Saara Sofia Aalto was born on 2 May 1987 and is a Finnish singer, songwriter, and voice actress.
33 Facts About Saara Aalto
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In 2016, Aalto finished as the runner-up in the thirteenth series of The X Factor UK, which gained her international recognition.
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Saara Aalto became a judge on X Factor Suomi during the same year.
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Saara Aalto won the Charlotte Church international singing competition, organised in US, in 2003 with her own composition.
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Saara Aalto represented Finland in the Golden Stag International Song Contest in Romania in 2004.
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Saara Aalto went to the Madetoja secondary school for music, where she graduated in 2005.
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Saara Aalto took part on two separate occasions in the selection process in a bid to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Saara Aalto participated in the qualifying rounds in Finland for Eurovision 2011, placing second to Paradise Oskar who went on to represent Finland.
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Saara Aalto's recording was released as a single by Yume Records, a self-released record label she founded together with Teemu Roivainen in 2011.
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In November 2012, Saara Aalto was guest vocalist at Robert Wells's highly successful show Rhapsody in Rock at Shanghai Daning theatre.
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Saara Aalto participated in season one of The Voice of Finland.
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Coach Monroe opted for Saara Aalto to go to the next round.
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Saara Aalto followed it up with the French language "Je suis malade" from Serge Lama and was safe after the public vote.
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Saara Aalto auditioned for the thirteenth UK series of The X Factor in 2016 in front of attending judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger, singing a cover of Sia's "Chandelier", which earned her three yeses from the judges.
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However, after the crowd chanted to bring her back, Saara Aalto was given a second chance and performed "Je suis malade" by Serge Lama, which caused the crowd to turn on her, while Scherzinger criticized her song choice, stating "we ain't in France".
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Saara Aalto was brought back as Scherzinger's wildcard pick for the over-25s category and therefore went to judges' houses.
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Saara Aalto was chosen by Osbourne to proceed to the live shows after performing "The Winner Takes It All".
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In week 1 of the live shows, Saara Aalto finished in the bottom three alongside Freddy Parker and duo Bratavio, after performing "Let It Go".
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The result went to deadlock and Saara Aalto was saved as she had the higher public vote.
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In week 3 she performed "It's Oh So Quiet" coming 2nd in the public vote, and in week 4 Saara Aalto sang "Bad Romance", placing 3rd in the public vote.
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In week 5, Saara Aalto finished in the bottom three for the third time alongside Sam Lavery and group Four of Diamonds, after her rendition of "Sound of the Underground".
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Voting statistics revealed that Saara Aalto would have never been in the sing-off had there been no lifeline vote since she was the third least voted on the main vote all three weeks.
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Saara Aalto's following performances were "No More Tears " in week 6 placing 2nd and "My Heart Will Go On" in week 7 again placing 2nd.
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In October 2017, Saara Aalto announced she had left Sony Music for Warner Music Group.
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Saara Aalto was a judge on the second series of the Finnish version of The X Factor, mentoring the girls.
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Saara Aalto announced in March 2018 via social media that her first album under Warner Music Group, Wild Wild Wonderland, would be released on 27 April 2018.
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In 2019 Saara Aalto participated in the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice.
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Saara Aalto was partnered with Hamish Gaman, and after reaching the final, she and Garman finished in third place.
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That same year, Saara Aalto founded her own record label titled No Fear Music.
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In September 2020, Saara Aalto announced the release of her single, "When the Sun Goes Down", a collaboration with British drag queen Baga Chipz.
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Saara Aalto was revealed to have parted ways with Warner Music in Spring 2020.
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Saara Aalto was in a nine-year relationship with singer Teemu Roivainen which ended in 2013.
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Saara Aalto later began a relationship with a female fan, Meri Sopanen, who worked as a personal trainer and life coach.