1. Ruth Lorenzo released her first UK single "The Night" on 15 June 2013, featuring a club remix by Almighty.
39 Facts About Ruth Lorenzo
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Ruth Lorenzo achieved a Guinness World Records in 2016 for performing in eight different Spanish cities in 12 hours, in a breast cancer awareness charity event.
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Ruth Lorenzo was born on 10 November 1982 in the Region of Murcia, in south-eastern Spain.
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When she was six years old she discovered music by Catalan opera singer Montserrat Caballe, and after her mother bought her an album by Caballe, Lorenzo began to sing opera, imitating Caballe's vocals until she was pitch perfect.
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At the age of 12, Ruth Lorenzo's family moved to Utah in the United States and this was the first time she had the opportunity to be involved in music at school.
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When Ruth Lorenzo turned 16 the family returned to Spain and although having had singing lessons by this time, she had to cancel these lessons due to family financial difficulty and as a result Ruth Lorenzo gave up on her dream of becoming a recording artist.
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When Ruth Lorenzo was 19 she joined a rock band, which was a challenge for her as she had only sung opera music.
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Ruth Lorenzo made a big decision to quit her job in her family's business in order to pursue her dreams , but after three years of touring around Spain the group decided to split up.
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Ruth Lorenzo landed a contract at Polaris World where as well as performing, she worked as a PR consultant.
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In 2008, Ruth Lorenzo auditioned for the fifth series of The X Factor in front of judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Louis Walsh.
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Ruth Lorenzo impressed the judges and made it through to the next stage of the show, "bootcamp".
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Ruth Lorenzo passed both stages of bootcamp and was sent to St Tropez with the other successful contestants from the over-25s category.
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Ruth Lorenzo had mainly good comments, especially from Cowell, who told her she should sing in Spanish more often.
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However, the next week Ruth Lorenzo sang "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" in English only, and ended up in the bottom two.
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Ruth Lorenzo performed "Purple Rain" in the singoff, and it saved her into the next week.
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In Week 5, Ruth Lorenzo was in the bottom two again against one of the crowd favourites Laura White.
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Ruth Lorenzo's performance was overshadowed by the uproar over White's departure.
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Voting statistics revealed that White received more votes than Ruth Lorenzo meaning if Walsh sent the result to deadlock, White would've been saved.
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Ruth Lorenzo received high praise for her performance, with Cowell saying it was sensational.
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Ruth Lorenzo performed at gigs across the UK and Ireland in December 2008 and January 2009.
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Ruth Lorenzo was nominated for three awards at the Digital Spy Reality TV Awards.
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In 2010, Ruth Lorenzo was approached by Spanish TV Channel Cuatro and asked to write a song for their new fictional drama Valientes.
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Ruth Lorenzo accepted and composed two songs for the show, one for the opening and one for the end credits.
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In July 2010 it was revealed that Ruth Lorenzo had written songs for Dannii Minogue's comeback album revealed on Dannii's ITV2 show Style Queen.
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Ruth Lorenzo was booked for more dates around the United Kingdom for the summer and autumn of 2011.
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Ruth Lorenzo released a free track download titled "The Night" for her Facebook fans in August 2012 which was officially released in June 2013 with a videoclip.
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Ruth Lorenzo's website announced the upcoming release of her first studio album.
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Ruth Lorenzo left to Los Angeles, California to record various tracks for her album, to be titled Planeta Azul.
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Ruth Lorenzo came second in the list among one hundred different Spanish candidates In February the song "Dancing In The Rain" was released as one of the Spanish pre-selection entries for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
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In 2015, Ruth Lorenzo served as a judge in the Spanish talent show Levantate, aired on Telecinco from 10 February 2015 to 17 March 2015.
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Ruth Lorenzo served as a member of the Spanish jury in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.
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On 30 July 2015, Ruth Lorenzo was announced to join the cast of the fourth season of spanish version of the television show Your Face Sounds Familiar, in which celebrity contestants impersonate a different iconic music artist on stage each week.
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On 13 October 2017 and after a little break from music industry, Ruth Lorenzo released "Good Girls Don't Lie", the first single of her upcoming second studio album Loveaholic.
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On 29 September 2017, Ruth Lorenzo announced "Good Girls Don't Lie", the first song of Loveaholic.
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Ruth Lorenzo announced the creation of her own clothing line, White Lion.
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In December 2018, Ruth Lorenzo debuted in musical theatre with the role of God in La Llamada, at the Teatro Lara in Madrid.
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In June 2020, Ruth Lorenzo released "Miedo", the first single from her third studio album, to be titled Crisalida.
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In 2021, Ruth Lorenzo joined the Antena 3 music game show Veo como cantas as a panelist.
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Ruth Lorenzo was a contestant on the seventh season of reality television cooking show MasterChef Celebrity.