Lea Sirk
© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts Name Lea Sirk Born 01 September 1989 Nationality ???????? Slovenian National Selection EMA 2018 EMA 2010 EMA 2009 In Eurovision 2018 Lisbon Song Hvala, ne! (2018) Biography Lea Sirk is a Slovenian singer. She was born in Koper, Slovenia. Lea Sirk studied flute at the Geneva Conservatory of Music. In 2004, she performed at the festival of FeNS with the song “Kitarist” and a year later with the song “Pustite me živeti”. In 2005, she was awarded the Most Promising Singer Award at the Cologne International Competition for Orchestras and Soloists. Lea became known to the general public through her participation in Season 3 of the Bitke Talentov. After this, the door to all major Slovenian music festivals opened. In 2007 she performed on Melodijah Morja in Sonca, in a duet with Jasno Jug. In 2009 and 2010 she participated in EMA, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2011, she attended the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest as a member of the group Leaparfume, but dropped out after the first appearance. Lea has also sung extensively as a backing vocalist. In 2014 she accompanied Tinkara Kovac at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen and in 2016 ManuElla in Stockholm. She also writes songs herself. Between 2012 and 2014, she sang in the house band of the show Moja Slovenija. In 2014, her debut album “Roža” came out. In 2018, she won EMA and represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon with the song “Hvala, ne!”. In the same year, her 2nd album “2018” was released. In 2021, she took part in the Slovenska popevka festival. Entries Hvala, ne! Country ???????? Slovenia Year 2018 Language Slovenian Lyrics Lea Sirk Music Lea Sirk Tomy Declerque Backings Karin Zemljič Karin Putri Tajda Kožamelj Veronika Škrlj Anja Möderndorfer Results Semi Points: 132 Position: 8 Running order: 17 Results Finals Points: 64 Position: 22 Running order: 3
