Claudia Emmanuela Santoso

Claudia Emmanuela Santoso (born 27 October 2000) is an Indonesian singer. She is known for winning the ninth season of The Voice of Germany and became the first person of asian descent who won the title, broadcast by the German television channels ProSieben and Sat.1 in 2019.[1][2] She started gaining wide public attention after performing her rendition of The Greatest Showman soundtrack "Never Enough" in the blind audition The Voice of Germany. The footage of her blind audition has been one of the most viewed videos in The Voice of Germany history.[3][4][5][6] Before joining The Voice of Germany, she also took part in many children's singing competitions in Indonesia such as Akademi Fantasi Indosiar Junior in 2008, Idola Cilik in 2011 and Mamamia Show in 2014.[7]

Claudia Emmanuela Santoso
Birth nameClaudia Emmanuela Santoso
Born (2000-10-27) 27 October 2000
Cirebon, Indonesia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active2019–present
Labels
Associated acts

Life and career

Claudia attended music school since the age of 4. At that time Claudia's parents saw her talent in music. Claudia's talent is evident from her habit before going to sleep, which is singing or listening to music. Claudia began participating in the talent search event in Indonesia by joining AFI Junior in 2008, Idola Cilik in 2011 and Mamamia Show in 2014.

Claudia‘s maternal uncle encouraged her to pursue her higher education in Germany, he took the initiative to support her by sending her to a German language course at the Goethe-Institut Indonesia in Bandung up to the A1 level. During her school holiday, she attended Inlingua Language School in Munich, taking intensive A2 level courses. After she graduated from high school in 2018, she left Indonesia and her family to pursue higher education in the University of Munich in Germany. Her uncle and her aunts helped her to settle down there. This is where Claudia's dream came true, starting with the talent search for The Voice of Germany 2019.

Claudia first auditioned for The Voice of Germany in the city of Munich in February 2019. In this contest, Claudia competed with approximately 2,000 participants from various origins. Then, in March 2019 Claudia received the news that she had passed the first stage and she could continue to the next stage held in Berlin until finally Claudia passed again to the next stage, the Blind Audition stage.

In the Blind Audition stage, Claudia performed the song "Never Enough" from the soundtrack of the film The Greatest Showman. Claudia's appearance in singing this song caught the attention of the judges of The Voice of Germany and many people on social media. The video of her Blind Audition performance became one of the most watched videos in The Voice of Germany history.

Claudia appeared consistent and very riveting throughout The Voice of Germany. By the time of the final stage, Claudia had performed 3 songs, namely "Castles", "I Have Nothing" and "Goodbye". With the acquisition of 46.39% of the popular vote, Claudia was declared the winner of The Voice of Germany season 9 and was the first Asian to win the event.[8][9] [10] On the final of The Voice of Germany, Claudia sang her first single titled "Goodbye" duet with her coach Alice Merton. Since the release of the song "Goodbye" on November 10, 2019, the single has made it to the charts on iTunes Indonesia and several European countries.

Performances on The Voice of Germany 2019
Theme Song Original Singer result
The Blind Auditions "Never Enough" Loren Allred Four chairs turned

Joined Team Alice

The Battle "Say Something" vs Emma & Felix A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera Saved by Coach
Sing-Offs "Run" Snow Patrol Saved by Coach
Semi-Finals "Listen" Beyonce Saved by Public Vote
Final "I Have Nothing" Whitney Houston Winner
"Castles" ft Freya Ridings Freya Ridings
"Goodbye" ft Alice Merton Claudia Emmanuela Santoso
Non Competition Performances on The Voice of Germany
Theme Song Original Singer Partners
Semi Final "Easy" Alice Merton Alice Merton & Mariel (Team Alice)
Voting Result Claudia on The Voice of Germany
Theme Percentage of Claudia Voting Rival Percentage of Rival Voting Result
Semi Final 73.5%

(Advanced)

 Mariel Kirschall

(Team Alice)

 26.5%

(Eliminated)

 Claudia advanced to Final
Final 46.39%

(Winner)

 Erwin Kintop

(Team Rea)

 17.36%

(Runner-up)

 Winner
Lucas Rieger

(Team Nico)

 14.33%

(3rd Place)

Fidi Steinbeck

(Team Mark)

 12.51%

(4th Place)

Freschta Akbarzada

(Team Sido)

 9.41%

(5th Place)

Discography

Single
  • "Goodbye" (2019)

Concert tours

Headlining

  • The Voice of Germany: Live in Concert (2019)

References
  1. Cirebon Singer, Claudia Emmanuela Santoso Wins The Voice of Germany thejakartapost.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019
  2. The Voice of Germany" 2019: Teams und Kandidaten - Wer steht im Finale? augsburger-allgemeine.de. Retrieved 04 November 2019.
  3. Students from Indonesia Make a commotion The Voice of Germany suara.com. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. Claudia Emmanuela Santoso, Indonesian Students Amazed The Voice of Germany detik.com. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. 4 Facts of Claudia Emmanuela Santoso, Teenager Who Stunned the Judges of The Voice of Germany liputan6.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. Stunning with Listen - Beyonce's song, Claudia Emmanuela Santoso Passed to the Final of The Voice of Germany tribunnews.com. Retrieved 04 November 2019.
  7. "Claudia Santoso, Mojang Cirebon yang Juarai The Voice Jerman". cnnindonesia.com (in Indonesian). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  8. Claudia Emmanuela Santoso wins "Voice of Germany" finals tellerreport.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  9. 'Voice of Germany' favorite is newcomer from Indonesia dw.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  10. 'Voice of Germany' winner aims for the stars , dw.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Samuel Rösch		 The Voice of Germany
Winner
2019		 Succeeded by
Paula Dalla Corte
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