Roberto Bellarosa (born 23 August 1994) is a Belgian singer. Bellarosa came to fame for being the first winner of ''

The Voice Belgique ''The Voice Belgique'' is a Francophone Belgian reality television singing competition. The TV show is part of the international "Voice" franchise that started in the Netherlands as ''The Voice of Holland''. It began on 20 December 2011, one m ...

''. He also represented

Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Belgium was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Love Kills (Roberto Bellarosa song), Love Kills" written by Jukka Immonen and Iain James. The song was performed by Roberto Bellarosa, who was internally selected by the W ...

, finishing in 12th place with 71 points.

Biography

He was born in

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into a family of footballers of Italy, Italian origin from Vico del Gargano, in the southern region of Apulia. At the age of nine Bellarosa was enrolled by his parents at a school of music in Huy. During choral classes, his teacher was impressed by his voice, and his parents encouraged the young Bellarosa to take extra singing lessons.

Career

2011–12: ''The Voice Belgique''

In 2011, Bellarosa took part in the Wallonia, Walloon version of ''The Voice (TV series), The Voice'' (''

''), created by John de Mol. After applying online, Bellarosa attended the blind auditions, where he sang "You Give Me Something (James Morrison song), You Give Me Something" by James Morrison (singer), James Morrison. With Quentin Mosimann, Lio (singer), Lio, Joshua and Beverly Jo Scott, all turning their chairs to face him, Bellarosa ultimately decided to join Quentin Mosimann's team with assistant coach Tara McDonald. On 10 April 2012, after 16 weeks of competition, Bellarosa was voted the winner gaining 57% of the votes from the public, receiving a contract with Sony Music, which he recorded an album along with two singles.

List of songs performed on ''The Voice Belgique''

2012–13: ''Ma voie'' and Eurovision Song Contest

In 2012, Bellarosa participated in ''The Voice Belgique'' live tour along with 11 of the other contestants throughout Belgium. On 6 July 2012, Bellarosa released his first single "Je Crois", working with his ''The Voice Belgique'' coach, Quentin Mosimann and assistant coach Tara McDonald. His first album ''Ma voie'' was released on 21 September 2012, and his second single "Apprends-moi (Roberto Bellarosa song), Apprends-moi" was released on 26 October 2012. On 16 November 2012, it was announced by RTBF, Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), that Bellarosa would Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, to be held in Malmö, Sweden, with the song Love Kills (Roberto Bellarosa song), Love Kills. He made it into the final and finished at the 12th place.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Notes

References

External links

Roberto Bellarosa
on ''The Voice Belgique'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Bellarosa, Roberto 1994 births Living people People from Wanze Belgian people of Italian descent 21st-century Belgian male singers 21st-century Belgian singers Belgian pop singers Belgian child singers The Voice (franchise) winners Walloon musicians French-language singers of Belgium English-language singers from Belgium Eurovision Song Contest entrants