Nathanaele Koll (born 4 April 1992), known professionally as Nathan Trent, is an Austrian singer. He represented

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with the song "

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" finishing in 16th place.

Career

2016–present: Eurovision Song Contest

Trent was born in

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

, Austria, to an Austrian father and an Italian mother. On 18 June 2016, Trent released his debut single "Like It Is". On 19 December 2016, Trent was announced as the

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representative in the

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. His song, "

", was released on 28 February 2017. At the time of his selection as the Austrian entrant, Trent was one of the 33 artists that had been shortlisted in '' Unser Song 2017'', the contest to select the German entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. He was automatically eliminated, as a performer can not represent more than one country in the same year by

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regulations. He ultimately finished 16th in the contest, with 93 points.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Television

References

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