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Bella Ferraro was an 18 year-old contestant from Sydney, New South Wales,[1] who sang Birdy's version of "Skinny Love" at her audition.[2] Ferraro began singing as a child. At age five, she became a member of the Australian Girls Choir, who have performed at the annual Carols in the Domain and during Oprah Winfrey's Australian tour. Before applying for The X Factor, Ferraro left school in Year 12 to pursue a music career.[3] She was inspired to audition for the show after seeing the success of One Direction who were on the UK version.[3][2] During the "super bootcamp" stage, Ferraro forgot the lyrics to the two songs she performed, which included Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over".[4] She cites Bon Iver, Lykke Li, Crystal Castles, Foals and Two Door Cinema Club as her musical influences.[2] For the first live performance show on 17 September 2012, Ferraro sang Matt Corby's "Brother" and received a mixed response from the judges. Melanie Brown said it was not the right song choice, while Ronan Keating disagreed saying that he loved the song choice and described her performance as "beautiful".[5] She received a recording contract with Sony Music Australia, after she left the competition and is set to release her debut album early 2013. He debut single was called 'Set Me On Fire'[6] and peaked at 36 on the ARIA singles chart on 30 December 2012.[7] She released a second single on 18 October 2013, titled 'Forgot You' and features Will Singe of 'The Collective' [8]

Discography

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions
AUS
<ref>Peak chart positions for songs on the ARIA Singles Chart:
  • "What Makes You Beautiful": Ryan, Gavin (30 September 2012). "Guy Sebastian PSY Fi'd Off Top Of ARIA Chart". Noise11. Noise Network. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
  • "Big Yellow Taxi": Ryan, Gavin (7 October 2012). "PSY Gangham Style Stays At No. 1 On ARIA Chart". Noise11. Noise Network. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012.
  • "Sweet Disposition": Ryan, Gavin (4 November 2012). "Psy Tops ARIA Singles Chart For 6th Week". Noise11. Noise Network. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.
  • "Dreams" : Ryan, Gavin (11 November 2012). "Swedish House Mafia Replace Psy on ARIA Chart". Noise11. Noise Network. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012.
  • "The Last Day on Earth": Ryan, Gavin (18 November 2012). "Swedish House Mafia Maintains Top Of ARIA Chart". Noise11. Noise Network. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012.
"What Makes You Beautiful" 2013 62
"Big Yellow Taxi" 84
"Sweet Disposition" 59
"Dreams" 82
"The Last Day on Earth" 90

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