Manuel Ortega (singer)
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Manuel Ortega (born Manuel Hanke, Steyregg, 8 April 1980) is an Austrian singer.[1]
The son of a Spanish mother and an Austrian father, Ortega began his career as a singer when he was 10 years old. He sang with the Florianer Sängerknaben in one of the oldest choirs from Austria. His love for pop music led to him joining a band called BAFF when he was a teenager. Starting from an early age, meant Ortega has been able to make over 200 stages performances as of 2003. When he was 17, he took part in a search for talent and was chosen out of 1300 entrants to be the singer of a new group. Whilst successful, the group was not enough for Ortega and in 2001 he began a solo career.[citation needed]
The song El Amor, La Vida was the Austrian summer hit of 2001. In 2002 he represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest[1] with the song Say A Word. He participated in the 3rd Season of the Ukrainian Dancing With the Stars (so-called International League of Champions) where he danced with the Ukrainian ballroom dancer, and Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 runner-up Yulia Okropiridze.
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| Preceded by
Marika Lichter & Andy Kainz
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Dancing Stars winner Season 2 (2006 with Kelly Kainz) |
Succeeded by Klaus Eberhartinger & Kelly Kainz |
| Preceded by | Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 |
Succeeded by Alf Poier |
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- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Urfahr-Umgebung District
- Austrian male singers
- Austrian people of Spanish descent
- Austrian Eurovision Song Contest entrants
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2002
- Dancing with the Stars winners
