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Kerli

**Kerli Kõiv** ( born 7 February 1987), usually referred to mononymously as **Kerli**, is an Estonian singer and songwriter. Born in Elva, Estonia, Kerli entered multiple singing competitions before being signed to Island Records in 2006 by LA Reid. In 2007, she released her debut self-titled extended play and in 2008, released her debut studio album, *Love Is Dead*, the latter of which charted on the *Billboard* 200. The lead single from the album, "Walking on Air," charted in many countries and was also featured as the iTunes Store's Single of the Week where it was downloaded over 500,000 times, a record at that time. In the years following, Kerli was featured on *Almost Alice* with the song "Tea Party" and she began to abandon her alternative rock sound and started to adopt a more electronic and dance-influenced sound, as can be heard in her 2010 single "Army of Love".

## Discography

### EPs

* *Kerli* (2007)
* *Utopia* (2013)
Aliose

Aliose is a duo of Swiss singer-songwriters , composed of Alizé Oswald and Xavier Michel. He released two studio albums self-produced: Aliose in 2009 and the tide turned in 2012, and then double CD album and live DVD Aliose public in 2013. Aliose is long as a significant representative of the song speaking Swiss.

The duo signed a contract with Warner Music France in early 2016 and released a five-title EP . At the same time, Aliose joins the Live Nation Entertainment turner.
Iceland in the Europa Song Contest 8

* Hildur Stefánsdóttir

Iceland took part in the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The country was represented by Hildur with the song "Water". The entry was be selected via the national selection of the country. The song got the TBD place in the final with TBD points.

## Before ESC

On July 12, RÚV announced that the country planned an national selection.

### Final

The Qualifiers for the Superfinal were BRÍET with the song "In Too Deep" and Hildur with "Water".

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## At ESC

   At the allocation draw, Iceland was drawn to perform in the second half of the first semi-final. Later, the country was placed to perform in the 17th position, performing after France and before Belarus. During the results of the semi-final, Iceland was announced as the TBD qualifier. Following the results of the second semi-final and the completion of the final line-up, the running order of the final was revealed with Iceland performing TBD, following TBD and preceding TBD. The country achieved the TBD place with a total of TBD points–TBD points from the televoting and TBD points from the jury. Following the final results, it was revealed that Hilur had placed TBD in the semi-final with a total of TBD points.

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by RÚV. George was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. TBD was the spokesperson that announced the Icelandic voting in the final.

### **Points awarded to Iceland**

Points Awarded to Iceland (Semi-final 1)
 12 points

Points Awarded to Iceland (Final)
 12 points

### **Split Voting Results**

The following five members comprised the Icelandic jury:

* Selma Björnsdóttir - actor, singer
* Hilmar Guðjónsson - actor
* Björn Hlynur Haraldsson - actor, director
* Thor Kristjansson - voice actor
* Sara Pétursdóttir - singer, songwriter, presenter of the fifth edition, Icelandic representative in the sixth edition

## See also

* Iceland in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 8
Head of Delegations

**Heads of Delegations** are the people appointed by each public broadcaster taking part in the Europa Song Contest. This person is the European Broadcasting Union's contact person and the leader of his/her delegation, which includes the Head of Press, performers, song writers, composers, backing vocalists and other people.

Traditionally, the delegation head visits the Heads of Delegation meeting, where everyone is being informed on the upcoming North Vision Song Contest and where the draw for the running order takes place.

## Members

Each broadcaster appoints his own head of delegation. That person can be changed through the editions. However, a head of delegation cannot be changed if the person has been appointed as the head for less than three editions unless the country withdraws.

### **Current members**

The list of the current heads of delegations of the participating countries along with their co-heads of delegation, in case the country has one.
Lola Indigo

Mimi Doblas (born in Granada, Spain on 1 April 1992) also known as Lola Indigo is a Spanish singer, famous for her hit "Ya No Quiero Ná",

## Career

### 2017-Fama Revolution/Operación Triunfo

Mimi Doblas, is known for her participation in Fama Revolution and Operación Triunfo 2017, announced through social networks that her music was close by, this publication indicated that she would not be alone in the project and that she would be surrounded by a body of dancers with what would be completed.

### 2018-Europa Song Contest

On 3 July 2018, the title of their first single, "Ya No Quiero Ná" was announced and Mimi Doblas send her first single in the Cançó per a Andorra. In the National selection came first with 137 points 14 points ahead the runner-up Blas Cantó. In the Contest she was draw to perform in the second half of the grand final.
Mihaela Marinova

**Mihaela Marinova** (Михаела Маринова, born 7 May 1998) is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter mostly known from her participation in the 2014 season of Bulgarian X Factor where she finished in third place. Later in 2015 her debut single become the most played song on Bulgarian radio and television.

## Discography

List of singles as main artist
 "Stapka napred" (Step forward) | 2015
 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Iceland in the Europa Song Contest 9

Iceland took part in the ninth edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in TBD.

## Before ESC

On September 1, RÚV confirmed their participation in the ninth edition. They also revealed that preparations for the national selection are already underway and they are currently approaching artists to participate in the selection and therefore represent the country in the ninth edition.

## Söngvakeppnin 5

**Söngvakeppnin 5** was the fifth edition of the Icelandic music competition that selected Iceland's entry for the Europa Song Contest 9. The winner was decided through a 50/50 combination of votes from national, international jury members and a public SMS vote. On 12 September, it was revealed that Kaleo will represent Iceland in the ninth edition.

### Final

The Winner was TBD with an amount of TBD points TBD points margin from the runner up "TBD".

## At ESC

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by RÚV. The Hod of the country will be the commentators for all the semi-finals and final, and TBD was the spokesperson that announced the Icelandic voting in the final.

### **Points awarded to Iceland**

Points Awarded to Iceland (Semi-final)
 12 points

Points Awarded to Iceland (Final)
 12 points

## See also

* Iceland in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 9

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Loïc Nottet

**Loïc Nottet** (born 10 April 1996) is a Belgian singer, who finished second in the third season of *The Voice Belgique* in 2014 and represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 which was held in Vienna, Austria, where he placed 4th with 217 points.

### 2016-present: *Debut studio album*

Nottet's single "Million Eyes", part of his first album, was released on 27 October 2016. The video was filmed on 5 October 2016. The album is expected to be released in spring 2017. Nottet announced the album would feature a concept, different characters and several music videos. The song charted at number 2 on the Wallonia Ultratop chart and number 58 in France.
Jelena Karleuša

* Singer
* fashion designer

**Jelena Karleuša Tošić** (Јелена Карлеуша Тошић; born 17 August 1978), professionally known under her maiden name **Jelena Karleuša**, is a Serbian pop singer.
She rose to fame as a new pop star with her debut album *Ogledalce* (1995 Turbo-Folk Album), and has since gained popularity in the former Yugoslavia. In 1999 she released *Gili, gili* which dabbled with pop sound and changed Karleuša’s music style. Album *Diva* was released in 2012(Pop Album) becoming one of the most successful albums in Serbia, according to her PR team. She held two big concerts: *All About Diva Show* (Beogradska arena, 2010 and *Viva la Diva Show* (Belgrade Ušće, 2013).
In 2006, Karleuša launched her own fashion brand, named *JK Wear*. The collection included dresses and other accessories.

In 2010, she was guest star on the reality show *Big Brother All Stars VP* for two days. The same year, it was rumored Karleuša would start her political career, as she openly supported the ideas of Zoran Đinđić and Čedomir Jovanović.

However, years later, in 2015, Karleuša accused Kim Kardashian of copying her fashion style, but person witch style she was copyed the most was Katarina Jovanović citing several outfits that were similar. Recently *The Wendy Williams Show* also showed Beyoncé wearing very similar looks that Karleuša had worn previously.

In September 2015, Karleuša became a member of the jury in the singing talent show program "Zvezde Granda".
Georgia

**National Final**
* **Sakartvelo Gadatsqvets**
* #09

**Internal Selection**
* #04–#05, #08

**Georgia** debuted in the fourth edition of Europa Song Contest.

## Contestants & Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Did not compete or was disqualified*
     *Did not qualify from the heats*
Francesca Michielin

**Francesca Michielin** (born 25 February 1995) is an Italian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame after winning the fifth series of the Italian talent show *X Factor*. Her first single, "Distratto", debuted atop the Italian FIMI Top Digital Downloads chart and was certified double platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Michielin's debut studio album, *Riflessi di me*, was released in October 2012, preceded by the single "Sola".

She also appeared as a featured artist on Italian rapper Fedez's singles "Cigno nero" and "Magnifico", both of which achieved commercial success in Italy. Michielin's second top-ten solo single in Italy was "L'amore esiste", which preceded the album *di20* in 2015. Her second studio set was re-released in February 2016, including the track "Nessun grado di separazione", which placed second in the 66th Sanremo Music Festival and topped the Italian singles chart. She represented San Marino in the Europa Song Contest 3.

## Early life

Michielin was born in Bassano del Grappa, to Vanna Moro and Tiziano Michielin. She has an older brother, Filippo. Her first approach with playing music came studying piano, and she later started studying bass too. At the age of fourteen, she started singing in her hometown's gospel choir. Thanks to her brother, she developed an interest in rock music, and she later focused on artists like Bon Iver, Jeff Buckley and Damien Rice. After listening to Adele's debut album *19*, Michielin also started writing her own songs, composing musics with piano.

## Music career

### 2015–18: *di20*, Sanremo Music Festival and Europa Song Contest

In April 2014, Michielin confirmed she was working on new material. The single "L'amore esiste", produced by Fortunato Zampaglione and Michele Canova, was released on 6 March 2015, to precede her second studio album, *di20*. The song achieved commercial success, entering the top ten of the Italian FIMI Top Digital chart, and received the "Lunezia Pop Award" during the summer of 2015. "L'amore esiste" was followed by "Battito di ciglia", released on 10 July 2015, and "Lontano", released on 25 September 2015. To launch *di20*, Michielin performed at the Unicredit Pavilion in Milan on 21 October 2015, four days before the official releas of the album.

In January 2016, Michielin also embarked on her first concert tour, titled Nice to Meet You. A live extended play was recorded during the show and released to digital stores only on 30 January 2016. During the following month, she competed in the 66th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song "Nessun grado di separazione". The song placed second in the competition, behind Stadio's "Un giorno mi dirai". After The success in Sanremo Music Festival the San Marinese TV select Michielin as the san marinese entry for the 3rd edition of the European competition. Michielin's entry was "Almeno Tu". During the final, she placed 25th in a field of 26.

On April 2018, The italian broadcaster announce that the Country will represented by Francesca Michielin with the song "Vulcano". Italy perform in the first semi-final in the 13th place.
Heads of Delegations

**Heads of Delegations** are the people appointed by each public broadcaster taking part in the Europa Song Contest. This person is the European Broadcasting Union's contact person and the leader of his/her delegation, which includes the Head of Press, performers, song writers, composers, backing vocalists and other people.

Traditionally, the delegation head visits the Heads of Delegation meeting, where everyone is being informed on the upcoming Europa Song Contest and where the draw for the running order takes place.
Iveta Mukuchyan

**Iveta Mukuchyan** (born 14 October 1986) is an Armenian singer, songwriter, model and actress. Born in Yerevan, she moved to Hamburg, Germany in 1992. In 2009, Mukuchyan returned to Armenia and auditioned for the fourth season of talent competition *Hay Superstar*, where she came in fifth place. In 2012, she auditioned for the second season of *The Voice of Germany*. In the same year *El Style* magazine named her "Sexiest Armenian".

In June 2017, Mukuchyan represented Armenia at the Europa Song Contest 3 with the song "Amena" and finished in TBA place in the final.

## Early life

Iveta Mukuchyan was born in Yerevan, Armenia (then part of the Soviet Union) on 14 October 1986. She went to kindergarten in Yerevan. Her family moved to Germany in 1992. She went to school in Germany and from 1998 to 2006, she attended the Catholic Sankt-Ansgar-Schule in Hamburg. She returned to Armenia in 2009 as she says by "parents' advice" and stayed in her home country despite all the difficulties she had. Mukuchyan started studying jazz-vocal at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. She has a sister, Marianna, who is a stylist.

## Career

### 2009–14: *Hay Superstar* & *The Voice of Germany*

In 2009, Mukuchyan auditioned for the fourth season of talent competition *Hay Superstar* (Armenian version of the *Pop Idol*), where she came in fifth place. In 2010, Mukuchyan received the Discovery of the Year award at the Armenia Awards, which was held in Moscow, Russia.

In 2012, she participated on the second season of *The Voice of Germany* reality talent show. She performed Loreen's "Euphoria". She was chosen by Xavier Naidoo to be part of his team. Mukuchyan was the winning contestant from Naidoo's team in the second phase of the contest, where the participants sang "Many Rivers to Cross". In December 2012, *El Style* named her "Sexiest Armenian" and featured her on the magazine's cover. In the same year Mukuchyan was featured in record producer Lazzaro's single "Freak", which gained wide reaction in Armenian media. In 2014, Lazzaro released another single titled "Summer Rain", which again features vocals by Mukuchyan.

### Europa Song Contest 3

In June 2017, Mukuchyan released the single "Simple like a Flower", along with a music video. In the same month Public Television of Armenia announced that Mukuchyan will represent Armenia at Europa Song Contest 3 in Malmö, Sweden. The song "Amena", composed by Iveta Mukuchyan, Narek Hovsepyan and Artyom Manukyan, was announced as the Armenian entry on 14 June 2017. Mukuchyan premiered the song along with a music video on 17 June 2017.

## Discography

### EPs

List of extended plays with selected album details
* Label: Sister Jack Records
* Format: Digital download

### Singles

#### As lead artist

 "Ari Yar"
 "Simple Like A Flower"

#### As featured artist

 "Dashterov"(Aram MP3 featuring Iveta Mukuchyan) | 2017
Iselin

* Folk rock
* Folk pop
* synth-pop
* electro-pop
* Singer
* songwriter
* Jesper Borgen
* Alan Walker

**Iselin Løken Solheim** (born 20 June 1990), known mononymously as **Iselin**, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She is known for her vocals in Alan Walker's singles "Faded" and "Sing Me to Sleep".

## Career

Iselin Løken Solheim was born in Naustdal, located in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway and started singing at a young age. In 2007 she participated in the Norwegian version of Pop Idol named *Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne*, where she placed in the top 40. In 2009, after high school she attended Skiringssal Folkehøgskule in Sandefjord, where she mainly studied music and then began writing her own songs. In 2010, she attended The Institute for Performing Arts in Liverpool, where she studied *Popularize Music & Sound Technology*. Here she developed as an artist and performer, starting with new projects and cultivating her own sounds.

After returning to Norway from the United Kingdom, Bisi Music signed her immediately. She then released her well-received debut single "What's Happening", which received wide airplay and was selected *Song of the Week* for the national radio station Radio Norge. At that time Solheim met Jesper Borgen together with her former manager Hilde Wahl from Bisi Music to test out a new partnership. They later on wrote the text, melody and produced the song "The Wizard of Us" together.

In late 2015 and early 2016, her vocals were uncredited on Alan Walker's EDM songs "Faded" and "Sing Me to Sleep".

In 2018, she released her new single, "Bathtub".

## Discography

### Singles

#### As lead artist

 "Giants"
 "Listen"

### Other songs

 "Crazy Town" (featuring Jesper Borgen) | 2012

### Music videos

* Rikkard Häggbom
* Tobias Häggbom
 "Giants"
Kraantje Pappie

**Kraantje Pappie** is a Dutch hip hop artist and television presenter . He is best known for its unique, often off-beat and exaggerated style of rapping. Van der Zouwen has a contract with the hip-hop label, Noah's Ark and that so far six albums and several EPs and singles released.

### Europa Song Contest

Dutch broadcaster (AVROTOS) announce on 21 May 2017 that Netherlands will represented by Kraantje Pappie with the song "Pompen" in Odenberg, Germany.
Gaia

**Gaia Gozzi**, best known mononymously as **Gaia**, is an Italian-Brazilian singer. She represent San Marino at the sixth edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Dnipro, Ukraine, with the song "Fotogramas" and finished at 21st place in the Final with 141 points.

## At Europa Song Contest 6

Gaia was selected via the San Marinese national selection Una canzone per San Marino 01 to represent San Marino in Europa Song Contest 6 with the song "Fotogramas". San Marino was draw to compete in the first semi final.
Mariette Hansson

**Mariette Petra Carola Hansson** (born 23 January 1983), sometimes credited as **MaryJet** or simply **Mariette**, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Hansson participated in Sikta mot stjärnorna *(Swedish pre-selection for European Soundmix Show)* in 1999 imitating singer Amanda Marshall. She is perhaps best known for participating in Idol 2009 which was broadcast in TV4. A year later, Hansson was announced as "homo of the year" at the QX Gaygala in Stockholm.

In 2013 she played guitar in Magnus Ugglas band during his show "Magnus Den Store" at Hamburger Börs in Stockholm. In 2014 she toured along with Ace Wilder who placed second in Melodifestivalen 2014, the Swedish pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Mariette Hansson participated as a solo singer in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "Don’t Stop Believing", in the second semifinal. She qualified for the final in Friends Arena, eventually reaching the third place in the contest.

She participated in Melodifestivalen 2 with the song "A Million Years". She qualified to the final on 24 May 2017 where she placed first and represent Sweden in the second edition of the Europa Song Contest in Oldenburg, Germany.

## Discography

### Studio albums

* Label: Solid Union
* Formats: CD, digital download

### Extended plays

* Label: Solid Union
* Formats: CD, digital download

### Singles

 "Forever"
 "My Revolution"
 "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Greece

**Greece** debuted in the first edition of Europa Song Contest. Greece has participated in the Europa Song Contest seven times. Best position being 1st, achieving this at the Europa Song Contest 3 and host to contest in Thessaloniki at Europa Song Contest 4.

## Contestants & Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Did not compete or was disqualified*
     *Did not qualify from the heats*
Jillionaire

* Producer
* DJ
* Mad Decent
* Feel Up Records
* Major Lazer
* DJ Snake

**Christopher Leacock**, better known by his stage name **Jillionaire**, is a Trinidadian DJ and music producer. He is better known for being a member of the American electronic music group Major Lazer, along with Diplo and Walshy Fire. In 2014 he released then EP *Fresh* along with Salvatore Ganacci on the Universal Music label.

Jillionaire is credited with creating a unique mix of indie dance and big room house together with the Caribbean rhythms of dancehall and soca. In 2010 he performed at New Zealand's WOMAD Festival. In 2011, he joined the EDM group Major Lazer, along with Walshy Fire.

## Major Lazer

Major Lazer was originally started by both DJ Switch and Diplo. In 2011 they decided to part ways. Since then, Jillionaire and Walshy Fire have replaced Switch. They have released two studio albums and one EP: *Free the Universe*, *Apocalypse Soon* and *Peace Is the Mission*.

## Additional work

Jillionaire has contributed to several artists: Salvatore Ganacci on his EP *Fresh*, with Swick on *Ants Nests* featuring T.O.K, and with Phat Deuce on *FI DI GAL DEM* featuring Mr. Lexx. He hasa SoundCloud account where he has uploaded most of his solos and contributions.

## Discography

### Singles

* Jillionaire and Salvatore Ganacci featuring Sanjin – "Fresh" (2014)
Iowa

**IOWA** is a Belarusian music group (trio).

IOWA is named after the album Iowa by the band Slipknot.

In 2008, vocalist Ekaterina Ivanchikova sang in the musical *The Prophet* by Ilya Oleynikov.

IOWA was formed in 2009 in Mahilyow. In 2010, after a series of concerts in St. Petersburg, the group decided to move to St. Petersburg, where the band members live today. The band's producer is Oleg Baranov.

## External links

* Official team site IOWA
* Iowa on Yandex. Music
* Page group site RU TV channel
* YouTube channel
Combat Girl

## Combat Girl

### Tier

6

 Description

(To be filled)

## Abilities

* **Venom**

Dead forces carry poisonous mucus, causing a horrible large range of injuries.

* **Plague**

Spread plague gas, weaken enemy's attack/defense, increase damage to firepower.

* **Fury**

Furious dead breaks through obstructions and randomly attacks enemies.

* **Bloodthirsty**

Excited dead significantly improves its attack and defense.
Måns Zelmerlöw

**Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw** (born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer and television presenter. He took part in *Idol 2005*, eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of *Let's Dance,* and scored a hit with his 2007 song "Cara Mia", which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen. Zelmerlöw was the host of *Allsång på Skansen* from 2011 to 2013. He participated in Melodifestivalen in 2007, 2009 and won in 2015. Zelmerlöw represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Heroes", winning the contest with 365 points. Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm.

## Early life and education

Born in Lund, Måns Zelmerlöw is the son of Birgitta Sahlén, a professor at Lund University, and surgeon Sven-Olof Zelmerlöw. Zelmerlöw studied music in high school in Lund and was part of a school choir project. In 2002, he played one of the brothers in the musical *Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat* at Slagthuset in Malmö.

## Personal life

Zelmerlöw has one younger sister, fanny. He most enjoys padel, football, tennis and golf.

On 26 December 2004, Zelmerlöw and his family survived the Indian Ocean earthquake while on vacation in Khao Lak, Thailand.

In March 2014, while a guest on Swedish cooking show Pluras kök, Zelmerlöw commented that he considered homosexuality an avvikelse. On the show, he said he did not think there was anything wrong with homosexuality, but that it is not natural biologically, since it does not lead to reproduction. He later apologised repeatedly for his remarks, claiming that they were a miscommunication. After his Melodifestivalen win a year later, the incident came under international media scrutiny, prompting members of gay, Swedish and Eurovision media to come to Zelmerlöw's defence. He later said that "if I got that feeling" he would date a man.

Between 2008 and 2011, he was in a relationship with the Swedish singer and model Marie Serneholt, a former member of the Swedish pop band A-Teens. In 2016, Zelmerlöw began dating English actress Ciara Janson and they later announced their engagement. In December 2017, Zelmerlöw announced that they were expecting a child together. A few weeks later, he confirmed that the child would be a baby boy. The couple lives in London. On May 25, 2018, he announced via social media that Ciara had given birth to their son, Albert.
Malo'

**Malory Legardinier** (born 1994), known professionally as **Malo'**, is a French/Australian singer and songwriter. He was born in Caen. Malory studied at Barrenjoey High School.

## Career

Malo' released his debut studio album *Be / Être* on 23 June 2017. The album peaked at number 167 on the French Albums Chart. On 29 December 2017, Malo' was confirmed as the first artist competing in *Destination Eurovision* the national final organised by France 2 to select France's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. He performed during the first semi-final which was filmed on 8 January 2018 and aired on 13 January 2018. He performed a cover of "Wasting My Young Years" by London Grammar and his Eurovision song "Ciao". He progressed to the Final after finishing third in the semi-final. Results in the semi-final were determined by a Francophone jury panel and an international jury panel. The final aired live on 27 January 2018. In the final, he placed seventh with the international juries but placed second with the French public, meaning he finished third overall behind Lisandro Cuxi and winners Madame Monsieur.

## Discography

### Albums

 *Be / Être* | * Released: 23 June 2017
* Label: Sony Music Entertainment
* Format: Digital download, CD
List of Europa Song Contest presenters

This list includes those who have acted as **presenters of the Europa Song Contest**. Since the first edition the host broadcaster appointed one or more people as the presenters of the edition.

## Presenters born outside of the host country

Some of the presenters selected by the host broadcaster were not born in the host country but in another one and were selected either because they work there or because they have origins from the country. Those are listed below in alphabetical order.

* Anke Engelke, born in Canada.
* Tamta, born in Georgia.

## Presenters who competed in the contest

Some of the presenters also competed in the contest, either before or after the edition they hosted. The presenters who also competed in the contest are listed below in alphabetical order.

* Glowie, competed alongside with ILL Blu in the sixth edition.
* Greta Salóme, competed in the fifth edition.

* Måns Zelmerlöw, represented Sweden in the first edition.
* Seka Aleksić, represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fourth edition.
* Tamta, represented Greece in the first edition and Cyprus in the sixth edition.

## See also

* List of countries in the Europa Song Contest
* List of Europa Song Contest winners
* List of host cities of the Europa Song Contest
* List of languages in the Europa Song Contest
Martin Solveig

**Martin Picandet** (born 22 September 1976), better known by his stage name **Martin Solveig**, is a French DJ, singer, songwriter and record producer. He hosts a weekly radio show called *C'est La Vie* on radio stations worldwide, including Radio FG in his homeland. His label is called Mixture Stereophonic. Solveig had been ranked number 29 in the 2011 *DJ Mag*. He has collaborated with Dragonette, Kele of Bloc Party, and Madonna.

## Early life

As a child, Martin Solveig joined the choir of The Paris Boys Choir also known in France as Les petits chanteurs de Sainte-Croix de Neuilly, where he had a classical music training and became soprano soloist under the direction of François Polgár. At the age of 18, he became a DJ and then started to work in famous Parisian nightclubs: L'Enfer, Le Queen, Les Bains Douches.
Lost Frequencies

**Felix De Laet** (born 30 November 1993), known by his stage name **Lost Frequencies**, is a Belgian DJ and record producer. He is best known for his singles "Are You with Me" in 2014 and "Reality" in 2015.

## Background

### Name origin

The name "Lost Frequencies" was first used when De Laet had used old songs, which he calls 'lost frequencies' to make remixes when he started the project.

## Career

### 2014–15: "Are You with Me"

In 2014, Lost Frequencies made a remix of country artist Easton Corbin's "Are You with Me". The song had originally appeared in Corbin's second studio album, *All Over the Road*, but had not been released as a single. Lost Frequencies remixed the song and uploaded it to SoundCloud. Armada Music A&R, and founder of The Bearded Man label, Marwen Tlili discovered the record and subsequently signed it. The official release was on 27 October 2014. The track topped Belgium's Ultratop chart on 15 November 2014, reaching number two in the Walloon chart as well. In 2015, the single peaked the top of the charts of Australia and Austria. It was also charted in several countries in Europe, reaching the top 10 in Finland, France, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Sweden and Turkey.

### 2016: Less Is More

On 3 June 2016, Lost Frequencies released a single, "Beautiful Life", featuring Sandro Cavazza, which is the lead single for his debut studio album. He announced on Twitter that he planned to release the album in September 2016. On September 8, he remixed a Major Lazer song "Cold Water" featuring Justin Bieber. He released his debut studio album titled *Less Is More* on 21 October 2016. It includes his massive hit "Are You with Me" as well as follow-up singles "Reality", "Beautiful Life", "What Is Love 2016" and "All Or Nothing" ft. Axel Ehnström. They are soon joining The Chainsmokers on tour in May and June 2017. *Less Is More* was shortlisted by IMPALA (The Independent Music Companies Association) for the Album of the Year Award 2016, which rewards on a yearly basis the best album released on an independent European label.
Indigo

**Indigo**, is a Serbian-Croatian band. They represented Serbia at the sixth edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Dnipro, Ukraine, with the song "Utopija" and finished at 16th place in the first Semi-final with 99 points.

## At Europa Song Contest 6

Indigo were internaly selected to represent Serbia in Europa Song Contest 6 with the song "Utopija". Serbia was draw to compete in the first semi final.
Goca Tržan

**Gordana Marinković** (née **Tržan**), known as **Goca Tržan** (Гоца Тржан) is a popular Serbian-Bosnian singer. She was born on July 8, 1974, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). She was raised in the Novi Beograd municipality, and lived there until her 18th birthday.

## Musical background

Her music is typically pop with some Balkan ethnological influences. In 2001, she collaborated with Macedonian singer Toše Proeski to record the track *1,200 milja* which became an instant hit in the Serbian language. On the actual *Želim da se promenim* album, the track appears twice; it is also the final track in which the duo perform the song in the Macedonian language (1,200 mili).

Tržan famously held a concert to which one fanatic male admirer purchased every ticket making him the only spectator; this was something unknown to her until she arrived on stage somewhat curious as to why the arena was (virtually) empty. She is also a singer of the Serbian pop group Tap 011.

## Family life

She was the first child of parents Rosa and Anton. Her father is Slovene, explaining the surname *Tržan*. She has a younger brother, Andrej, who was born in 1977. On 27 January 2007, Tržan married Ivan Marinković. Upon marriage, she took the name Marinković, but continued to perform under her former name in relation to her music. On May 23, 2007, she gave birth to a girl Lena. Goca and Ivan got divorced in 2011.
Lena

**Lena Johanna Therese Meyer-Landrut** known professionally as **Lena**, is a German singer-songwriter. With three songs, Meyer-Landrut set an all-time chart record in her home country by debuting with three songs in the top five of the German singles chart. Both "Satellite" and her first album *My Cassette Player* debuted at number one in Germany, while the former has been certified double Platinum since, the album has been certified five times Gold for sales of over 500,000 units.

## Early life

Lena Meyer-Landrut was born in Hanover, Germany. She is the granddaughter of Andreas Meyer-Landrut, the Estonian-born West German ambassador to the Soviet Union in Moscow from 1980 to 1983 and 1987 to 1989 and Hanna Karatsony von Hodos who was of Hungarian nobility. She grew up as an only child, and started taking dancing lessons at the age of five; initially doing ballet and later practising various modern styles, including hip-hop and jazz dance. Meyer-Landrut grew fond of singing and appeared as an extra in a number of German television series; however she never received any formal acting or vocal training. In June 2010 she graduated from IGS Roderbruch Hannover, a comprehensive school, receiving her Abitur diploma.

## Singles

### Other charted songs

 "A Million And One"
 "Mama Told Me"
 "Satellite" (Rockabilly Version) (with Stefan Raab) | 24
 2013
July Jones

**July Jones** is a Slovene-British singer.

### Europa Song Contest 2

Slovenian broadcaster (RTV SLO) announce on 26 May 2017 that Slovenia will represented by July Jones featuring an American DJ 1991 with the song "Heartstrings" in Odenberg, Germany.

### Europa Song Contest 4

Slovenian broadcaster (RTV SLO) announce on 4 March 2018 that Slovenia will represented by July Jones with the song "Jump In The Water" in Thessaloniki, Greece.
HRVY

* Universal
* Capitol
* Stylo G
* Redfoo

**Harvey Leigh Cantwell** (born 28 January 1999), also known by his stage name **HRVY**, is an English singer and television presenter. He was a presenter on BBC's *Friday Download* on CBBC from Series 7 to Series 9.. He plays the role of Miles in the web series Chicken Girls on the Brats YouTube channel.

## Career

In his teenage years, Cantwell was encouraged by friends to upload videos of his performances to Facebook, and in 2013, with the help of manager Blair Dreelan, ex-lead singer of the boyband East 17, he was soon performing live and quickly signed with Universal Music. HRVY's first single, "Thank You", was released in late 2013. Among promotional tours, appearances, single releases and other pop star activities, Cantwell appeared occasionally as a guest presenter on BBC television show *Friday Download*, Then as a full-time host in 2016. He regularly uploaded videos to his YouTube channel, including frequent cover songs and collaborations with other pop stars.
In 2017, he released his two EPs, *Holiday* EP and *Talk To Ya* EP, which included the singles "Phobia" and "Personal" amongst other tracks.
Despite wide social media presence and publicity the album failed to break into the top 50 in the UK. On April 25th, 2018, HRVY delivered his single, "Hasta Luego", featuring Cuban-American singer, Malu Trevejo. Within just a week, the song gained over 7 million views on YouTube and easily became one of his biggest hits to date.
GJan

**Greta Jančytė** (born 24 April 1995) better known by her stage name **GJan** is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter.

## Career

### 2010–11: Second Riot career and departure

From 2010 to 2011 Greta performed in the Lithuanian rock group Second Riot. They released two songs, "Memories" and "Stalk". In the summer of 2011 Greta left the band due to disagreements with the other group members.

### 2012–14: Solo career beginnings and a one-year break

In October 2011, GJan published a cover of Katy Perry's song "E.T." on her YouTube channel. Later, on April 9, 2012 she released her first solo single "Not Afraid". On December 2, 2012 she released the song "Tattoo". She became known for her videos on YouTube. Her first hit single "Not Afraid" got more than 4 million views, followed by her second big hit "Tattoo" that received over 2 million views. Her third single "Need Your Love" was released on May 12, 2013. On November 17, 2013 she released the song "Now You". In 2012, GJan was nominated for the Best Music Video Award at M.A.M.A. awards, but lost to Jurga Šeduikytė. The following year, the singer was nominated for the Best Female Act at the same M.A.M.A. awards. In 2014, she took a year break to successfully graduate school. During the time, no new songs were put out.

### 2015–present: Debut album

The single cover for her next single, "Nobody Around", was released on March 28 on GJan's official Facebook page. On April 11, 2015 GJan announced that her new single titled "Nobody Around" would be released on April 13, and also teased an acoustic version of "One More Drink" through her Instagram page. The day after release, April 14, "Nobody Around" reached number 1 on the Lithuanian iTunes chart. The song was used in a commercial for "Active O2" water in Germany.
The single cover for her next single, "One More Drink", was released on July 23 on GJan's official Facebook page. She released the song, accompanied by a music video, on July 26. On August 4, 2015 "One More Drink" became available on iTunes.
On November 26, GJan announced her next song, "Gossip", on her Facebook page and shared the single cover, which had been painted by the singer herself. The song was subsequently released on December 1 on various platforms.

## Discography

### Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions
 "Gossip"
 "Wild"

### Promotional singles

 2013
 "Now You"

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and directors
 "Need Your Love"
 "One More Drink"
 "Wild"
 "Wasn't Easy"
Israel

**Former members**
* **#01:** IBA

**Israel** debuted in the first edition of Europa Song Contest.

## Contestants & Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Did not compete or was disqualified*
     *Did not qualify from the heats*
Morocco in the Europa Song Contest 3

Morocco took part in the third edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Malmö. The country was represented by Ahmed Chawki with the song "Tsunami". The entry was be selected via the broadcaster of the country. The song got the 19th place in the semi-final with zero points.

## Before ESC

It was announced that the entrant would be revealed, together with her song, on June 23.

### Internal Selection

On June 23 2017, the Moroccan entrant was selected. It was chosen that Ahmed Chawki would represent Morocco with the single "Tsunami".

## At ESC

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by SNRT. Basil was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Samira Said was the spokesperson that announced the Moroccan voting in the final.

### **Voting**

#### See also

* Moorocco in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 3
Kali

**Galina Dimitrova Ivanova** (in Bulgarian: Галина Димитрова Иванова), known professionally as Kali (in Bulgarian: Кали) is a Bulgarian singer. She was born on October 1975 in Sofia. She has 3 children. She's best known for her 1998 song "4-4-2" . It was a huge hit in the country due to Bulgaria's first appearance in the FIFA World Cup since 1994. Ivanova explained that the idea of the song was to give a motivational push to the Bulgarian team, and openly dislikes it. Kali has 7 studio albums, 1 duet album and 1 compilation album, all under different labels. She is signed with Payner since 2010.
Janieck

**Janieck van de Polder** (born 24 April 1994), better known by his stage name **Janieck Devy** or just the mononym **Janieck**, is a Dutch singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Pluk in the 2004 film *Tow Truck Pluck* and the single "Reality" by Lost Frequencies, in which he took the melody, guitar, vocals and lyrics into account.

## Early life

Van de Polder was born on June 24, 1994 in Noordwijk, Netherlands. He learned to play the guitar while waiting for the film set and wrote melodies and lyrics for his friends band Lost Fox, as well as made his own songs. At the age of 14, he wrote his first song he ever recorded titled "A Better Man".

#### Non-charted singles

* 2012: "Six String Thing" [SBV Music Entertainment]
* 2013: "Inspire Me" [SBV Music Entertainment]
* 2014: "Better Man" [SBV Music Entertainment]
* 2015: "Reality" (Lost Frequencies featuring Janieck Devy) [The Bearded Man (Armada)]
* 2015: "Drifting" (Sascha Braemer featuring Janieck Devy) [WhatIPlay Records]
* 2015: "Don't Give Up On Us"
* 2016: "Feel the Love" (Sam Feldt Edit) (as Janieck) [Spinnin' Records]
* 2016: "Madison" (Alle Farben featuring Janieck) [Ultra]
* 2017: "Just Wanna Be with You" (as Janieck) [Spinnin' Premium]
* 2017: "Little Hollywood" (as Janieck, with Alle Farben) [Synesthesia Recordings]

## Filmography

Credits adapted from IMDb; sorted by year.

* *Tow Truck Pluck* (2004) - Pluk
* *Crusade in Jeans* (2006) - Pepin
* *My Queen Karo* (2009) - Punkjongen
Laura Tesoro

**Laura Tesoro** (born 19 August 1996 in Antwerp) is a Belgian singer and actress. She represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "What's the Pressure". Tesoro is also known for portraying Charlotte on the Flemish soap opera *Familie*, and placing second on season three of *The Voice van Vlaanderen*.

## Biography

### 1996–2014: Early life and career beginnings

Tesoro was born on 19 August 1996 in Antwerp to an Italian father and a Belgian mother. She had her first acting role in the Flemish crime drama *Witse* as Evy Cuypers in 2008, and went on to perform in musicals such as *Annie* and *Domino*. She performed at Ketnetpop in 2009. From 2012 to 2014, she appeared as Charlotte in *Familie*, a love interest to Guido. In 2014 she appeared in season three of *The Voice van Vlaanderen*, where she ended up as the runner-up. Throughout her time on the show, she was a member of Team Koen. She released her debut single "Outta Here" the same year, which peaked at number 23 on the Flemish singles chart.
Malu Trevejo

**María Luisa "Malu" Trevejo** (born October 15, 2002) is a Cuban-Spanish social media personality, dancer and singer-songwriter based in Miami, United States. She initially rose to fame as an avid Instagram user having more than 5 million followers on the app and Musical.ly user with 2 million fans on the app before gaining a following as a singer. On September 22, 2017, she released her debut single "Luna Llena" through Universal Music Latin. This song has acquired over 50 million views. Not long after, she released another single "En Mi Mente" which has almost 10 million views.

In April, 2018 she featured in a collaboration with upcoming English pop singer HRVY called "Hasta Luego" which already has over 5.4 million views.
Máddji

**Ánne Máddji Heatta** , known as **Máddji,** born on 1983 is a Norwegian-Sami singer, composer and former top soccer player. Mádí grew up in Karasjok and Kautokeino in Finnmark. She is the daughter of NRK journalist Nils Johan Heatta and sister of football player Elle Marja Heatta.

Máddji is a graduate physician at the University of Oslo in 2009. She was a student at Stokmarknes and Myre in 2009-10, then a pediatrician at the University Hospital of Northern Norway in Tromsø, and since 2011 has lived and worked in her home municipality of Kautokeino. Previously she played defense for Asker FK. She has been in nine national matches for Norway, and was in the J18 team who lost the EM final against Germany in 2001, but she had to give up football in 2003 because of a knee injury.

Máddji has performed in a number of official contexts, including in the Sami Melodi Grand Prix in 2006. Her solo debut came in 2010 with the album Dobbelis, released on the Sami label DAT. "Dobbelis" is best translated with the word "beyond", and her music is characterized by a somewhat different aural landscape than traditionally associated with Sami music. Máddji has also contributed as a vocalist and songwriter to two of the songs from Inger-Mari Aikio-Arianaick on the Sami children's album Ima Ipmasat from 2007. She has also collaborated with the Norwegian duo Alvedanser, and contributes to the joik in the song Save me by Tone Damli Aaberge.
Magdolna Rúsza

**Magdolna Rúzsa** (mɒɡdolnɒ ˈruːʒɒ;Ружа Магдолна, Ruža Magdolna) or simply **Magdi Rúzsa** (born 28 November 1985 in Titov Vrbas, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian-Hungarian pop singer who won the 2006 title of *Megasztár* (*"Megastar"*), Hungary's nationwide talent search, that resembles, but is not based on, *Pop Idol*. As the winner of the category "Newcomer of the Year" at the Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards in 2007, she represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland with the song "Unsubstantial Blues". She finished ninth and won a Marcel Bezençon Award in the Best Composer category. She often performs songs by her favorite singer, Janis Joplin.
Germany

**Germany** debuted in the first edition of Europa Song Contest.

## History

### **01**

NDR Confirmed their debut on 1st May 2017 with Oonagh and her song "Aulë und Yavanna". After it was revealed that Germany made it to the final the contry was said to perform first in the grand final. After the results were showed it was revealed that Germany Won with 156 points. NDR confirmed that the country would host upcoming edition.

### **02**

NDR confirmed on 7th May and the artist Zedd and Julia Michaels were annouced 8th and 9th of may and the song "Daisy" was revealed 20th May

## Contestants & Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Automatically qualified to the final*
     *Did not qualify for the final*
     *Did not compete or was disqualified*
     *Did not qualify from the heats*