Inas X

Inas X, born Inas Maale on 18 January 1994 in New York, United States is an Palestinian-American singer, rapper, model, influencer, and Palestinian activist. She has represented Palestine in the Own Asiavision Song Contest twice and Connecticut in the Own USAvision Song Contest, and has amassed over 2 million followers on Instagram, where she frequently shows support for her homeland.

Early Life
Inas Maale was born on 18 January 1994 in New York to Palestinian immigrant parents from Bethelem. As a child, she grew up in Brooklyn, New York, before moving to Ansonia, Connecticut as a teenager. She then moved back to New York, and currently splits her time there and in Los Angeles, California. Despite being raised Muslim, she is now a Christian.

Career
Inas X has released many singles, in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French and Sanskrit, and has teased more music in Arabic in the future.

Singles

 * Love Is (2015)
 * Love Is (Monty Remix) (2016)
 * Love Is (SevnthWoner Remix) (2016)
 * Love Is (Nightowls Remix) (2016)
 * Love Is (Goshfather & Jinco Remix) (2016)
 * Love Is (Shibumi Remix) (2016)
 * Gets Me High (2016)
 * Wait'n On You (2016)
 * No Games (2016)
 * Let Em Talk (2016)
 * Open Letter (2016)
 * Stupid feat. PnB Rock (2016)
 * Live in the Moment with Yalee (2017)
 * Stupid (Remix) feat. DCS (2017)
 * #Namasté (Lit Lit) (2017)
 * The One (2017)
 * No Love (2018)
 * No Love (Extended Version) (2018)
 * No Love (Stereo Coque Remix) (2018)
 * Take it from Me (2018)
 * Bailalo (2018)
 * Gold Links (2018)
 * Lick On Me (2019)
 * Me 2 (2019)
 * Bo$$ (2019)
 * Loca (2019)
 * Lonely with Suark (2019)
 * Lonely (Teddy Beats Remix) with Suark (2019)
 * Ride for Me feat. Lil Xan, Tommy Lee Sparta (2020)
 * Funk Total: Surto with MC Rebecca, Ruxell (2020)
 * Honey (2020)
 * Issues (2021)

Own Song Contests
Inas X debuted in Own Asiavision Song Contest at the 16th edition, with the song "Love Is", where she placed 4th in the second semi-final with 99 points and placed 7th in the final with 118 points. She then returned for the 19th edition alongside PnB Rock with the song "Stupid", where they were automatically qualified to the final, following the country's 5th place in the previous edition.

Inas X then participated in the very first edition of the Own USAvision Song Contest with the song "Bailalo", where she placed 15th in the second semi-final, 10 points away from qualification. The non-qualification of "Bailalo" caused a lot of controversy and the song has become one the most well known to come out of the Own Eurovision Song Contest franchise.

Following her rapid popularity, "Bailalo" almost qualified for the inaugural edition of Own Song of the Year missing out by 1 point, being the joint closest non-qualifying song to qualify for the final along with Slovenia's entry for the Own Eurovision Song Contest 54. However, Inas X was invited to perform "Bailalo" as the opening act for the show. During the first part of the results show, Princess Vitarah announced that Connecticut and the song "Bailalo" by Inas X won the voting in Asia and the United States, receiving infinite points, to the shock of many fans resulting in co-host Tolani calling them 'tasteless'. However, they apologized for the misunderstanding, when in fact Lesotho was the real winner.

When Noa Kirel and the Israeli delegation were unable to attend the results show of the grand final of the Own Eurovision Song Contest 55, Inas X stepped in and took their seat in the green room. When Kirel's entry was revealed as the current 4th place in the first half, "Bailalo" was played. Then when the top 6 were played in the second half and "Bling Bling" was 3rd, "Bailalo" was played once more. Then during the confirmation period of the 57th edition, it was announced that Inas X would be appearing as a backup dancer for the North Macedonian entry, "Dream", performed by Sandr Voxon & Erbil Dzemoski, alongside Ana Soklic from Slovenia, Akon Makeer from South Sudan, Ivy Quainoo from Ghana, Rosy Swag from Cameroon, Sunmi from South Korea and Vanessa Quai from Vanuatu.

In December 2021, it was announced that the North Macedonian entry "Dream" had been nominated for the Own Song of the Year 2021, and thus Inas X was the first artist to appear in both the 2020 and 2021 year-end shows.