Nikki Ponte

Nikki Ponte , is a Canadian singer who rose to fame in Greece and Cyprus through her participation in the third season of Greeces version of the singing competition The X Factor, in which she placed third. While still participating in the show, she signed with Sony Music Entertainment Greece and was one of six candidates who were selected to represent Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Ponte competed in a national final held in March 2011 with the song I Dont Wanna Dance, but did not manage to win. The song later entered the 2011 OGAE Second Chance Contest and came 6th out ofsongs.

Nikki Ponte was born in Pickering, Canada to immigrant parents her father is Portuguese and her mother is originally from Cyprus. Ponte is fluent in English and proficient in Greek. She attended St. Monica Catholic School for elementary school, and later Saint Mary Catholic Secondary School in Pickering, Ontario. She took opera lessons for ten years and attended Sheridan Colleges renowned Music Theatre Performance program. Moreover her uncle was the famous GreekCypriot actor Sotiris Moustakas.

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