Manuel Ortega (singer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Manuel Ortega (singer)

Austrian singer

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1980

Place of Birth: Steyregg, Upper Austria, Austria

Profession: singer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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Manuel Ortega (born Manuel Hanke, Steyregg, 8 April 1980) is an Austrian singer.The son of a Spanish mother and an Austrian father, Ortega began his career as a singer when he was 10 years old.
He sang with the Florianer Sängerknaben in one of the oldest choirs from Austria.
His love for pop music led to him joining a band called BAFF when he was a teenager.
Starting from an early age, meant Ortega has been able to make over 200 stages performances as of 2003.
When he was 17, he took part in a search for talent and was chosen out of 1300 entrants to be the singer of a new group.
Whilst successful, the group was not enough for Ortega and in 2001 he began a solo career.The song El Amor, La Vida was the Austrian summer hit of 2001.
In 2002 he represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Say A Word.
He participated in the 3rd Season of the Ukrainian Dancing With the Stars (so-called International League of Champions) where he danced with the Ukrainian ballroom dancer, and Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 runner-up Yulia Okropiridze.