the 1986 competition, was just 13 years old. A notorious mishap occurred at the start of the first song,"
"mostly written by David Brandes. Ironically, although Brandes was born in Switzerland and went to school there, he is essentially German. Their selection and participation in the contest was put into jeopardy soon after the announcement, though, after Maarja Kivi left the group due to becoming pregnant with her first child. Her replacement was Triinu Kivilaan, who at the time was only 15 years old. Their participation was put into doubt due to regulations stating that competitors must be at least 16 years old, a rule introduced to eliminate participants such as the 13-year-old 1986 Eurovision winner Sandra Kim. Kivilaan"
"O'G3NE O'G3NE ( ) is a Dutch three-piece girl group. The group is made up of sisters Lisa, Amy, and Shelley Vol, the latter two of the three being fraternal twins. In 2007, they represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song ""Adem in, adem uit"" (""Breathe In, Breathe Out""). On 19 December 2014, they were announced as the winners of season five of ""The Voice of Holland"", earning a recording contract with EMI. They became the first trio to win the competition on any international version of ""The Voice"". On 29 October 2016, it"