Nong Fiat announced the news through a video of her at the contest, singing a female rock version of ‘The Final Countdown’ by rock band Europe, originally released in 1986.
Nong Fiat won the Pop Vocal 14- to 17-year-old category in the contest, held yesterday (June 25) as part of the Concurso Internacional ‘Aire Nuevo’ international music festival.
The win came much to the surprise of Nong Fiat, but not to those watching and listening to her perform. (Click here to watch the video.)
At just 13 years old, Nong Fiat was already becoming a singing sensation in Phuket, impressing Thais and tourists alike on Bangla Rd in Patong and at the Lard Yai Walking Street in Phuket Town on Sundays.
In 2022, Nong Fiat singing Adele’s ‘Set Fire to the Rain’ live on the Walking Street in Phuket Town gained more than a million views on YouTube. One video alone of Nong Fiat singing Sia’s Unstoppable has gained more than 5.4mn views.
Her popularity on TikTok has also soared to dizzying heights, and Nong Fiat was invited to perform at a host of local Phuket events and abroad. Her outstanding talent saw Nong Fiat being invited to join the Young Artists For Ukraine on stage for a UNHCR project that took place in Sweden in June 2022.
Nong Fiat calls herself ‘100% Thai’. Originally from Lopburi, she moved to Phuket with her father 2018 and attended Kajonkietsuksa School in Kathu.
Nong Fiat has grown an international following. Today (June 26), she travelled to Sweden, where she will perform through to next Monday.
After that, she will travel to Montreux in Switzerland (July 1-8) then on to Toronto, Canada, where she will stay for a month (July 8-Aug 8).
Nong Fiat’s new single ‘We, Me and I’, an original by Chayapat Thongsri with Nong Fiat as vocals, was released today. (Click here to listen.)