40 Facts About Bianca Ryan

Bianca Taylor Ryan was born on September 1,1994 and is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bianca Ryan's self-titled first album was released later in 2006, followed by two Christmas albums.

Bianca Ryan has acted in the feature film 12 and Holding and played the lead role in a music video by The Wrecking in 2010.

Bianca Ryan is the second of five children of Shawn and Janette Ryan, who moved from New Jersey to Philadelphia when Bianca was three years old.

Bianca Ryan is "mostly" Irish and calls herself a mix of Japanese, Irish, Italian, German and Cherokee.

Bianca Ryan's singing talent came as something of a surprise to her family, given that she was an award-winning tap dancer as a child.

Bianca Ryan said she did not even attempt to sing until she was eight years old and started enjoying LeAnn Rimes and country music.

Shawn Ryan started sharing his record collection with his daughter, and Bianca "fell in love" with rhythm and blues and soul music.

Bianca Ryan convinced him to take her to an audition for Star Search, where her performance of "Think" impressed the judges and shocked her father.

Bianca Ryan later won Amateur Kids Night on Showtime at the Apollo.

Bianca Ryan has sung the Star-Spangled Banner for several professional sports teams, including the Philadelphia Eagles, the New York Knicks and its Westchester affiliate, and the New York Mets.

In 2006, Bianca Ryan learned that American Idol judge Simon Cowell was serving as executive producer for an upcoming competition titled America's Got Talent, and the tryouts in New York City were happening on the same day as a family outing in the city.

Bianca Ryan almost left without performing when she looked at the other contestants and saw a lady with a beard "probably about, like, two feet long," juggling torches.

Bianca Ryan rebounded for her finals performance, singing "I Am Changing" ; judge David Hasselhoff called her "the best" in the competition, while Piers Morgan predicted she would win.

Bianca Ryan made a brief appearance during the show's season two finale in 2007.

One week after her victory, Bianca Ryan announced on her website that she had flown to New York to meet with representatives from a record label and some of the recording industry's top songwriters.

The Northeast Times reported the same day that Bianca Ryan met with Grammy Award-winning producer David Foster and was being managed by Peter Rudge.

Bianca Ryan signed a five-album record deal with Sycomusic as part of Columbia Records on September 18,2006.

Bianca Ryan then joined several artists in a televised 2006 Christmas performance for President George W Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at the National Building Museum to benefit the Children's National Medical Center.

In 2010, Bianca Ryan wrote and recorded a song inspired by Twilight: New Moon called "In My Head".

Bianca Ryan was asked in October 2012 about the differences between her debut album and her future projects.

Bianca Ryan spent much of her teen years out of the spotlight.

Bianca Ryan started her own record label, Bianca Ryan Records LLC, to promote her artistic freedom as well as make a profit.

Bianca Ryan went back to work on her YouTube channel in 2014.

In 2015, Bianca Ryan created a music video for "Alice", an original song she had written years earlier.

Bianca Ryan was a featured performer at the Hollystock Music and Arts Festival in Mount Holly, New Jersey, in August 2015.

Bianca Ryan's plans were put on hold in October 2016 due to health problems that required several surgeries.

Bianca Ryan intended to release two EPs in 2017, but her plans were delayed.

In October 2018, Bianca Ryan announced that she would compete in the new spinoff series America's Got Talent: The Champions, taped in advance in Pasadena, California, for broadcast in January 2019, and featuring 50 total winners and finalists from across the Got Talent franchise including Britain, Ukraine and Australia.

Bianca Ryan was the first act to perform on the premiere episode, singing "Say Something" to a standing ovation.

Two acts out of ten made it to the finals: Susan Boyle won judge Mel B's Golden Buzzer, while Bianca Ryan finished second in the fan voting to Preacher Lawson.

Bianca Ryan sang in the 2017 Broadway production "Home For the Holidays", which ran from November 17 through December 30 at the August Wilson Theatre.

Reviews were mostly negative; HuffPost writer Michael Giltz called the show a train wreck, and said Bianca Ryan's voice was shaky and she appeared uncomfortable on stage.

Bianca Ryan made several early attempts at an acting career, trying out unsuccessfully for such projects as Camp Rock and Hannah Montana.

Bianca Ryan returned to acting five years later, playing the lead role in the music video for "About to Fall" by The Wrecking.

In 2012, Bianca Ryan joined the cast of We Are Kings, an independent, crowdsourced feature film.

Bianca Ryan portrayed one of two homeless musicians who join up with a runaway rapper to help an elder bluesman raise the money he needs to save his comatose wife and their repossessed blues club.

Bianca Ryan admitted in 2014 that she could benefit from an acting coach; in 2017 she said she had matured and would like to try acting again.

Bianca Ryan has long been interested in makeup and starting a line of beauty products.

Bianca Ryan underwent two vocal surgeries and an abdominal surgery in 2016 after a doctor told her that she was a high-risk candidate for esophageal cancer.