Kate Hall (singer)

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Kate Hall (born 21 May 1983) is a Danish-English singer. [1]

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Biography

Hall was born in Harwich, Essex, to an English mother and a Danish father and moved to Allerød at the age of three. As a child, she received lessons in singing, piano and dancing. When she was twelve years old, she was accepted into the Danish Radio Girls' choir. A year later, she made studio recordings for Postman Pat . She appeared as a television presenter in The Voice TV Danmark, and reached the final of the Danish edition of Popstars where she finished third. [2]

After being discovered by the German music producer, Alex Christensen, she reached the German charts with the single "Is There Anybody Out There?" in June 2005.

Hall was engaged to German singer Ben, and in 2007 released four duet singles, "Bedingungslos", "Du bist wie Musik", "Ich lieb dich immer noch so", and "Zwei Herzen" with him. In November 2008, she announced that the engagement had ended, after which she continued as a solo singer. [3]

She was a vocal coach in the seventh and tenth series of the German edition of Popstars. In 2009, Hall married German dancer Detlef D! Soost, whom she met during her time at Popstars. [4]

In January 2013, Hall was announced as one of the participants in the 2013 Danish National Song Contest, the winner of which would represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest. [5]

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References

  1. "Kate Hall: "In Berlin ist für alle Platz"". QIEZ (in German). 2015-07-24.
  2. "Kate Hall". Last.fm. August 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  3. "Power-Shopping gegen Liebeskummer". Bild.de. Axel Springer. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  4. "Tanzlehrer Detlef D! Soost: Kate Hall ist seine neue Freundin". bild.de (in German). 2009-05-31.
  5. Grønbech, Jens (16 January 2013). "Her er de nye Grand Prix-stjerner.htm". DR . Retrieved 16 January 2013.