15 Surprising facts about Rita Ora (With Pictures)

14. She Started On YouTube

Pretty soon it seems like we’ll get to the point where all of our stars were discovered on YouTube, but Rita can claim to be an early success story. She was a YouTube sensation after uploading lots of covers and original songs to her account. It was there that she was discovered by DJ Fresh when he was looking for someone to sing on his track ‘Hot Right Now.’ After choosing Rita, they managed to make it a number one hit in the UK singles chart – a definitive moment in her then-fledgling career. The rest of her success snowballed from that point.