Kate DeAraugo. Whatever happens from here, it’s a name you won’t forget any time soon. Kate DeAraugo – “Our new Australian Idol”.
Suddenly, all of Australia knows a lot about 20-year-old Kate DeAraugo. More than just a name, it feels as if a nation has fallen for her voice, her poise, her character. We’ve met her family, we know where she grew up. Her face is everywhere – television, the front pages of newspapers, magazines.
However, now begins a whole new journey for Kate. This is where it gets real. So forget what you think you know about Kate DeAraugo. Close your eyes, clear your mind and listen anew.
As for that earlier journey, Kate says there’s a videotape collecting dust somewhere in the DeAraugo family home back in Bendigo, Victoria, that contains footage of what might forever remain the most important performance of her life. It features Kate as a 14-year-old, singing in public for the first time. Kate says she hasn’t watched it in years. And nor does she really want to see it again anytime soon. For Kate, it’s too emotional and just a bit plain weird.
“I was absolutely terrified,” Kate says. “My knees were shaking, I was sweating. I was terrified. I remember it so well. It was horrible.”
What makes this footage so special is not so much the song Kate sings (which was Carol King’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow”, just in case you didn’t know that). It’s what happens next, just as Kate finishes her song, that everything changes. Somewhere in the sound of all those hands clapping, somewhere in the moment where all Kate’s terror and fears are instantly replaced by the most wonderful sensation she’s ever felt, it’s at this very moment that young Kate DeAraugo realises what she must do with her life. “I thought, ‘This is me. This is what I want to do. I like this feeling.’”
And now, finally, Kate DeAraugo has realised her lifelong dream – to record and release her debut album, A Place I’ve Never Been.
“I think it’s great,” Kate says of her debut effort, which, of course, features Kate’s hit debut single, Maybe Tonight. “It doesn’t pinpoint me to one genre. It’s more about great songs. Which is perfect because I’m not into one particular style. I just love music in general.”
hi kate!
im gonna be honest wiv ya im not ure numba 1 fan or anyting caus im 2 obbsessed wiv lee lol
nyways i wanna congradulate u on fadded csus i like that song and im normally just a one eye supporter of lee so yea congrats!
by any chane will u be coming to wa? it would be really cool if u did caus ild like 2 meat u caus u sound like a down to eart all natural celeb b thats somthing i like!
so
luv ya hun!
oxoxx
good luck in the future n if u could leave me a coment that would be soo cool!
Hey kate!
Thanks for letting me add you! You're the shiz. lol.
I'm glad you won Idol (2 of my picks in the top 3, aint bad at all i think) and its great to see you're so successful.
Oh, and someone else has a Kate DeAraugo account too, its the same address but with a 1 on the end of it..thought you should know.. they're pretending to be you.. unless of course it's you..
Hiya kate!
Hope you're doing ok and relaxed after your visit home. Cant ait to see what this year has in store for you, You're a real breath of fresh air to the Aussie music industry, and you're gonna do great. Thanks for the add and I hope to hear more from you when you can. Still supporting you online at my site and one day... just maybe.... or maybe even tonight ..... hahaha... you might drop by and say G'day...... no pressure of course :P * twisting your arm*... just a little bit.... hehehehe
Hey
im like so in love with ur music and stuff ATM
ur the best idol any one has like EVER had....hoipping you do as well as kelly clarkson...cant wait wtill r next instore i'll be there me and my lovely hat adn cozins :P
hey kate!
one of my closest friends lauren is in your top eight! she's da bomb
anyways, just dropping bye to say hi and i reckon that you're one of the VERY few that can sign really really well and have pure talent. i saw you in your instore at myer in pitt street, sydney (city) and i loved your performance!
x
hey kate!
how r u my friend! i am so annoyed i was going to come to your hornsby instore but i was too sick and i didnt want to give u what i had!
anyway i hope u are good! love u heaps xoxox
Love Verity xoxox
Hey Kate....how are ya?. Thanks for the add :). I love your album, its fantastic. I love all of the songs on it but "victim" would have to be my fave. I'm from Bendigo ...your old hometown lol....umm i dont know what else to say so I'm gonna leave it there. Well, good luck for the future :).
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