Nicole Kea Scherzinger
Submitted by Kea on Thu, 2006-11-09 10:25.
Nicole Scherzinger also known as Nicole Kea, is an American singer-songwriter and dancer.
Nicole Elikolani Prescovia Scherzinger was born on June 29, 1978 in Honolulu, Hawaii and is of Filipino and Hawaiian-Russian descent. The performing arts talent runs in her family as her Hawaiian mother Rosemary was a professional hula dancer and her grandmother a popular mariachi singer.
She grew up in Louisville, Kentucky as her military stepfather Gary got transfered there when she was just 6 years old. She attended the Youth Performing Arts School at duPont Manual High School and participated in many plays at the renowned "Actors Theater" of Louisville. Her talent was already becoming apparent, evidenced by her being runner-up at the 1996 Kentucky State Fair's Coca Cola Talent Classic contest.
She continued her education at the Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio majoring in Theater and minoring in Dance while working as a model and appearing in local ads. Her studies were put on hold in 1999 for a short period while she went on a tour with the Louisville based Post-Grunge band Days of the New as a backup singer after she gained the interest of their lead singer Travis Meeks.
Her involvement with Days of the New did not last long. In 2000 she quit the band and started working on her own songs and demos. She then competed in the first season of the television show Popstars where she earned a spot in the girl band Eden's Crush. Their debut single "Get Over Yourself" reached number one in sales and hit the top ten on Billboard Hot 100 . Their record company London-Sire Records however folded and after a planned move to Atlantic Records failed the band dissolved.
She then started to focus on her solo career and on acting. She made numerous solo appearances as Nicole Kea including the single "Breakfast On Bed" on Adam Sandler's "50 First Dates" sound-track and appeared in the 2003 movies "Love Don't Cost a Thing" and "Chasing Papi".
Then in June 2003 she participated in the recasting of the burlesque troupe The Pussycat Dolls where she impressed the executives in charge with her angelic vocals and stage presence so much that she was immediately asked to join the band as lead vocalist.Work on their debut album PCD started after a series of performances on television shows such as Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show" and Jimmy Kimmel's "Live".
PCD
Except for The Pussycat Dolls Nicole has appeared recently on recordings by Shaggy, Vittorio Grigolo and Will Smith. She also sung on Avants single "Lie About Us" and Diddy's hit single "Come To Me".
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