V5: Who is new girl Renata Vata on X Factor Celebrity?
X FACTOR CELEBRITY is now in its live show stage and girl group V5 have emerged as early frontrunners in the ITV contest. But who is new girl Renata Vaca?
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During the audition stages of X Factor Celebrity, Dermot O’Leary introduced girl group V5 to ITV viewers. Made up of five social influencers, the girls impressed with their auditions and progressed to the live shows alongside the likes of The Chase’s Jenny Ryan and TOWIE’s Megan McKenna. However, the band delivered a bombshell before the first live show when they revealed new member Renata Vaca would be replacing Natalie Valerin. Here’s all you need to know about her.
Who is Renata Vaca from V5?
Renata’s introduction to V5 was announced on Saturday, October 26.
The girls revealed Natalie had left to focus on her “acting career” leaving an open spot in the group.
Renata said: “We really want to work hard to make him (Simon Cowell) proud."
In her first live performance with the group, Renata and the rest of V5 received a standing ovation from all of the X Factor Celebrity judges.
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The girls impressed the voting public too, making it through to the next week of live shows.
Before the ITV competition, Renata, like the other girls, made a name for herself on social media.
On her YouTube channel, the V5 star has racked up just shy of 100k subscribers.
Her channel combines vlogs with musical covers of some of her favourite songs.
In her video titled ‘Reto de imitations | Renata Vaca’, the singer impersonates some of her favourite solo artists – the video has racked up 713k views and counting and is her most-viewed clip.
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Her public Instagram page also boasts an impressive follower count.
Under the username @dimecow, Renata regularly updates her 409k Instagram followers with what she’s up to.
The social media star and singer even took the platform to announce the fact she’d joined V5.
On the girl band's official Instagram page (@v5music), Renata said: “Hi! I’m @dimecow, I’m from Mexico.
“I’ve been in love with arts my whole life. When I was four I decided I wanted to be a singer and an actress (i know I was a baby, but that was THE BEST decision I could have ever made).”
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She added: “I have no words to describe how happy and thankful I am for having the opportunity to join this amazing girl band full of powerful and talented women. I’m super excited for this journey we’ve just begun..,”
Renata isn’t the only member of the band to have an impressive social following behind her.
Columbian singer Laura Buitrago (@laurambuitrago) has accrued over 148k Instagram followers.
Dominican band member Alondra Martinez (@itsalondramartinez) is supported by her 92k following on the platform.
Brazilian influencer Sofia Oliveira (@sofia) has racked up an astonishing 2.3million Instagram followers while Cuban singer and dancer Wendii Sarmiento (@wendii) has over 74k.
X Factor Celebrity continues every Saturday on ITV.