María Zeballos

Maria Zeballos was born on June 14, 1979. Since she was a child she showed a strong passion for singing, dancing and performing. She started to play the guitar at the age of six. The first time she sang in public was at a school show at the age of 8. With the passing of the years she took part in several choirs; in the church, at school. She also took part in many School Concerts playing the leading roles on the plays put on, such as "My Fair Lady", "The Wizard of Oz", "A Mid-Summer Night's Dream", among others. At the age of 17 she went to University to study Music (UCA) and took her first singing lessons. After two years in Uni, she dropped out to get into the Julio Bocca Musical Comedy Studio. There she took singing, dancing and acting lessons. At the same time she worked as a music teacher in English in a Bilingual School, teaching 6 to 8 year old kids and gave guitar private lessons. On the year 2003 she auditioned for a Reality Show and was chosen among thousands of people to participate in Operacion Triunfo, the world-famous singing TV contest that had its first edition in Argentina. The TV show was a great phenomenon. Among the 18 contestants of the show, Maria became one of the favorites among the public. She worked very hard and almost reached the final instances of the show. She abandoned the Academy two weeks before the final; anyhow she had the opportunity to record 2 songs on the album "5 Sueños" (Five Dreams) which was released at the beginning of 2004 with great success. It contains 11 songs: "Todo Lo Hago Por Ti" and "No me importa" sang by Mery Zeta. With a great talent, she's got a powerful but at the same time warm voice. But her talent goes beyond the vocal techniques and embraces you emotionally. Now, after her brief but successful appearance on the famous TV show, she holds a promising career.