Natascha Bessez

Natascha Bessez is an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder. She competed in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 and on The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart in 2020.

Natascha Bessez
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • dancer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2007–present
Associated actsMichael Rune

Early life

Bessez has a Chilean mother and a father of French descent.[1][2]

Career

Pageantry
Natascha Bessez
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)		Miss New York Teen USA 2005
Winner

Bessez was named Miss New York Teen USA 2005.[3]

Music career

In 2007, Bessez was chosen to compete in the reality music competition on CW 11's Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. After making it to the top 18, she then competed in the group audition round, where she performed, "I Don't Need a Man" by The Pussycat Dolls along with Anjelia, Chelsea, Jasmin, Anastacia, and Robyn, but was eliminated.

In 2014, Bessez competed in the Eurovision Song Contest Prelim's, Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014[4] with the song "Wanna Be Loved" along with Danish saxophonist Michael Rune.[5][6] In the final held on 8 March 2014 in Odense, the duo performed tenth and made it into the superfinal after placing in the top three. In the superfinal, they received 7 points from the jury and 8 from the public vote, ending them up in a dual second place with Rebekka Thornbech and her song "Your Lies", behind the winner Basim and his song "Cliche Love Song".[7] "Wanna Be Loved" represented Denmark in the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2014, a contest where each country's OGAE fanclub selects a song to represent them that didn't win their country's national selection. It placed fifth out of twenty competing songs.[8][9]

In 2018, she auditioned for The Voice of Holland, performing “Finesse” by Bruno Mars and Cardi B.[4]

In 2020, she competed on The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart and was eliminated in week five of the competition.[10][11]

Personal life

In 2018, after meeting a Dutchman while living in New York City, she moved together with him to the town of Vlaardingen.[1]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll Herself; contestant
2008 Lipstick Jungle Waitress Episode: "Chapter Six: Take the High Road"
2008 Gossip Girl Cocktail Waitress Episode: "All About My Brother"
2008 Sex and the City Patron Uncredited
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Wedding Guest Uncredited
2009 Royal Pains Party Guest Episode: "Nobody's Perfect"
2014 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2014 Herself; contestant With Michael Rune
2018–2019 The Voice of Holland Herself; contestant Season 9; eliminated in battle rounds
2020 The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart Herself; contestant Eliminated in week 5

References
  1. van Lith, Nick (November 9, 2018). "DMGP runner-up Natascha Bessez enters The Voice of Holland". ESCXTRA. Archived from the original on April 18, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  2. "Natascha Bessez". San Francisco Pride. 2018-06-21. Archived from the original on June 10, 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  3. "Miss New York USA & Miss New York Teen USA Titleholder History". PageantUpdate.info. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  4. ten Veen, Byrenske (November 13, 2018). "'She came to torture us' — Anouk crushes DMGP 2014 runner-up Natascha Bessez during The Voice of Holland audition". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on May 12, 2020. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  5. Therkelsen, Søren (19 August 2013). "Rules for the Danish National Song Contest 2014". DR. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  6. Storvik-Green, Simon (28 January 2014). "Lid lifted on the 10 Danish acts". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  7. Storvik-Green, Simon (8 March 2014). "It's Basim for Denmark to Copenhagen!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  8. Christensen, Mette (22 April 2014). ""Wanna Be loved" til Second Chance Contest 2014". good-evening-europe.com (in Danish). Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  9. "The results of the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2014!". sechuk.com. Sechuk.com. October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  10. Reiher, Andrea (March 9, 2020). "'The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart' Spoilers So Far". Heavy.
  11. Barthwell, Ali (May 12, 2020). "The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart Recap: New Rules". Vulture.
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