Laura Simone
音乐学习和表演这两样几乎占据了劳拉的学生生涯。 15岁的时候，劳拉签约成为女子流行乐队NVS的一员。其后几年，劳拉开始去全国各地的各种音乐会表演。18岁的时候还前往美国拉斯维加斯Star Dust Casino表演。 2005年，劳拉去澳大利亚偶像节目试镜入围前10名，让她有机会借助国家电视台的平台，在数百万观众面前表演。 2006年，劳拉签约了一家独立唱片公司并发布了她的第一支单曲「Ti Amo」。 2009年，劳拉与Katie Cole、Kristof、Audius以及The Sound Academy唱片公司一起合作完成了她的第一张EP专辑「This Is Me（这就是我）」。 Laura Simone Gissara (born 1984) is an Australian pop singer-songwriter. She was a final 10 contestant on the 2005 season of TV talent show, Australian Idol , and was eliminated on 26 September. In June 2006 she issued her debut single, " Ti amo ", which peaked in the top 50 on the ARIA Singles Chart . It is a cover version of Laura Branigan s 1984 rendition of the Umberto Tozzi 1977 original. Laura Simone Gissara was born in 1984 to Joe Gissara, a Telstra Corporation team leader, and Ivana, a Centrelink employee. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Gissara grew up in the Melbourne in an Italian speaking household. [ 2 ] From the age of 16-years-old she has written songs by working on a piano. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She admires Celine Dion and "a lot of the Boy bands who were doin amazing things with harmonies". [ 2 ] Australian Idol [ edit ] In 2005 Laura Gissara was 21-years-old when she auditioned for TV talent show, Australian Idol , in its third season . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In July, after her successful audition her first performance was " All the Man That I Need " (originally by Whitney Houston ) as a line of ten for the top 100. For the semifinal she sang " Dont Let Go " by En Vogue . The judges were disappointed, saying that her vocal was pitchy. However despite the poorly judged performance Gissara made the finals on the publics votes alongside Kate DeAraugo and Milly Edwards . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 4 ] On the Australian Made theme night, Top 13, Gissara had to prove that the voting public made the correct decision in voting her through. She sang Cilla Black s " Youre My World " as covered by local artist, Daryl Braithwaite . All three judges said it was the best they had ever heard her sing. On the Live Verdict the next day she was told she was safe for another week. A week later, on 60s night, Gissara sang " Dont Play That Song " by Aretha Franklin . The judges said it was pretty good but she did not put enough feeling into the song. The next night she was told she was part of the bottom three along with James Kannis and Natalie Zahra ; Zahra was eliminated and Gissara was safe for another week. On the Supergroups theme, a week later, Gissara performed " The Greatest View " by Silverchair. All judges were disappointed with her performance, she was part of the bottom three along with Kannis and Daniel Spillane . Gissara was told she had the least number of votes and was eliminated. She then sang "The Greatest View" again. During her time in the Top 13, allegations were made that her father, a Telstra employee, had tampered with the telephone voting results. An investigation ensued which discounted the claims.
