Acting

Alessandra Mele

Alessandra Watle Mele (born 5 September 2002), known mononymously as Alessandra, is an Italian-Norwegian singer. She competed in the seventh season of The Voice – Norges beste stemme in 2022, reaching the live shows. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with "Queen of Kings", which finished in 5th place at the grand final with 268 points. Her track peaked at number one in Norway and was a top ten hit in eleven countries. Mele was born on 5 September 2002 in Pietra Ligure, Savona to an Italian father from Albenga and a Norwegian mother from Stathelle, and grew up in Cisano sul Neva. At the age of twelve, she won the fifth edition of VB Factor, a local talent show in the Val Bormida region. After graduating from high school in 2019, she relocated to Norway and moved in with her maternal grandparents in Porsgrunn, before moving to Lillehammer to study at the Lillehammer Institute of Music Production and Industries. In 2022, Mele was a participant in the seventh season of The Voice – Norges beste stemme, the Norwegian version of the The Voice franchise. After her Blind Audition, she joined the team of coach Espen Lind. She was eliminated in the live shows.