July 1: Hollie Steel - Britain's Got Talent – is 15-years-old today.

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Born on July 1, 1998, Hollie Louise Steel is from Accrington, England. She has been singing since the age of six and attends the KLF Dance Academy in Burnley.

Prior to Britain's Got Talent she performed in productions of Annie and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

In 2009 at the age of ten she was one of ten finalists on the third series of the ITV reality show Britain's Got Talent. Her first audition drew mostly positive comments from all of the show's judges.

In her second appearance during the semi-finals Steel forgot the words of her song, broke down in tears and could not finish the song, but one of the programme's judges intervened and she was allowed to perform a second time and received positive feedback from the judges.


 Steel advanced to the finals and finished in sixth place. She then toured the United Kingdom, making live performances with the series' other finalists in the summer of 2009.

In May 2010, Steel released her debut album, Hollie, which was released on Steel's own label, BB5 Records Limited, named after the Accrington postcode. She released a second album in late 2011 and in early 2012 released her third album. Steel released her sixth single on 3 December 2012, "Fly," which was recorded in Italy with Romina Arena.

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For more about Hollie, visit her Website at –

http://www.holliesteelmusic.com/

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