Manuel Ortega
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, see Manuel Ortega, Emberá.
Steyregg
Steyregg is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in Upper Austria, Austria.-History:The town was once part of the territory owned by the Liechtenstein Family as a fiefdom, 'Lord of Steyregg' was one of the family's titles.-References:...
, 8 April 1980) is an Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n singer of Spanish
Spain
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parents, born in Steyregg
Steyregg
Steyregg is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in Upper Austria, Austria.-History:The town was once part of the territory owned by the Liechtenstein Family as a fiefdom, 'Lord of Steyregg' was one of the family's titles.-References:...
. When he was ten years old, he began his career as a singer. He sang with the Florianer Sängerknaben in one of the oldest choirs from Austria.
His love for pop music
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
led to him joining a band called BAFF when he was a teenager. Starting from an early age, meant Ortega has been able to make over 200 stages performances as of 2003. When he was 17, he took part in a search for talent and was chosen out of 1300 entrants to be the singer of a new group. Whilst successful, the group was not enough for Ortega and in 2001 he began a solo career.
The song El Amor, La Vida was the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n summer hit
Summer hit
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of 2001
2001 in music
See also:* 2001 in music Record labels established in 2001-Events:*January 1**Comeback of Guns N' Roses in House of Blues**Hum disbands.*January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band....
. In 2002 he represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
with the song Say A Word
Say A Word
"Say A Word" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, performed in English by Manuel Ortega.The song was performed third on the night...
. Because of his Spanish
Spain
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temperament Manuel Ortega soon became known as the Austrian Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...
, although his talents include song writing as well.