Early life

Tianda Flegel was born December 23, 1993 to parents Tracy and Darrell Flegel, in Medicine Hat, AB

AB

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. Flegel grew up in Medicine Hat for 10 years, taking part in her elementary school choir. At age 10, Flegel moved with her family from Medicine Hat to the city of Spruce Grove, located just outside of Edmonton

Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

. After living there for two and a half years, Flegel then moved to Fraser Lake, British Columbia

Fraser Lake, British Columbia

Fraser Lake is a village in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the southwest side of Fraser Lake between Burns Lake and Vanderhoof alongside the Yellowhead Highway....

, Canada. Around her community she has participated in fundraisers and competitions. Flegel won a school Talent Show in 2009. Tianda Flegel currently resides in the village of Fraser Lake, British Columbia, with her mother, Tracy Flegel; father, Darrell Flegel; and brother, Lucas Flegel. Flegel grew up in a musical environment: her Dad playing acoustic and electric guitar, and drums, and her brother, also, playing guitar and drums. Tianda first started singing when she was around three years old, and began writing at the young age of seven. Flegel picked up the guitar when she was 12 years and is completely self taught. Tianda wrote her first song about her friends horse passing away, and since then has written over 350 songs. Tianda has developed an interest in music production and has begun producing her own music in a home studio set.

The Next Star (2009-present)

Tianda Flegel has released three singles, the first being Without You Here, which was the original single that she had written and sang at the finale of The Next Star. Liar Liar was released on iTunes on March 30, 2010. Along with the audio release of Liar Liar, a music video shot for the song was released on the following April 9, then continuing to air on YTV, CMT, and MuchMusic. Tianda continued her work with Universal Canada, and released a third single, Run For Cover, which debuted on iTunes July 13, 2010. Currently, Tianda has no plans to record an album.,

The Next Star

Tianda auditioned for the show among thousands of other young hopefuls; she was soon selected to be part of a top 16 group of the best young singers in Canada. She then went on to become one of the top six finalists for the show's second season. On September 27, 2009 Tianda won the live televised singing competition. Each of the top six contestants recorded singles, all of which are available on iTunes, including Tianda's song Without You Here. The top six performed "I Gotta Feeling

I Gotta Feeling

"I Gotta Feeling" is the second single from The Black Eyed Peas' fifth studio album The E.N.D., produced by the French DJ David Guetta. The song was released on May 21, 2009 and debuted at number two on the Canadian and Billboard Hot 100 on the week of June 27, 2009, behind the group's "Boom Boom...

" by The Black Eyed Peas

The Black Eyed Peas

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 in the finale.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak		Album
		CAN 100 Canadian Hot 100 The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...	CAN Pop
2009	"Without You Here"	—	—	The Next Star: Season 2
2010	"Liar Liar"	—	71	TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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