Natascha Bessez

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Natascha Bessez
Born (1991-12-20) 20 December 1991 (age 33)
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • dancer
InstrumentVocals
Years active2007–present

Natascha Bessez is an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 and on The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart in 2020.

Contents

Early life

Bessez has a Chilean mother and a father of French descent. [1] [2]

Career

Pageantry

Natascha Bessez
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)
Miss New York Teen USA 2005
Winner

Bessez was named Miss New York Teen USA 2005. [3]

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, "I Don't Need a Man" by The Pussycat Dolls along with Anjelia, Chelsea, Jasmin, Anastacia, and Robyn, but was eliminated.[ citation needed ]

In 2014, Bessez competed in the Eurovision Song Contest Prelim's, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 [4] with the song "Wanna Be Loved" along with Danish saxophonist Michael Rune. [5] [6] In the final held on 8 March 2014 in Odense, 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". [7] "Wanna Be Loved" represented Denmark in the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2014, 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. [8] [9]

In 2018, she auditioned for The Voice of Holland, performing “Finesse” by Bruno Mars and Cardi B. [4]

In 2020, she competed on The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart and was eliminated in week five of the competition. [10] [11]

Personal life

In 2018, after meeting a Dutchman while living in New York City, she moved together with him to the town of Vlaardingen. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll Herself; contestant
2008 Lipstick Jungle WaitressEpisode: "Chapter Six: Take the High Road"
2008 Gossip Girl Cocktail WaitressEpisode: "All About My Brother"
2008 Sex and the City PatronUncredited
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Wedding GuestUncredited
2009 Royal Pains Party GuestEpisode: "Nobody's Perfect"
2014 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 Herself; contestantWith Michael Rune
2018–2019 The Voice of Holland Herself; contestant Season 9; eliminated in battle rounds
2020 The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart Herself; contestantEliminated in week 5

Related Research Articles

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Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Twist of Love", written by Niels Drevsholt, and performed by Sidsel Ben Semmane. The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2006 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten songs competed in a televised show where "Twist of Love" performed by Sidsel Ben Semmane was the winner as decided upon through two rounds of public voting.

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Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "Tell Me Who You Are", written by Michael Ronson, and performed by Malene Mortensen. The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2002 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten songs competed in a televised show where "Vis mig hvem du er" performed by Malene Mortensen was the winner as decided upon through two rounds of jury voting and public voting. The song was later translated from Danish to English for Eurovision and was titled "Tell Me Who You Are".

Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "Fly on the Wings of Love", written by Jørgen Olsen, and performed by the Olsen Brothers. The Danish participating broadcaster, Danmarks Radio (DR), organised the national final Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2000 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten songs competed in a televised show where "Smuk som et stjerneskud" performed by the Olsen Brothers was the winner as decided upon through two rounds of jury voting and public voting. The song was later translated from Danish to English for Eurovision and was titled "Fly on the Wings of Love". The entry eventually won the contest.

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