Biography
Who is Ruth Lorenzo?
Early life and real name
Ruth Lorenzo Pascual was born on November 10, 1982, in Las Torres de Cotillas, Spain, located in the Region of Murcia in the south-eastern part of the country. At a young age, she developed a passion for music after discovering the musical Annie and listening to songs in English. When she was six years old, she began listening to Catalan opera singer Montserrat Caballé and trained her vocals to match Caballé's style until she achieved pitch perfection. At the age of 12, her family relocated to Utah in the United States, where she participated in school music productions and played lead roles in shows such as The Phantom of the Opera and My Fair Lady.
How Ruth became famous
Ruth auditioned for the fifth series of The X Factor in 2008 in front of judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, and Louis Walsh. She performed a rendition of A Natural Woman during her initial audition, which impressed the judges and advanced her to the bootcamp stage. She successfully navigated bootcamp and traveled to St. Tropez for her category's next phase, where she sang for her mentor Dannii Minogue. After an emotional performance of True Colors delivered in Spanish, Minogue selected Ruth as one of her final three contestants to proceed to the live television shows.
Career highlights
Following her time on television, Ruth released music as an independent artist and worked with various producers. She used crowdfunding through indiegogo to fund her debut single titled Burn, which was released in June 2011 and reached number 16 on the Spanish Singles Chart. In 2014, Radiotelevisión Española selected her to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest. She performed the song Dancing In The Rain, finishing in 10th place in the final with 74 points. The entry also reached number five on the Spanish Singles Chart.
Birthday and age
Ruth Lorenzo was born on November 10, 1982, which makes Ruth 43 years old today. That birthday falls under the Scorpio sign. Ruth shares the date with 40 other famous people.
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