Anny Ogrezeanu (born 24 February 2001) is a German-Romanian singer who won the twelfth season of ''

The Voice of Germany ''The Voice of Germany'' is a German reality television, reality talent show created by John de Mol, based on the concept ''The Voice of Holland'' and its The Voice (franchise), international series. It began airing on ProSieben and Sat.1 on 24 ...

'' in 2022.

Life

Anny Ogrezeanu grew up in

Wachtberg Wachtberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south of Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks o ...

near

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

. Ogrezeanu identifies as

non-binary Non-binary or genderqueer Gender identity, gender identities are those that are outside the male/female gender binary. Non-binary identities often fall under the transgender umbrella since non-binary people typically identify with a gende ...

and uses they/them pronouns. Ogrezeanu is a volunteer in Ahr Valley which was severely damaged in the flood of 2021.

Career

In 2022, Ogrezeanu auditioned for the talent show ''

''. In the blind auditions they performed "

I Will Always Love You "I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career ...

" and chose Mark Forster as their coach. In the next phase, the "battles", Ogrezeanu sang "

(I've Had) The Time of My Life "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" is a 1987 song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, and used as the theme song for the 1987 film ''Dirty Dancing''. The song has won ...

" and together with their battle partner they performed the famous ''

Dirty Dancing ''Dirty Dancing'' is a 1987 American romance film, romantic drama film, drama Dance in film, dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, it tel ...

'' lift. They continued on to the next round, the sing-offs, where they sang

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's "

Clown A clown is a person who performs physical comedy and arts in an Improvisational theatre#Comedy, open-ended fashion, typically while wearing distinct cosmetics, makeup or costume, costuming and reversing social norm, folkway-norms. The art of ...

". In the semi-finals Ogrezeanu delivered their version of " Not About Angels" by Birdy and was chosen (with a majority of 65.4%) by the audience to represent Forster's team in the finals. In the finals, Ogrezeanu performed "

Friday I'm in Love "Friday I'm in Love" is a song by British rock band the Cure. Released as the second single from their ninth studio album, ''Wish'' (1992), in May 1992, the song became a worldwide hit, reaching number six in the UK and number 18 in the United S ...

" with their coach Forster and "Daddy's Eyes" with Zoe Wees. In the overall voting Ogrezeanu won ''The Voice of Germany'' with 41.61%. Upon winning the show Ogrezeanu performed and released a duet version of " Run with Me" with

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Discography

Singles

References

External links

Official website

Anny Ogrezeanu
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogrezeanu, Anny 2001 births Living people German LGBTQ singers German non-binary people The Voice (franchise) winners Non-binary singers 21st-century German singers 21st-century German LGBTQ people German people of Romanian descent