Veronica Rotin | |
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Birth name | Veronica Rotin |
Born |
Tarxien, Malta |
4 March 2004
Genres | Pop, Soul, Ballad, Blues, Gospel, Jazz, R&B, Rock, Folk, Disco |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2013-present |
Veronica Rotin (Maltese pronunciation: [rɔ'tɪn] born 4 March 2004 in Tarxien, Malta) is a Maltese child singer. She has had some success at international singing competitions. In 2014 she released her debut album titled Veronica Rotin.
Veronica Rotin was born on 4 March 2004 in Tarxien, Malta. When she was 2 years old her family moved to Melbourne, Australia. She started singing along with her older sister, Kelly, when she was 3 years old and quickly started singing to everything she heard on the radio. At 8 years of age, after the family had returned to Malta, Veronica started taking singing lessons from Gillian Attard at La Voix Academy in Marsa, Malta.
In 2013 Rotin, aged just 9 years old, competed in the popular Italian TV show Io Canto , where she sang the songs "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", "Perdere L'Amore", "Adagio", "Proud Mary", "All by Myself" and "Last Dance". Rotin's team made it through to the final but failed to win the public vote.
Rotin, along with other students from the La Voix Academy, took part in the Italian singing competition, Il Cantagiro, where Rotin won the Junior section of the competition.
In 2014 Rotin competed in the World Festival Association's (WAF) XI International contest for young talents Ezerski Biseri (Lake Pearls), held in Macedonia, in the "solo pop singer" category and she won the Grand Prix against competitors from Macedonia and all over the world.
In 2014 Rotin took part in the Romanian TV talent show "Next Star" where she sang a cover of the Jessie J song "Mamma Knows Best" which won her a place in the "People's Choice Awards", the final of the series, where she sang the song "And I Am Telling You" from the musical Dreamgirls.