Rachael Leahcar

Rachael Leahcar ( born February 22, 1994) is an Australian pop singer -blind Italian descent.

Biography

Leahcar suffers from a hereditary Nezthautdegeneration and is blind to 90%. At age six, she learned to play the piano and at age eight she made ​​her first appearance at the Christmas event of their school. After that, she also took singing lessons and learned as a second instrument flute. At twelve, she took to Search for a Star at Café Fellini in her hometown of Adelaide in part and arrived there in the top three, whereby they got the possibility for the first time, to go into a recording studio. Three years later she won Dino Prizzi 's International Festival of Italian Song, an Australian competition for Italian music. The victory prize was a trip to Rome and an appearance in the TV show Il Caffè at Rai Uno. In the same year, she also recorded her first CD with cover songs. Later, a second CD titled Rachael Leahcar followed. In order to protect themselves from direct personal contacts, she slept with the pseudonym " Leahcar ", that's just her first name reversed.

Leahcar applied afterwards in vain at the major Australian television talent shows Australia's Got Talent and The X Factor and was finally recorded at The Voice, 2012. After her first appearance at the blind auditions with La vie en rose Édith Piaf, she was already being talked of as the favorite, because you'll need in the Australian charts was the best placement for all participants with course 18. However, they fell in the wake behind the eventual winner Karise Eden back and eventually reached # 3

Discography

Songs

• La vie en rose (2012 )
• Over the Rainbow (2012 )
• Hands ( 2012)
• Someone to Watch over Me ( 2012)
• Nights in White Satin ( Notte di luce ) (2012 )
• Shooting Star (2012 )
• Smile ( 2012)

Album

• Rachael 's repertoire (2009)
• Rachael Leahcar
• Shooting Star (2012 )
• Romantique (2013 )

Swell

• Rejct now a star turn, The West Australian, April 19, 2012