Cáthia

Catherine Ochoa, or mononymously known as Cáthia is a 19-year-old singer from Bronx, New York.

She rose to fame when she came in 13-16th place on the fourth season of the American version of reality television singing competition The Voice.^[1]

Cáthia released her first single "Without You" produced by Gaetano "Dante" Lattanzi of Caelum Music Production 47 days after her elimination on The Voice on June 24, 2013.

Early life (before The Voice)

Cáthia was born in The Bronx, borough of New York City, New York, to her mother who is an El Salvadoran native. She attended high school at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, in New York City's Manhattan borough, where she learned opera.^[2] She competed in an Apollo Theater Amateur Night advancing to the semi-finals. Cáthia's inspiration to make music was from her mother who created her own business which fueled Cáthia's interest of singing.

The Voice

Cáthia auditioned for The Voice earning a three-chair turn from Shakira, Usher and Blake Shelton. She chose Shakira as her coach. In the battle round, Cáthia lost to Mary Miranda but was stolen by Usher. She advanced through the knockouts beating Ryan Innes. In the Top 16 Cáthia was eliminated. She performed twice in the finale – first with Judith Hill, Sasha Allen and Karina Iglesias;^[3] then with Michelle Chamuel, Josiah Hawley and VEDO.^[4]

Performances and results

^Note 1 - Stolen by Usher

Discography

Singles

See also

• List of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School alumni
• List of Latin pop artists
• List of people from the Bronx
• List of Salvadoran Americans
• List of The Voice (U.S.) contestants

References

External links

• cathiaofficial.com