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Safura

About Quick Facts NameSafura Alizadeh Aliyev Born20 September 1992 Nationality🇦🇿 Azerbaijani National SelectionLand Of Fire 2010 In Eurovision2010 Oslo SongDrip Drop (2010) Biography Safura Alizadeh Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Səfurə Əlizadə; born 20 September 1992) is a celebrated Azerbaijani pop singer Safura was born into a family with a rich artistic background; her father is a professional painter, and her mother, a pianist. Demonstrating musical talents from a very young age, Safura made her first stage appearance at six. She was part of children’s bands “Sharg Ulduzlari” and “Bulbullar” and received formal music training in violin and piano at the “Baku Musical School No2.” Additionally, she also learned to play the saxophone. After graduating from school No23 in Baku, she attended the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts, later moving to Sweden to further her career. Safura rose to fame after winning the national contest “Pop Idol” (season 8) in 2009. In 2010, Safura won the Azerbaijani national final, leading her to the Eurovision stage in Oslo, Norway. Her Eurovision journey was supported by a team of professionals, including the song’s writers Anders Bagge, Stefan Örn, and Sandra Bjurman, and the choreography was designed by JaQuel Knight. Her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 marked a significant milestone in her career, where she represented Azerbaijan and secured the 5th place in the final with her song “Drip Drop,” achieving this feat at the tender age of 17. The song “Drip Drop” not only brought her international fame but also charted in several countries, including Germany, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, and Turkey.Following Eurovision, she embarked on a promotional tour across Europe and participated in various music festivals. Safura’s discography includes two albums, “It’s My War” released in 2010, and “Möcüze” released in 2021. The lead single from “It’s My War,” “Drip Drop,” achieved chart success in multiple countries. Another single, “March On,” was released from the same album. Over the years, she has released several singles, including “Tonight” in 2014, “High on Your Love” in 2020, and “L.O.V.E” in 2021. Despite facing challenges, such as terminating a contract with Euteria due to restrictive conditions, Safura has continued to pursue her music career and explore new opportunities. She also became a member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party in 2011. Safura’s personal life includes her marriage to Farhad Aliyev, the son of Azerbaijan’s Minister of Industry and Energy, Natig Aliyev, in 2013. They have three children together, two sons born in 2014 and 2019, and a daughter born in 2017, balancing her personal commitments with her professional achievements. Entries Drip Drop Country🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Year2010 LanguageEnglish LyricsSandra Bjurman MusicStefan ÖrnAnders Bagge BackingsSamantha PowellMarlene StrandAnna BergenholtzJohanna Eriksson DancerDenis Khrystyuk Results Semi Points: 113Position: 2Running order: 7 Results Finals Points: 145Position: 5Running order: 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRAN7AzEKak

Lena Meyer-Landrut

About Quick Facts NameLena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut Born23 May 1991 Nationality🇩🇪 German National SelectionUnser Song Für Deutschland 2011Unser Star Für Oslo 2010 In Eurovision2011 Düsseldorf2010 Oslo SongTaken By A Stranger (2011)Satellite (2010) Biography Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut, widely known as Lena, was born on May 23, 1991, in Hanover, Germany. She is a renowned German singer who catapulted to fame after representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, where she won with the song “Satellite.” This victory marked a significant milestone in her career, as both “Satellite” and her debut album, “My Cassette Player” (2010), debuted at number one in Germany and achieved platinum status. Lena’s rise to fame began when she participated in the talent show “Unser Star für Oslo,” a national competition organized to select Germany’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. Her performances on the show, including her winning song “Satellite,” garnered widespread acclaim and established her as a favorite among the audience. Lena’s success in Eurovision brought her international recognition and set an all-time chart record in Germany, with three of her songs simultaneously occupying the top five positions on the German Singles Chart. Following her Eurovision triumph, Lena continued to build on her success with a series of successful albums. Her subsequent albums, including “Good News” (2011), “Stardust” (2012), “Crystal Sky” (2015), and “Only Love, L” (2019), all achieved significant commercial success, entering the top two of the German Albums Chart. Several singles from these albums, such as “Stardust” and “Wild & Free,” became top ten hits across German-speaking Europe, solidifying her status as one of the best-selling female German artists of the early 2010s. In addition to her music career, Lena has been a prominent figure on television. She has served as a coach on nine seasons of the reality competition series “The Voice Kids” and has been an expert panel member for the Eurovision Song Contest on multiple occasions. In 2017, Lena joined the cast of the fourth season of “Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert,” the German version of “The Best Singers.” The accompanying compilation album from the show topped the Austrian and German Albums Chart. Lena has also ventured into voice acting, lending her voice to characters in various audiobooks and animated films, including “A Turtle’s Tale” (2010), “Tarzan” (2013), “Trolls” (2016), and “Wonder Park” (2019). She has also been a brand ambassador for L’Oréal, promoting their hair coloring and skin care products. On June 16, 2023, Meyer-Landrut released a new single titled “What I Want” from her upcoming sixth studio album. The album, “Loyal to Myself,” is set to be released on May 31, 2024. Prior to the album’s release, she also released the singles “Straitjacket” and the title track. Entries Taken By A Stranger Country🇩🇪 Country Year2011 LanguageEnglish LyricsGus SeyffertNicole MorierMonica Birkenes MusicGus SeyffertNicole MorierMonica Birkenes BackingsNikeata ThompsonGeorgina PhelpAvelina Princess Boateng?? Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: 107Position: 10Running order: 16 https://youtu.be/KqZprvpWlcE?si=TedjwLSYsUjsBIfh Satellite Country🇩🇪 Germany Year2010 LanguageEnglish LyricsJulie Frost MusicJulie FrostJohn Gordon BackingsAnji HinkeCheri KedidaGrace RischMaya Saban Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: 246Position: 1Running order: 22 https://youtu.be/7pL9vdpSvnY?si=1PzTQ3mpXo8vpPEH

Sunstroke Project

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts MembersAnton RagozaSerghei StepanovSerghei Ialoviţki Founded2007 Nationality🇲🇩 Moldovan National SelectionEtapa națională 2023O Melodie Pentru Europa 2017O Melodie Pentru Europa 2015O Melodie Pentru Europa 2010Moldovan National Final 2009 In Eurovision2017 Kyiv2010 Oslo SongHey Mamma! (2017)Run Away (2010, with Olia Tira) Biography SunStroke Project was formed in 2007 by 2 young men from Tiraspol who were doing their military service. Initially it consisted of violinist Anton Ragoza and saxophonist Serghei Stepanov. Anton Ragoza entered the music school at the age of 14. He finished highschool but did not get any higher education, because Anton soon left college and joined the army, where he played in the orchestra. In the army he met the saxophonist Sergei Stepanov. After getting to know each other, the idea of creating a musical band appeared, and its name came about as a result of a funny situation. One summer when the soldiers were doing some work in the fields, the young blond Anton Ragoza got heatstroke, from which he got the name “SunStroke”. After the military service, the band SunStroke Project, together with soloist Pasha Parfeni, played in clubs, especially in Tiraspol and Odesa. Once in Odessa they met MC Mîslic who suggested them to come to Chisinau and try their hand at the Moldovan market. The band easily conquered the Moldovan public, already in 2009 taking the 3rd place in the national preselection for Eurovision with the song “No Crime”. After the departure of Pasha Parfeni from the band, he was replaced by Serghei Ialovițchii from Chisinau, with whom SunStroke Project won the national preselection for the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, together with Olia Tira. The group reached the final and became 22nd there. With the virtuoso performance of the band’s saxophonist (Sergei Stepanov) at Eurovision, he became an internet phenomenon called “Epic Sax Guy”. Remixed clips of his performance have garnered millions of views on YouTube. Several versions of “10 Hours of Epic Sax Guy” have also been created, with the first two most popular of them accumulating 16 million and 10 million views respectively. In 2012, Olia Tira and Sunstroke Project submitted a song to the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. However, the song, “Superman” was not selected. In 2013, the band performed a song in Romanian for the first time, “Ce Bine Imi Pare”. For this song, they teamed up with the Alex Calancea Band. In the same year, the song “Walking in the rain” took the 1st place on the Radio Record chart and became the anthem of the Parapaparam KVN team of MGIMO Moscow. In the same year, a video was shot for the song “Amor”, which was released in English and Spanish. In 2015, Sunstroke Project took part in the national finalof the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song “Day After Day”, but took 3rd place in the final. In August of the same year, the Sunstroke project opened their music label Ragoza Music and released a new song “Not Giving It Up”. In February 2017, they won the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song “Hey, Mamma!”. In the final of the competition, they took 3rd place, which was the best result of Moldova at that time. Upon the return of the team to Moldova, the President of the country presented the highest state awards of Moldova to the members of the group – the Order of Honor, and their producer Dmitry Sergeev – the medal “Civil Merit”. In 2018, the band teamed up with the Swiss group Timebelle to record the song “Tocame”. In February 2019, the founder and violinist Anton Ragoza left the band. Their first recording as a duo was the song “Boomerang”, followed by “Mango”. Although the band released new music, due to COVID19 the new video, containing the song “Pepperoni”, was only released in November 2020. In April 2021, a song in Russian came out, “Beloye”, followed in December by “Netflix & chill”. In 2022, Sunstroke Project had an international tour called the Epic Sunstroke Project Euro Tour. They went to Barcelona, Amsterdam, Turin and Warsaw, mostly for Eurovision related performances. In 2023, the band participated once again in the Moldovan national final with the song “Yummy Mommy” and placed second Entries Hey Mamma! Country🇲🇩 Moldova Year2017 LanguageEnglish LyricsAlina Galeţcaia MusicAnton RagozaSerghei StepanovSerghei IaloviţkiMihail Cebotarenco BackingsCatarina SanduDana MarkitanHelena Abegaz Results Semi Points: 291Position: 2Running order: 12 Results Finals Points: 374Position: 3Running order: 7 https://youtu.be/SWaQdHoCvYk Run Away (with Olia Tira) Country🇲🇩 Moldova Year2010 LanguageEnglish LyricsAlina Galeţcaia MusicAnton RagozaSerghei Stepanov BackingsMaxim VadovVadim Tsurkanunknown dancer Results Semi Points: 52Position: 10Running order: 1 Results Finals Points: 27Position: 22Running order: 4 https://youtu.be/pHXDMe6QV-U