Kazakhstan: Daneliya Tuleshova takes part in the 'America’s Got Talent' auditions

Wednesday, 10 June 2020

• Kazakhstan's Junior Eurovision 2018 act , Daneliya Tuleshova, after her past participations in music competitions went a step further and took part in the  America’s Got Talent auditions.

  Daneliya Tuleshova, the first Kazak entry in any Eurovision event  taken the world by storm and conquered a multitude of reality talent competitions has made her next step in the music scene auditioning for the talent show 'America's Got Talent' in its 15th season. 

  Daneliya Tuleshova's audition in Episode 1503 consisted of singing "Tears of Gold" By Faouzia. Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Sofia Vergara, and Simon Cowell all voted "Yes", sending her to the next round while the crowded was captivated giving her a standing ovation. 

  A Few words about Daneliya

  Daneliya was born in Astana, Kazakhstan in 2006. When she was just 6 years old, Daneliya began taking dance lessons. She got her start competing in local dance competitions and also began taking acting lessons. More vocal lessons soon followed and she entered a competition called “New Wave Kids” where she made it to the finals.

  She competed on The World’s Best and auditioned with a rendition of Andra Day’s “Rise Up". Her performance was so good she even made judge Drew Barrymore cry. Daneliya made it to the top 8 before being eliminated. In 2017 she won the Ukrainian version of The Voice Kids. Her audition singing Demi Lovato’s song “Stone Cold” immediately captured all of the coaches’ attention. She gained even more fans and exposure after that. She was the first non-Ukrainian to win the show.

   

  Her Junior Eurovision Participation

  On 22 September 2018, she was selected to represent Kazakhstan in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Ózińe sen", becoming the first Kazak entry in any Eurovision event. In the final, she performed third, following Portugal's Rita Laranjeira and preceding Albania's Efi Gjika. At the end of the voting she had received 171 points, 68 points from the international juries and 103 points from the public vote, and finished in sixth place. An English version of "Ózińe sen", titled Seize the Time, was released on 21 October 2018.