Slovenia

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

zalagasper

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts Members Zala Kralj Gašper Šantl Founded 2018 Nationality ???????? Slovenian National Selection EMA 2019 In Eurovision 2019 Tel Aviv Song Sebi (2019) Biography zalagasper (stylized with a small initial) is a Slovenian music duo from Maribor, composed by singer Zala Kralj and multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Gasper Šantl. They have been making music together since 2017. From April 2018 to June 2019, they were known as Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl . Together they released the singles “Valovi” in 2017 and “Baloni” in 2018. Initially, the performer on Youtube was Gasper Šantl, featured by Zala Kralj”, since Zala Kralj was then merely a guest vocalist. Until that time, Šantl worked with other guest vocalists as well. They met through a mutual friend. Since April 2018, they have been performing live as equal members of Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl. Under that name, they have signed a contract with Universal Music Slovenia.In October 2018, they released their third single, “S teboi”. In 2019, they contracted with EMI. They released an EP called “Štiri”. In the same year, Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Sebi”. At the beginning of June 2019, they officially changed their name to “zalagasper”, without capital and diacritics, to make it easier for people to write the name. On June 7, their fifth officially released song and the first in English, “Come to Me,” was published. This was followed by “Signals” in October. As guest performers, together with Ezra, they collaborated on the song “Dream Killers” by the Dravle Records collectiv. In 2020, their first feature album 4 was released. It was followed in 2022 by a second album, “Love letters”. Entries Sebi Country ???????? Slovenia Year 2019 Language Slovenian Lyrics Zala Kralj Gasper Šantl Music Zala Kralj Gasper Šantl Backings – Results Semi Points: 167 Position: 6 Running order: 5 Results Finals Points: 105 Position: 15 Running order: 10