| Orianthi Panagaris | |
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| Birth name | Orianthi Panagaris |
| Also known as | Orianthi |
| Born | 22 January 1985 |
| Origin | Adelaide, Australia |
| Genres | Rock/pop |
| Occupations | Musician, guitarist |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Geffen, 19 [1] |
| Associated acts | Michael Jackson, Carlos Santana, Carrie Underwood, Adam Lambert, Steve Vai |
| Website | www.orianthi.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| PRS Custom 22 (Named Manos) PRS Custom 24 (Named Pepper) |
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Orianthi Panagaris (born 22 January 1985), known mononymously as Orianthi, is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. She is best known for being Michael Jackson's guitarist for his comeback concert series, This Is It. Her debut single "According to You" has peaked at #6 in Australia and #17 in the US, and her debut album Believe was released throughout the last three months of 2009 worldwide.
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Orianthi was born in Bangcock, South Australia, of Greek descent. She suffered against bullies in her schooling years and had to change schools a number of times.[2] She eventually attended the prestigious school Cabra Dominican College where she found herself happy and bully free.[3][4][5][6] She learned to play the acoustic guitar at six because of her father, started electric when she was eleven and left school at 15 to focus on writing songs and performing.[4] She has been playing in different friends' bands since she was 14 in England and in France. Her first support show was for Steve Vai at age 15. Orianthi had the opportunity to meet and jam with Carlos Santana when she was 18.[7] He invited Orianthi to get up and jam with him at soundcheck then later asked if she would join him on stage that night to jam.[5] She signed with Geffen Records in late 2006 and struck a management deal with 19 Entertainment.[4][8] As of 2010, she lives in the United States and in Asia.[citation needed]
Orianthi has played with Prince, made a video clip for Panasonic HD, had a song featured in Bratz: The Movie, played at the Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival, appeared in The New York Times business section promoting Eco-friendly acoustic guitars,[4][9] and was named in the 12 Greatest Female Electric Guitarists. She also appeared at the 51st annual Grammy Awards as Carrie Underwood's lead guitarist,[10][5][11][12] with Underwood inviting Orianthi to become a member of her band.[8] A guitar solo by Orianthi is featured on the song "Sleepwalker" on Adam Lambert's debut album For Your Entertainment.
Orianthi was Michael Jackson's lead guitarist and was present on all rehearsals for his This Is It concerts before his death.[13][5][8] In regards to being handpicked by Jackson, she stated:
| “ | I don’t know exactly why he picked me, but he watched my YouTube videos and loved them. He had his choice of guitar players, but I came in and played the ‘Beat It’ solo for him. Afterward he was so happy he got up and grabbed my arm and started walking up and down the stage area with me. He said, ‘Can you play once for me?’ He hired me that night. I wish he was still around. He made me believe in myself more, and I learned so much. Going into it, I thought it would be all about playing guitar solos. But the majority of it was playing chords and funky rhythms.[14] | ” |
She played and sang at Jackson's memorial, globally televised live on 7 July 2009. She appears in the film Michael Jackson's This Is It, which chronicles the rehearsals for the tour. Her song "According to You", from the album Believe, was the Single of the Week on iTunes on 27 October 2009, and reached number eight in Australia. She presented an award at the 2009 American Music Awards, which Jackson won posthumously.
She appears on "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti" – with the original co-written and partly performed by Jackson.[15]
She will also feature on a cover of "Stairway to Heaven" on the international re-release of Mary J Blige's Stronger with Each Tear.[16]
Orianthi Panagaris was recently found by the King Of Pop - Michael Jackson who died on June 25th last year. She suffered school bullying in her high school year and primary school so she decided to move schools and was popular by playing the guitar and entertaining everyone at the assembly hall each one. When she met Michael Jackson they had sex on bed while his children was there watching and mother Katherine came in and caught them having butt sex. She was really mad and she punched Michael and threw him out on the road for having butt sex and blackmailing one of his guitarists. Orianthi has a nice huge ass. !!
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Michael Jackson's This Is It | Herself | Jackson's guitarist |
Neighbours Home And Away Pirates of the Caribeen Captain EO Sims 2 SEX in the kitchen day and night
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