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Taylor Hatala, Edmonton's viral video star, wows Ellen show audience

An 11-year-old Edmonton girl has hit the big leagues after a video of her dancing to a Nicki Minaj song went viral, garnering nearly 8 million views.

11-year-old invited to Los Angeles for appearance on show after video of her dancing went viral

Eleven-year-old Taylor Hatala from Edmonton performed her viral hit choreography on the Ellen Degeneres show on Wednesday. (Ellen Degeneres Show)

Its doubtful that 11-year-old Taylor Hatala knew shed be dancing for an international audience of millions when she and her choreographer were filmed dancing along to Nicki Minajs hit songAnaconda last week.

In the video, Taylor and Laurence Kaiwai ooze attitude as they perform for a crowd at Edmontons KORE dance studio.

Since the video was posted to YouTube, it has been viewed nearly eight million times and counting but Taylors rising star didnt stop there.

After the video went viral, she and Kaiwai were invited to Los Angeles to perform their moves on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The studio audience went wild as the pair repeated their sassy performance and they werent the only ones.Television host and radio personality Ryan Seacrest tweeted out his compliments after the show.

Minaj herself shared Taylors video on her own Facebook page last week.