Dinah Jane Hansen

Dinah Jane Hansen (born June 22, 1997), commonly referred to as Dinah Jane, is an singer who is a member of a girl group Fifth Harmony from Santa Ana, California. She auditioned for The X-Factor back in 2012, as a solo act in San Francisco, California.

Early life
Dinah Jane was born in Santa Ana, California to her mother, Malika Hansen, and her father, Gordon Hansen. She is of Tongan and Polynesian heritage. Hansen started singing at a very young age and she remembers being four years old and wanting to learn to sing to impress her mother. Growing up, her mother sang with a reggae band and her brothers sang in church. Hansen started performing at age of eleven after telling her parents she wanted to pursue a singing career.

Audition
Hansen auditioned for the X-Factor in San Francisco, California in 2012. The first song she preformed was "If I Were A Boy" by Beyoncé Knowles. The judges were shocked that her voice came out they way it did at the age of fifteen. The received four yes from the judges and went through to the next round.

Bootcamp
During the first round of bootcamp, she sang "Hero" by Mariah Carey but her performance did not air, as well as the second round of bootcamp. During the third round, she sang aganist contestant Diamond White as they were singing "Stronger" by Kelly Clarkson. Her performances were unsuccessful and was eventually eliminated from the competition. The judges later brought her back to the stage, along with 13 other acts, to be placed in a new girl group.

Personal life
Dinah Jane Hansen is the youngest member of Fifth Harmony. She is the eldest of fifteen grandchildren and lives with twenty-three people (extended family) in a 4-bedroom house. She mentioned that her musical influences are Leona Lewis, Beyoncé Knowles and Carrie Underwood. She has a dynamic range that has drawn comparisons to Beyoncé and Alicia Keys.