Nadine Beiler
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Nadine Beiler is an Austrian R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 and Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer, who won the 3rd season of the Austrian casting show Starmania
Starmania (TV series)
Starmania is an Austrian casting show, a talent show for would-be pop stars. It is broadcast on the Austrian TV channel "ORF 1".Despite striking similarities, Starmania is not a licensed version of the Idols format distributed by FremantleMedia. Attempts to export the format to Germany failed due...

 in 2007. On February 16, 2007, she released her first single Alles was du willst
Alles was du willst
"Alles was du willst" is the debut single of the Austrian R&B singer Nadine.It was recorded within one week and was produced by Alexander Kahr ....

. Currently Beiler is attending high school in Tyrol
Tyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...

, where she lives with her mother and her sister in Inzing
Inzing
- Contition :Inzing is located in the Inntal between Innsbruck bzw. Zirl in east and Telfs bzw. Hatting in west. It's at the south coust of the Inn River...

. Beiler represented 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...

 in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...

 with her entry The Secret Is Love
The Secret Is Love
"The Secret Is Love" is the Austrian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, sung in English by Nadine Beiler.On February 25 she won the Austrian preselection on ORF and Ö3. It is the first single released from her second studio album I've Got a Voice...

 and came 18th.

Life before Starmania

Beiler grew up in Inzing, a village in Tyrol, one of the western states of Austria. Her parents both work in the health sector, her father as a medical doctor and her mother as a masseuse.

Early on in her life she started to pursue her hobby singing, partly by doing gigs at random parties but also by singing at weddings.

Pre-final casting

In the summer of 2006 Beiler attended the first round of castings for the Austrian television show Starmania
Starmania
Starmania is a French/Québécois rock opera written in 1976 with music by Michel Berger and lyrics by Luc Plamondon. Some of its songs have passed into mainstream Francophone pop culture.-Genesis:...

 in the casting event in Tyrol. The quality of her singing was both well received by the jury in the first and second round. In the third pre-final round, she gained a ticket for the main show alongside the female candidate she was competing with. Only 16 years old, she was the youngest of the finalists who made through to the final 18.

Songs she performed in Starmania

In the show, Beiler performed the following songs:

"Hurt" (Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...

)

"Aber Bitte Mit Sahne" (Udo Jürgens
Udo Jürgens
Udo Jürgens is an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spans over fifty years...

)

"Where You Lead" (Carole King
Carole King
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

)

"Over The Rainbow" (Judy Garland
Judy Garland
Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...

)

"We've Got Tonight"

"Verzaubert" (Papermoon
Papermoon
"Papermoon" is Tommy heavenly6's 9th single and Tomoko Kawase's 16th single overall, which was released on December 10, 2008. Since The Brilliant Green made their comeback, Kawase had been very inactive as a solo singer. Since "Papermoon" has been released, it marks her first solo single in over a...

)

"You Had Me" (Joss Stone
Joss Stone
Jocelyn Eve Stoker , better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English soul singer-songwriter and actress. Stone rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist...

)

"My Number One" (Helena Paparizou)

"Fallin'" (Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...

)

"Reflection" (Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga-Chien is a mezzo-soprano singer and actress from the Philippines well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and...

/Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...

)

"Together Again" (Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...

)

"I'll Be There" (Jackson 5)

"Dani California" (Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

)

"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel are an American duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957 and had their first success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, largely on the strength of the...

)

"Don't Let Go (Love)" (En Vogue
En Vogue
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)

Winner of Starmania

On January 26, 2007 Beiler won the show in the final evening with a high voting approval of 68% of all votes cast (approximately 650,000 votes were cast by mobile phone by viewers of the show).

Eurovision 2011

On February 25, Nadine Beiler won the Austrian national selection
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Austria returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, after previously entering in 2007 with Eric Papilaya singing "Get a Life – Get Alive", placing second to last in the semi-final...

 for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...

 with her entry The Secret is Love, and represented her nation in the second semifinal in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. She qualified for the final, in which she ended 18th. In the split jury voting "The Secret is Love" ended in 5th place.

Albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Chart positions
AUT
Ö3 Austria Top 40
Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...

Komm doch mal rüber
Komm doch mal rüber
- Charts :...

  • Released: 25 May 2007
  • Label: Universal Music
    Universal Music Group
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  • Format: CD
    Compact Disc
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    , digital download
    Music download
    A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

4
I've Got a Voice
I've Got a Voice
I've Got a Voice is the second studio album of the Austrian singer Nadine Beiler, released on May 13, 2011. The first single released from the album "The Secret Is Love" was released on 3 January 2011, it peaked to number 9 on the Austrian Singles Chart....

  • Released: 13 May 2011
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment
    Sony Music Entertainment
    Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....

    , Serious Entertainment
  • Format: CD
    Compact Disc
    The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

    , digital download
    Music download
    A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

  • 3

    Singles

    Year Single Chart positions Album
    AUT
    Ö3 Austria Top 40
    Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...

    2007 "Alles was du willst
    Alles was du willst
    "Alles was du willst" is the debut single of the Austrian R&B singer Nadine.It was recorded within one week and was produced by Alexander Kahr ....

    "
    2 Komm doch mal rüber
    "Was wir sind
    Was wir sind
    - Charts :...

    "
    15
    2011 "The Secret Is Love
    The Secret Is Love
    "The Secret Is Love" is the Austrian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, sung in English by Nadine Beiler.On February 25 she won the Austrian preselection on ORF and Ö3. It is the first single released from her second studio album I've Got a Voice...

    "
    9 I've Got a Voice

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