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Emanne Beasha

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Emanne Beasha
Beasha in 2019
Background information
Born (2008-09-18) 18 September 2008 (age 16)
Amman, Jordan
GenresOpera, Classical-crossover, pop, operatic pop
OccupationSinger
Years active2015–present
Websitewww.emannebeasha.com

Emanne Beasha (Arabic: إيمان بيشة;Circassian: Иман Биша; born 18 September 2008)[1] is Jordanian-American classically-trained singer. She is the winner of the fifth season of the program Arabs Got Talent[2] and finished in ninth place on the fourteenth Season of America's Got Talent.[3][4]

Biography

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Beasha was born in Amman to a Jordanian father of Circassian descent and an American mother. Beasha started to sing opera[5] in Italian[6] from the age of six. Her parents discovered her talent as a two-year-old in Jordan.[7]

Beasha auditioned for Season 5 of Arabs Got Talent in 2017, at age eight, and received the Golden Buzzer. On 20 May she won the final with a cover of "Time to Say Goodbye" and received prize money of $130,000.

In recognition of her win, Beasha received the King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein Medal of Merit (Gold) from King Abdullah II during Independence Day celebrations in Raghadan Palace on 25 May 2017, becoming the medal's youngest recipient in history.[8]

Beasha auditioned for Season 14 of America's Got Talent in 2019, for which she sang "Nessun Dorma." The performance was favorably received, and Simon Cowell said of Emanne, "You are absolutely fantastic". She received four yesses from the judges to advance to the Judge Cuts round.[9]

On August 6, 2019, Beasha appeared on the fourth episode of America's Got Talent's Judge Cuts with guest judge Jay Leno. She performed the opera-style song "Caruso" by Italian pop singer Lucio Dalla and received Leno's Golden Buzzer, becoming the only individual act to receive the buzzer in different global versions of the 'Got Talent' franchise. (The group Zurcaroh had also won it twice.) This qualified her to move on to the quarter-finals live shows.[10]

On August 27, 2019, Beasha sang "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" ("Well then? I'll Go Far away") from the opera La Wally for her appearance in the Quarter Finals of America's Got Talent. America voted, and Emanne moved to the semifinals.[11] In the semifinals, she performed an Italian version of "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, received favorable reviews from the judges, and advanced to the finals in the Judges' Choice.[3][4] In the finals, she sang "La mamma morta" from Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier. On the night that the results were announced, she performed Andrea Bocelli's "Time to Say Goodbye" alongside pianist Lang Lang. At the end, she was not in the Top 5 acts and finished in 9th place.[12] Beasha joined André Rieu on the North American leg of his world tour in Tampa on 11 March 2020, but the rest of the tour was cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As of January 2024, Beasha had accumulated over 410,000 followers on social media.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Who is Emanne Beasha? Meet the 10-year-old opera singer on America's Got Talent".
  2. ^ JT (21 May 2017). "8-year-old Jordanian Emanne Beasha wins Arabs Got Talent". The Jordan Times.
  3. ^ a b Dixon, Marcus James (10 September 2019). "Angelic Emanne Beasha just gave 'America's Got Talent' viewers the Bryan Adams cover we didn't know we needed [WATCH]". Gold Derby.
  4. ^ a b Hamer, Sian (12 September 2019). "10-year-old Emanne Beasha makes the America's Got Talent finals after Simon Cowell casts the deciding vote". Classic FM.
  5. ^ * "إيمان بيشة تفوز بلقب الموسم الـ5 من Arabs Got Talent - العربية.نت | الصفحة الرئيسية" [Iman Bisha wins the title of Season 5 of Arabs Got Talent | the main page] (in Arabic). 20 May 2017. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017.
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  7. ^ Beck, Lauren Ashley (4 July 2019). "7 Facts About Emanne Beasha: From 'Arab's Got Talent' To 'America's Got Talent'". Talent Recap. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  8. ^ "King, Queen attend Independence Day national celebrations". The Jordan Times. 26 May 2017.
  9. ^ Dixon, Marcus James (25 June 2019). "'America's Got Talent': 10-year-old opera singer Emanne Beasha will give you goosebumps singing 'Nessun Dorma' [WATCH]". Gold Derby.
  10. ^ Henderson, Cydney (6 August 2019). "10-year-old opera singer Emanne Beasha stuns Jay Leno, wins Golden Buzzer". USA Today.
  11. ^ Dixon, Marcus James (28 August 2019). "10-year-old Emanne Beasha just blew the roof off 'America's Got Talent' with 'mind-blowing' opera performance [WATCH]". Gold Derby.
  12. ^ Geurts, Jimmy (19 September 2019). "Sarasota County opera singer Emanne Beasha ends 'America's Got Talent' run". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Soundcharts".
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