Rocío Colette Acuña Calzada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Mexican musician
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Place of Birth: Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
About Rocío Colette Acuña Calzada
- Rocío Colette Acuña Calzada (born June 3, 1982 in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico), known as Colette, is a singer who finished as runner-up in the 5th series of the Mexican singing show La Academia in 2007 behind the winner Samuel Castelan Marini.Colette was selected to perform in La Academia after at the fifth attempt, having not been selected for the previous 4 series.
- She was the first singer in the fifth series to receive standing ovation, when she sang a Spanish interpretation of Frank Sinatra's "My Way".
- She performed a duet with her mother Leonor Calzada in the same show. At La Academia she also sang "Coming Out of the Dark" by Gloria Estefan, "El Amor Coloca" from Monica Naranjo "Malo" from Bebe and "La Cima del Cielo" from Venezuelan singer and composer Ricardo Montaner. Colette's aunt Consuelo Vidal sang for Mexican composer Agustín Lara.
- In 2007 the mayor of her home town conferred the honor Hija Predilecta de Ciudad Victoria (Favorite Daughter of Ciudad Victoria) on her.
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