Rachel Traets

Rachel Traets
Rachel Traets on stage
Background information
Birth name	Rachel Traets
Also known as	Rachel
Born	(1998-08-16) 16 August 1998 (age 26) Wouw, Netherlands
Genres	Pop rock, dance-pop, teen pop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2011-

Rachel Traets (born 16 August 1998) is a singer from the Netherlands. Traets lives in Wouw, a small village in the south-west of the Netherlands.[1]^[better source needed]

In October 2011 she won the Dutch music competition Junior Songfestival 2011 with the song "Ik Ben Een Teenager" (English: "I Am A Teenager").[2] She was selected to represent her country in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 held on 3 December 2011 in Yerevan, Armenia.[3][4] A few weeks later the title "Ik Ben Een Teenager" was shrunk to "Teenager", which would be the official title for the Dutch entry.[5] She came in second in the actual contest, five points behind the winner: Candy from Georgia. She received 12 points from Latvia and Belgium.

Rachel is preceded by Anna and Senna who represented the Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and succeeded by Femke who represented the Netherlands in 2012.

Currently,^[when?] she is in a girlband, Hello August.

Discography

Albums

• Teenager

Singles

• "Ik Ben een teenager"[6]
• "Never Nooit"[6]
• "Nanana"
• "Als Jij Maar Bij Me Bent"
• "Bad Ringtone"
• "Holding On"
• "Wrong Chick" (as part of Hello August)
• "Drunk Again" (as part of Hello August)

References

1. Any. "The Netherlands in the JESC 2011". Esckaz.com.
2. "Junior: Rachel pakt de zege!". Songfestivalweblog.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
3. Toronidis, Theofilos. "Breaking News: Rachel to represent the Netherlands in Yerevan!". ESCDaily. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
4. "Netherlands decided 2011: Rachel wins!". Oikotimes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14.
5. "The Netherlands 2011: Rachel, "Teenager"". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011.
6. Belen García (Spain) (2012-02-10). "Junior Eurovision: Rachel (2011) releases new single and video | ESCDaily.com || The latest Eurovision 2012 news from across Europe". ESCDaily.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2012-08-12.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Anna & Senna with My Family	Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011	Succeeded by Femke with Tik Tak Tik