1. Bleona Qereti, known mononymously as Bleona, is an Albanian and American singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, model and television personality.
27 Facts About Bleona
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Bleona was a celebrity judge on the fourth season of the Albanian version of The X Factor and the breakout star of the 2014 Bravo reality series Euros of Hollywood.
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Bleona Qereti was born on May 14,1985, in Korce, the daughter of Albanian parents Oli and Nazmi Qereti.
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Bleona began singing at age 5 when she joined the House of Pionieri.
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When she was 14 years old, Bleona earned an audition and landed her first major role as the lead singer for the Skampa Theater in Elbasan.
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Bleona released her first single, "Lermeni " and a year later released her first album, Kam Qejfin Tim.
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Bleona speaks and sings in English, Albanian, Italian and German.
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Bleona studied the Stanislavski System of acting, graduating with a BA from the Academy of Performing Arts in Tirana.
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From 1998 through 2002, Bleona released four albums, all of which reached the charts in southeastern Europe.
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In 2003, Bleona released the album Ti Nuk Di As Me Ma Lyp.
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In 2006, Bleona became the youngest recipient of Albania's VMA "Excellent Career Award" in the award's history.
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In 2008, Bleona won two awards with the song "Magnetic" at the "Magic Song Festival Awards".
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Bleona has worked on songs with Rodney Jerkins, Makeba, and Jimmy Douglass.
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In February 2011, Bleona became a citizen of the United States.
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In September 2012, Bleona's co-produced single with Timbaland, "Pass Out", featuring Brasco, was released.
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Bleona toured Europe to promote the single, performing in Albania in the cities of Vlora, Elbasan, Shkoder and Tirana; the capital city of Pristina in Kosovo; Tetovo in Macedonia and Dusseldorf, Germany.
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In mid-2013, Bleona announced the release of her single "Take It Like a Man", produced by StopWaitGo.
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Bleona celebrated the track reaching number 7 on the UK club charts by headlining Las Vegas Gay Pride on September 7,2013.
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Bleona was invited to perform consecutive years at the Palm Springs White Party, in 2013 and 2014.
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In 2015, following her time as a judge on X Factor Europe, Bleona's single "Take You Over" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.
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Bleona recorded her version of the 1980s Italian hit song "Su di noi", originally by Enzo Ghinazzi.
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Bleona made her acting debut in 2012 with an appearance in an episode of Steven Seagal's True Justice.
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Bleona was cast as Nova in the 2019 series Paper Empire in what would be her first major role alongside Wesley Snipes, Denise Richards, Robert Ravi and Anne Archer.
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In February 2014, Bleona started shooting a new reality television series titled Euros of Hollywood which premiered on November 3,2014, on Bravo.
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In 2015, Bleona returned to Albania where she was a member of the X Factor jury.
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Bleona played the role of Nova in the series Paper Empire, which debuted in 2019.
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In 2021, Bleona joined the Albanian reality television show Love Story as an opinionist.