Natascha Bessez

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.

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

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll Herself; contestant
2008 Lipstick Jungle Waitress Episode: "Chapter Six: Take the High Road"
2008 Gossip Girl Cocktail Waitress Episode: "All About My Brother"
2008 Sex and the City Patron Uncredited
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Wedding Guest Uncredited
2009 Royal Pains Party Guest Episode: "Nobody's Perfect"
2014 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 Herself; contestant With 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; contestant Eliminated in week 5

References

  1. ^ a b van Lith, Nick (November 9, 2018). "DMGP runner-up Natascha Bessez enters The Voice of Holland". ESCXTRA. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Natascha Bessez". San Francisco Pride. 2018-06-21. Archived from the original on June 10, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. ^ "Miss New York USA & Miss New York Teen USA Titleholder History". PageantUpdate.info. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  4. ^ a b ten Veen, Byrenske (November 13, 2018). "'She came to torture us' — Anouk crushes DMGP 2014 runner-up Natascha Bessez during The Voice of Holland audition". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on May 12, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  5. ^ Therkelsen, Søren (19 August 2013). "Rules for the Danish National Song Contest 2014". DR. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  6. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon (28 January 2014). "Lid lifted on the 10 Danish acts". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  7. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon (8 March 2014). "It's Basim for Denmark to Copenhagen!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  8. ^ Christensen, Mette (22 April 2014). ""Wanna Be loved" til Second Chance Contest 2014". good-evening-europe.com (in Danish). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  9. ^ "The results of the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2014!". sechuk.com. October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  10. ^ Reiher, Andrea (March 9, 2020). "'The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart' Spoilers So Far". Heavy.
  11. ^ Barthwell, Ali (May 12, 2020). "The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart Recap: New Rules". Vulture.

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