Anny Ogrezeanu (born 24 February 2001 in Bonn) is a German-Romanian singer who won the twelfth season of The Voice of Germany in 2022.[1]

Anny Ogrezeanu at the BUNTE New Faces Award Music 2024, Berlin

Life

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Anny Ogrezeanu grew up in Wachtberg near Bonn.[2] Ogrezeanu identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.[3]

Ogrezeanu is a volunteer in Ahr Valley which was severely damaged in the flood of 2021.[4]

Career

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In 2022, Ogrezeanu auditioned for the talent show The Voice of Germany. In the blind auditions they performed "I Will Always Love You" and chose Mark Forster as their coach. In the next phase, the "battles", Ogrezeanu sang "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" and together with their battle partner they performed the famous Dirty Dancing lift. They continued on to the next round, the sing-offs, where they sang Emeli Sandé's "Clown". In the semi-finals Ogrezeanu delivered their version of "Not About Angels" by Birdy and was chosen (with a majority of 65.4%) by the audience to represent Forster's team in the finals.[5] In the finals, Ogrezeanu performed "Friday I'm in Love" with their coach Forster and "Daddy's Eyes" with Zoe Wees. In the overall voting Ogrezeanu won The Voice of Germany with 41.61%.[6] Upon winning the show Ogrezeanu performed and released a duet version of "Run with Me" with Calum Scott.[7]

Discography

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Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
GER
"Run with Me"
(Calum Scott featuring Anny Ogrezeanu)[8]
2022 90[9] Non-album single
"Out To Get US" 2024 Non-album single

References

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  1. ^ Bonn, General-Anzeiger (6 November 2022). "Castingshow: Anny Ogrezeanu aus Wachtberg ist "The Voice of Germany"". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  2. ^ Königs, Philipp (26 August 2022). "The Voice of Germany: Wachtbergerin übersteht "Blind Audition"". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  3. ^ "The Voice of Germany - AnnyOgrezeanu". www.the-voice-of-germany.de (in German). 7 July 2022. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  4. ^ Stegmann, Stephan (27 October 2022). "Ziel ist das Finale: Fluthelferin aus Wachtberg im Halbfinale bei "Voice of Germany"". General-Anzeiger Bonn (in German). Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  5. ^ The Voice of Germany - Magisch: Anny Ogrezeanu rührt zu Tränen mit "Not About Angels" von Birdy (in Swiss High German), 28 October 2022, retrieved 14 November 2022
  6. ^ ""The Voice" 2022: Alle wichtigen Infos zu Staffel 12 und zum großen Finale". www.the-voice-of-germany.ch (in Swiss High German). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  7. ^ ""The Voice" 2022: Diesen Preis gewinnt die Sieger:in Anny". www.the-voice-of-germany.ch (in Swiss High German). 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Gewinner-Performance: Anny Ogrezeanu und Calum Scott mit "Run With Me"". The Voice of Germany. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by The Voice of Germany
Winner

2022
Succeeded by