There's actually a whole lot more to this talented young lady than just what you see on stage!
Here are seven things you might not know about Dami Im:
She’s a woman of many languages
Source: MBC Korea
Dami of course grew up in South Korea, coming to Australia with her family at age nine- so of course it was no sweat for her to perform in Korean last year when she on the hit TV show "King of Mask Singer," fooling viewers into thinking she was a local when she sang in Korean.
What’s considerably more impressive though is her Chinese New Year performance in China last month, singing a duet with a Chinese singer – in Chinese.
Dami Im performing a duet in Chinese on BTV in Beijing China for a New Year broadcast to over 600 Million viewers pic.twitter.com/jEdqfY8jpc — DamiArmy Gladiator (@aym1003) February 4, 2016
She learnt to sing just by copying her favourite pop idols
And she still does some pretty impressive covers on her popular Youtube channel.
More recently though it’s Dami who’s been inspiring other kids – not just through her recent fame, but prior to that as a music and piano teacher.
She had a successful music career before X Factor
Dami Im at her first audition for X Factor Source: Seven Network
She’s highly accomplished
Dami Im plays the violin (Source: Facebook) Source: Facebook
“At UQ, she was a model student and very dedicated to improving her work and performances,” her former UQ piano teacher Max Olding told the .
She’s got international musical influences
Hailing from South Korea herself, Dami is a massive music fan draws inspiration from many of the country’s biggest stars naming singers BoA, Lee Juk and Kim Dong-ryool among her favourites.
In 2014, X Factor host and judge Dannii Minogue also organised for Dami to meet one of those idols BoA as she was working in studio. Dami also then bumped into fellow Korean megastar G.NA while she was there - and t.
Dami Im talks meeting BoA & G.NA at the PopAsia studios Source: SBS
When Dami surprised fans by appearing on Korean TV show “King of Mask Singer” late last year, she said that "even as I lived in Australia, I used to dream about singing in Korea.”
That's not surprising - cos she's pretty good at singing in both Korean and English! Check her out singing a cover of Korean song 'Eyes, Nose, Lips' by in a video she shared to Instagram last year:
She’s more than just a singer
Dami is also known for her charity work and her benevolence.
As well as volunteering her time to attend and sing at various fundraisers, her work as a campaigner for the charity Compassion Australia has seen her travel to India to meet her sponsor child.
Sorry guys, she’s taken!
Aussie fans are probably already acquainted with husband Dami’s Noah. When the stunning star touches down in Stockholm though, she’s sure to turn plenty of European heads, who may be surprised to learn that she’s already been hitched for a few years.
Dami originally met Noah at church and they tied the knot over three years ago - in September 2012, keeping true to their South Korean origins, the ceremony took place in Seoul.
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