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Bastian Baker

**Bastien Kaltenbacher** (born 20 May 1991 in Lausanne), better known as **Bastian Baker**, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, and performer. He was coach in the third season of The Voice Belgique (*The Voice of Belgium*).

## Career

Born to a professional hockey player father, Bastian wanted to become a professional hockey player in the footsteps of his father and played on Swiss National League's Juniors Elite A side "Lausanne 4 Clubs" under the name Bastien Kaltenbacher. But interested in music as well, he joined the school choir in Villeneuve, and was given solo roles. A father of a friend saw him in a performance in 2010 during a social gathering and offered to produce his songs. His first single "Lucky" produced by Richard Meyer (aka Swayd) was launched in March 2011 and charted in the Swiss Singles Chart. He took part in Caprices Festival in April 2011 and at Montreux Jazz Festival on 16 July 2011 releasing his debut album, *Tomorrow May Not Be Better*, on 9 September 2011. The album reached #3 in the Swiss album charts and topped the Romandie Charts and earned him in 2012, the "Best Breaking Act" award during Prix Walo, the official Swiss Music Awards in French language. After that success, he was invited to perform in French television's *Taratata*. His album *Tomorrow May Not Be Better* was released in France on 27 April 2012 and his single "Lucky" gained success in France as well.

From 13 October to 10 November 2012, he took part in season 3 of *Danse avec les stars* partnering with Katrina Patchett finishing 7th out of 10 participating stars.

Baker is the opening act for every show of Shania Twain's 2018 Now Tour.

## Personal life

Bastian Baker was born to hockey player Bruno Kaltenbacher and school teacher Magali,
and has two sisters, Margaux and Marine.

## Discography

### Albums

 *Tomorrow May Not Be Better* | * Released: 9 September 2011 (SWI)
* Re-released: 27 April 2012 (SWI, FRA)
* Music label: Phonag
 *Noël's Room*(with Stress & Noah Veraguth) | * Released: 9 December 2012
* Music label: Phonag
* Re-released: 24 October 2014
* Music label: Phonag
* Music label: Phonag
Aurea

* Soul
* blues
* pop
* reggae
* R&B
* Blue eyed soul
* Blim Records
* Sony Music

**Áurea Isabel Ramos de Sousa** (born 7 September 1987), publicly known as **Aurea**, is a Portuguese soul singer from Santiago do Cacém, Alentejo. She debuted in 2008 with her single "Okay Alright", which was included on the soundtrack of the Portuguese series *Morangos com Açúcar*. At the end of 2008, she performed the song live at the Morangos Live Festival, among with two other cover duets. This concert was released on DVD in 2009. Aurea released her debut album, *Aurea*, in September 2010. The album entered at number 21 at the Portuguese Albums Chart, but quickly reached number 1. It features the number "Busy for Me", which was released as the album's lead single.

In December 2010, Aurea made a special live TV broadcast to promote some of her songs. It was transmitted by RTP2 and SIC Notícias. Her single "Busy for Me", released in August 2010, became her first number one single; it topped the Portuguese iTunes chart. This has been credited with firmly establishing the singer's career and is now considered her signature song. Critical reviews noted similarities between the song and releases by Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and The Supremes, as well as contemporaries such as British singer Amy Winehouse or Duffy. During the following year (2011), Aurea made a concert tour around the country to promote her debut album. She sold out all the major national venues and the album remained on the top Portuguese charts for 71 weeks.
In 2015, she became the a coach on The Voice Portugal.

Aurea sings in English. So far (2017), the only record she released in a language that is not English was the theme song for TVI's telenovela A Impostora (2016/2017), which she recorded in her native Portuguese.

## Life and career

Aurea was born in Santiago do Cacém, Alentejo, and grew up in the Algarve. Since she was a child, she realized she wanted to be a singer or actress and she participated in many plays at school. Aurea went to Évora's university, where she studied performing arts. In 2008, Aurea met Rui Ribeiro at the university, who heard her singing. He helped her to release her first single in 2008 through Blim Records, "Okay Alright". The song was included on the soundtrack of the Portuguese soap opera *Morangos com Açúcar*. In the summer of 2008, she performed the song live at the Morangomania Festival, a show created by the production team of *Morangos com Açúcar*. In early 2009, Rui Ribeiro composed a song for Aurea and asked if she would like to sing it. They recorded a demo for it and Ribeiro sent it to Blim Records, her future record label. They enjoyed her voice and decided to "go far with it!", by recording an album.
Andreas Mark

* Pop
* DJ
* producer
* artist

**Andreas Mark** (born in Copenhagen. Denmark) is a Danish DJ, producer and artist.

## Biography

On 2018 Andreas Mark and Aya Walid debut with their single "Runaway".

### 2018-Europa Song Contest

The Danish broadcaster choose him internally to represent Denmark in the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the song "Runaway" featuring a Danish singer Himalaya.
Asanda

**Asanda Jezile** (born 17 September 2001) is a singer from London. Her parents moved to the UK from Eastern Cape, South Africa over 10 years ago. She was a finalist at the seventh series of *Britain's Got Talent*, finishing in last place.

## Europa Song Contest

She represent the United Kingdom at the Junior Europa Song Contest 2 with the song "Legends". In the grand final Asanda finished in the 14th place with an amount of 5 points
Mahan Moin

* Gromee
* Lukas Meijer

**Mahan Moin** is a Swedish singer and songwriter of Iranian origin, participant of Melodifestivalen 2014.

## Biography

### Career

In 2011 she won third place at the Googoosh Music Academy , the Persian version of the Idol television program . She released several music videos in Persian.

In 2014, with the song "Aleo", which she wrote and composed together with Wrethov , she took part in the Melodifestivalen 2014, a series of concerts aimed at selecting a representative of Sweden in the 59th Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. On February 1 she appeared in the first semi-pre-selection stage, organized in Malmö Arena , and did not qualify for the next stage, winning 6,943 votes from viewers.

In November 2016, she lent her voice to the Polish ghost DJ song Gromee. The composition was ranked first on the AirPlay list , the most-played songs on Polish radio stations. The single in Poland has been platinum certified for sales in over 20,000 copies. April 19, 2017 was published another common single duet "Runaway". The track was ranked 7th in the AirPlay ranking. Both recordings and the song "Lingo" went to Gromee 's debut studio album, entitled Chapter One.

She is the co-author of the song " Light Me Up " by Gromee and Lukas Meijer , who in May 2018 represented Poland in the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon

### Europa Song Contest 2

On 10 May 2017, **Mahan Moin** and Gromee were announced as the Polish representative for the second edition with her song "Runaway".
Leah McFall

**Leah McFall** (born 1 July 1989) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and fashion student, born and raised in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. She was a runner-up on the second series of the BBC talent show *The Voice*.

## Discography

### Studio albums

 *Weird To Wonderful* | * Release date: Cancelled
* Label: Capitol Records
* Formats: CD, Digital Download

### Extended plays

* Label: Independent
* Formats: digital download

### Singles

#### Promotional singles

 "I Will Survive"
 "Killing Me Softly"
 "I Will Always Love You"
 "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

### Music videos

 "Home"
 "Wolf Den"
Junior Europa Song Contest

The **Junior** **Europa Song Contest**, often shortened to **JESC**, is a song contest on Youtube held among the members of the European Broadcasting Union since January 2017. The competition was based upon the existing Eurovision Song Contest held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. The current and official executive supervisor is George Rospier.

## History

On 15th January 2017, George Rospier, former executive supervisor of the European Broadcasting Union decided to open an international music contest, in th

at every full member of the EBU can take part by sending artists representing their countries with songs. It was called *Europa Song Contest*.

### Slogans

Since the first edition already, slogans were used for the contest. In each edition, the host broadcaster was in charge to decide the slogan of the edition and based on it, develope the contest's theme and visual design.

 #03 |  Cardiff | "Reach New Heights"

## Participation

Main article: List of countries in the Junior Europa Song Contest
Any full member of the EBU is allowed to send a song for the Europa Song Contest. Countries that are not full members can apply for becoming one.

Each full member has got a certain broadcaster that is responsible for the choice of the artists and songs the country is sending for each edition. Forty-five countries have participated at least once. These are listed here alongside the edition in which they made their debut:

## Voting

The first voting system was in use between the first edition.

Since the first edition the voting has been presided over by the EBU scrutineer, who is responsible for ensuring that all points are allocated correctly and in turn. The following are the scrutineers and Executive Supervisors of the Europa Song Contest appointed by the EBU;

* George Rospier (01–present)

## Winners

Main article: List of Junior Europa Song Contest winners The contest has so far one winning country. Most of the winners have so far been female artists.

 #02 | United Kingdom | Asanda
 #03 | Armenia | Betty

## External links

* Official Channel
* Forum
Martija Stanojković

**Martija Stanojković** (Macedonian: Мартија Станојковиќ) (born 7 April 2004) is a Macedonian singer. She represented Serbia at the Junior Europa Song Contest 1 in Berlin, Germany with a cover from Lesley Gore "You Don't Own Me" In 2016 She Represented F.Y.R Macedonia In Junior Eurovision Song Contest In 2016 with the song Love Will Lead Our Way

Martija finished second in the singing contest ***Pinkove Zvezdice***, which is popular in the Balkan region. When she was four years old, she joined a dance club called ***Ultra***, and she was dancing for seven years before she entered *Pinkove Zvezdice*. Martija is a fan of Justin Bieber.
Italy in the Junior Europa Song Contest

**Italy** debuted in the third edition of Junior Europa Song Contest.

## Contestants & Results

Table key
     *Winner*
     *Second place*
     *Third place*
     *Last place*
     *Did not compete or was disqualified*

## Voting history

Italy's voting statistics. The tables list the points given or received by Italy in the semi-finals, the finals and a total of both. However, the points given in Pre-Qualification Rounds are not included.

## Commentators and spokespersons

Since the third edition there have been different commentators and spokespersons for Italy. However, all the events were broadcasted by RAI, on both radio and television.

The spokespersons have been different in each edition.
Caroline Costa

**Caroline Costa** was born in 1996 in France, to a French mother, Laurence, and Portuguese father, Joachim. She had great success as a youngster. In 2007, she was chosen as part of the 6-member teen group Pop System for the French children's series *Iapiap!* broadcast on Canal J, where she was mentored by M. Pokora.

## Biography

In 2008, she appeared on the French television channel M6's program *100% Mag*. In November 2008, she took part in the M6 reality television series *La France a un incroyable talent* where she reached the finale. She auditioned with *Hurt* from Christina Aguilera, and received a standing ovation. In the next round, she performed "My Heart Will Go On" from Céline Dion. In the finale she performed "I Will Always Love You" from Whitney Houston and finished runner-up for the season with the title going to Alexandre, a fire juggler.

### Solo career

She started her solo music career in 2009. In 2009, she did a duet with the Spanish teen actor/pop singer Abraham Mateo for a Spanish cover of Badfinger's "Without You" (that was a huge hit when covered by Harry Nilsson in 1971, then by Mariah Carey in 1994) and had many television appearances and was appeared again on *100% Mag*. In September of the same year, she was part of a charity album release for the French AIDS charity AIDES, working with famous artists like Daniel Powter, Lara Fabian and Christophe Willem.

Her first solo single released in France was "Qui je suis" in December 2010. The EP included besides "Qui je suis", an instrumental version of the same song, also "Mon secret" and a cover of "Take a Bow".

In December 2011 her single "Je t'ai menti" was released in duet with Swedish upcoming artist Ulrik Munther alongside a music video that was first broadcast on NRJ Hits. The song is a French version of "Kill for Lies", a famous song by Ulrik Munther. This was a pre-release for her debut studio album *J'irai*, released on 5 March 2012.
Krystl

**Krystl Pullens** ( Santpoort-Noord , 2 July 1983 ), known by the stage name **Krystl** is a Dutch singer / songwriter .

In 2010 Krystl was elected 3FM Serious Talent with her single *Golden Days* . Since then, she won the 3FM Award for Best Newcomer in her song was *Golden Days* used in a Martini advertising and she was awarded by the jury of the Edison with Edison for Best Newcomer.

### Biography

Krystl grew up in Santpoort-Noord . Although she was accepted at a dance academy, she chose in 2000 for a singing career. She spent two years at the Rotterdam Conservatory and then at the pop academy in Enschede . During her studies in Enschede, she founded the band LINE in 2003 with a number of fellow students (Rob Eeftink, Kobus Groen, Bart Jan Manten, Rogier Grosman). Krystl was the singer and wrote songs with guitarist Bart Jan Manten. Furthermore Krystl was from 2005 one of the regular background singers Thu . After Krystl in 2006 graduated from the pop academy, the band LINE announced his farewell concert to that took place on October 4, 2009.
Europa Ranking of Nations

The **Europa Ranking of Nations** was introduced by the German head of delegation after the first edition as a means to rank each nation participating in the Europa Song Contest by their recent performance.

## Format

1. Take a country's average number of points gained throughout the 4th most recent edition and multiply the value by 0.25
2. Repeat for a country's score in the 3rd most recent edition but multiply by 0.5 instead
3. Repeat for a country's score in the 2nd most recent edition but multiply by 0.75 instead
4. Repeat for a country's score in the most recent edition but keep the value the same
5. Add up all the values found in the first 4 steps
6. Round the value to the nearest integer (whole number)

## Current Ranking

This is the ranking released after the first edition.
Luminize

**Luminize**, four energetic ladies from Croatia, are doing everything in their power to prove to the world that it is possible to become successful as an all-girl rock band.

Music experts from the Netherlands, Croatia, Germany and the UK combined their efforts which resulted in the production of two singles so far. Their first single “Kill it with Love” has been released in September 2014. Their second single “Get It Back” in March 2015.

With their producer being in the Netherlands they moved to The Hague to be able to fully commit to their careers.

They are four girls on a mission doing everything they can to become successful as an all-girl rockband.

Just like their name, the girls of LUMINIZE radiate great energy and can light up any stage. Members of LUMINIZE: Matilda, Marcela, Irena and Tea all met while singing for their local town choir and attending music school.

When their guitar teacher put together a boy band the girls felt inspired to create an all girl rock band of their own. With the support of their guitar teacher the band slowly started to develop. Little did they know how quickly their band would gain popularity.

## Members

* MARCELA - Lead Singer
* MATILDA - Lead Guitarist
* IRENA - Drummer
* TEA - Bassist
Luis Cepeda

**Luis Cepeda Fernández** (28 August 1989) is a Spanish singer and composer.

In 2015 he participated in *La Voz* singing *Wherever You Will Go*, by The Calling, and he was chosen by Malú. In 2017 he participated in Operación Triunfo, singing «Tú Me Obligaste», by Antonio José Sánchez Mazuecos. He was chosen to sing «Yo Contigo, Tú Conmigo», by Morat, in the second gala. He was expelled in the ninth gala.

In 2017 his single "Esta vez" reached number one on the Spanish PROMUSICAE.

In 2018 he composed his songs and he collaborated with Andrés Suárez.

After he left Operación Triunfo, he broke-up his relationship with the journalist Graciela. On 29 June 2018 it was confirmed that Aitana and Cepeda are dating.

### Europa Song Contest

At late June the Spanish Broadcaster RTVE announce that the country will represented by Luis Cepeda in Iceland with the song "Esta Vez"
Harry Styles

* Singer
* songwriter
* Vocals
* guitar
* Syco
* Columbia
* White Eskimo
* One Direction

**Harry Edward Styles** (born 1 February 1994) is an English singer and songwriter. He is known as a member of the pop boy band One Direction. He made his debut as a singer with his band White Eskimo, who performed locally in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire. In 2010, Styles auditioned as a solo artist for the British television series *The X Factor*. After being eliminated as a solo performer, Styles was brought back into the competition, along with four other contestants, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, to form One Direction.

Styles and his bandmates have released the albums *Up All Night* (2011), *Take Me Home* (2012), *Midnight Memories* (2013), *Four* (2014), and *Made in the A.M.* (2015). They have also performed on two worldwide tours, one featured on concert film *One Direction: This Is Us*, and won several awards, including five Brit Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards.

On 23 June 2016 it was reported by *Billboard* that Styles had signed a three-album solo recording deal with Columbia Records, the same label behind One Direction. Styles will make his acting debut in the war film *Dunkirk* in July 2017. Preceded by its first solo single "Sign of the Times", his self-titled debut album was released on 12 May 2017.

## Early life

Styles was born in Redditch, Worcestershire. He is the son of Anne Cox (née Selley) and Desmond "Des" Styles, who worked in finance. Many of his ancestors were farm labourers in Norfolk. Styles was raised in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, after his parents moved there along with his older sister, Gemma, when he was a child. He attended Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School. Styles's parents divorced when he was seven and his mother later remarried. He has an older stepbrother named Mike, the son of his stepfather. As a sixteen-year-old he worked part-time at the W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel.

As a child, Styles loved singing, citing Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley and The Beatles as his influences. While at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive, Styles was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo, which won a local Battle of the Bands competition.

## Discography

### Singles

#### As lead artist

* ARIA: Platinum
* FIMI: Gold
* GLF: Gold
* RIAA: Gold
Dwie pieczenie przy jednym ogniu

**Dwie pieczenie przy jednym ogniu -** *(Oryginalny tytuł: "Two Birds With One Stone")* Ósmy odcinek sezonu pierwszego i ósmy serialu.

## Streszczenie odcinka

Tabaluga w czasie biegu uderza głową w drzewo. Mrówki zabierają go do podziemnego królestwa, a następnie do Arktosa.

## Ciekawostki

* Mrówki prawdopodobnie są poddanymi Arktosa.
* Tytuł odcinka jest przenośnią. Oznacza on dwie sprawy stykające się ze sobą.
Bulgarian language

* Balto-Slavic
	+ Slavic
		- South Slavic
			* Eastern South Slavic

**Bulgarian** is an Indo-European language, a member of the Southern branch of the Slavic language family.

Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language (collectively forming the East South Slavic languages), has several characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages: changes include the elimination of case declension, the development of a suffixed definite article (see Balkan language area) and the lack of a verb infinitive; but it retains and has further developed the Proto-Slavic verb system. Various evidential verb forms exist to express unwitnessed, retold, and doubtful action. According to an estimate, the number of the people around the world who speak Bulgarian as their native language as of 2004 is about 10 million. Alternative sources estimate them at as high as 12 million, possibly including the non native speakers or the Macedonian language in that number.
List of host cities of the Junior Europa Song Contest

This page is a **list of cities and venues that have hosted the Junior Europa Song Contest**, one or more times. Future venues are shown in *italics*. Since the second edition, the host city has customarily been in the winner country of the previous year.

## See also

* List of countries in the Junior Europa Song Contest
* List of Junior Europa Song Contest winners
* List of Junior Europa Song Contest presenters
Krewella

Past members | * Kris Trindl

**Krewella** is an American electronic dance music group from Northbrook, Illinois, United States, that formed in 2007. The group consists of sisters Jahan Yousaf and Yasmine Yousaf. Originally a trio, their third member and producer Kristopher "Rain Man" Trindl was pushed out of the group in 2014. Their EP, *Play Hard,* was released on June 18, 2012, exclusively on Beatport, followed by its release on other digital platforms on June 26, 2012. Their debut album, *Get Wet,* was released on September 24, 2013, on iTunes. Their musical style has been mainly described as EDM, dance-rock, and pop, this later being showcased as dance-pop. However Krewella's style has been influenced by a number of electronic sub genres including progressive house, electro, dubstep, drum and bass, trap music and future bass.
Lisandro Cuxi

* Pop
* soul
* R&B
* funk
* dance
* dancehall
* world music

**Lisandro Cuxi** (born 17 July 1999), is a Portuguese-French singer. In 2017, Cuxi won the sixth season of *The Voice: la plus belle voix* as part of Team Matt. He released his debut album *Ma bonne étoile* in September 2017.

## Early life

His family was originally from Cape Verde. Cuxi was born on 17 July 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal. At aged nine he moved to Cannes despite not being able to speak French. He then learned both French and English especially with songs.

## Career

### 2015: *The Voice Kids*

In 2015, he took part in season 2 of the French television series *The Voice Kids*, broadcast from 25 September to 23 October 2015. In the blind auditions, Cuxi sang "Run to You" by Whitney Houston, all three coaches turning their chairs. Cuxi chose to be part of Team Jenifer. He went on to reach Final and finished in second.

### 2017: *The Voice: la plus belle voix* & *Ma bonne étoile*

In 2017, he took part in season 6 of the French television series *The Voice: la plus belle voix*, broadcast on TF1 from 18 February to 10 June 2017. In the blind auditions, Cuxi sang "Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin Timberlake with all four coaches, Florent Pagny, Mika, Zazie and M. Pokora turning their chairs. Cuxi chose to be part of Team Matt. Cuxi went on to win the show.

After winning *The Voice: la plus belle voix* on 10 June 2017, he released his debut single "Danser" on 17 June. The song peaked at number 18 on the French Singles Chart. His debut studio album, *Ma bonne étoile* was released on 15 September 2017 by Mercury Records and includes the single "Danser", co-written by Dany Synthé and Émilie Satt. The album peaked at number 16 on the French Albums Chart.

### 2018–present: *Eurovision Song Contest*

On 7 January 2018, he was confirmed as one artists competing in *Destination Eurovision* the national final organised by France 2 to select France's entry for 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 "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson and his Eurovision song "Eva". He progressed to the Final by winning 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. Despite winning the international jury vote, he placed third in the public vote and finished in second place behind winners Madame Monsieur.

## Discography

### Albums

 *Ma bonne étoile* | * Released: 15 September 2017
* Label: Mercury Records
* Format: Digital download, CD
MIIA

**Mia Virik Brubakken** (born 24 November 1997), better known as simply **MIIA**, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.

## Career

Hailing from Norway, MIIA is a product of the Scandinavian Pop scene that has delivered the world a disproportionate amount of Top 10 hits over the past two decades. Signed at age 14, MIIA (pronounced MEE-uh) just completed her debut EP release, "In The Light of Love" in Hollywood under the direction of Producer J Ryggs and Songwriter Hillary Bernstein.

“In The Light Of Love” effortlessly weaves elements of Pop, Electronic, Dance and Rock together with MIIA's powerful multi-octave vocals to shape her unique and fresh sound. It combines the depth, substance and mainstream pop appeal that fans of Katy Perry, Pink, Kelly Clarkson, and Demi Lovato are sure to embrace. The EP also features guest appearances by American Idol contestant Brandon Skeie and LA rapper Chris King from Justin Bieber & Lil Twist's crew.

The single "In The Light Of Love" has already reached #24 on iTunes Pop chart in Norway.
Natalia

**Natalia Druyts** (born 3 December 1980), best known mononymously as **Natalia** is a Flemish recording artist and performer. She has sold over 400,000 albums, and over 1 million concert tickets between 2003 and 2010 in Flanders. While she is a major star in Flanders, she is almost unknown in the French-speaking side of Belgium, Wallonia.

## Early life and career

Natalia was born on 3 December 1980 in Westerlo, Flanders, Belgium. She has graduated as a translator in English and Spanish.

In 2003 Natalia released her first single "Without You", the single peaked at number two in the charts and went gold in sales.

Not much later, Natalia provided two songs for the Belgian movie *Team Spirit II*, releasing "I've Only Begun To Fight" as her second single and the soundtrack for the movie. The song peaked at number one in the charts and went gold in sales.

Shortly after, she recorded her first full-album, *This Time*. It went platinum in sales, and Natalia started her first tour, the This Time Live Tour. Originally planned as a 20 date tour, it was extended to 90 dates due to massive ticket demands.

At the same time as that tour, she performed at the pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest with "Higher Than The Sun", which was released as her third single. It peaked at number two in the charts.

The fourth and last single of the *This Time* album was "I Want You Back", which peaked at number three in the charts.

In October 2005, Natalia released a single together with The Pointer Sisters, "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves", which reached number two in the Belgian charts. She performed 10 concerts with The Pointer Sisters in January 2006 during Natalia Meets The Pointer Sisters in the Sportpaleis, Antwerp, attended by more than 130,000 people.

Natalia released a single together with En Vogue called "Glamorous" in October 2007; it reached number two on the Belgian charts. In January 2008 she performed with En Vogue and Shaggy during Natalia Meets En Vogue, Feat Shaggy at the Sportpalies in Antwerp. 75,000 people attended the six shows.

In 2009 she asked the French designer Frédéric Luca Landi to design her dress for her concert at the Sportpaleis.

In January 2011, Natalia planned a new concert with an international superstar, this time she chose Anastacia. They recorded a single called "Burning Star", and in January 2011 toured as Natalia Meets Anastacia.
Iris Verhoek

**Iris Verhoek** (born 12 September 2001) is a Dutch singer who won the 6th season of *The Voice Kids* in 2017.

## Biography

In 2011 Verhoek had already won the Zeewoldse kidssongfestival and played Keesie in the musical *Kruimeltje*. In 2012 musicalproducer Albert Verlinde announced that Verhoek was going to be playing one of the leading players in the musical *Annie*.

When Iris was twelve years old, she participated in *The Voice Kids* season 3. She didn't make it into the finals. In 2017 she participated in *The Voice Kids* again. 21 April 2017 she won the finals. Her first single *Battlecry*, was released 13 October 2017 .
Laura

* Laura
* Laura Remmel
* Pop
* dance-pop
* jazz
* blues
* Suntribe
* Carrot Lights
* Koit Toome

**Laura Põldvere** (interim *Laura Remmel (2013–2016)*; born 30 August 1988) sometimes known professionally as simply **Laura**, is an Estonian singer. She is said to be the most played Estonian artist on Estonian radio in the past decade.

## Career

Laura started her career in 2005, when she participated in Eurolaul 2005 with the song "Moonwalk". "Moonwalk" came second, but Laura won the contest as the member of the girl group Suntribe. Suntribe represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, but failed to advance to the final.

Laura also took part at "Eurolaul 2007" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, her entry "Sunflowers" came third.

In September 2007, Laura released her debut album "Muusa" and started studies in Berklee College, Boston, putting her music career on hold.

In 2009, she returned to Eesti Laul as a solo singer in hopes of representing Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Her entry "Destiny" came third. The same year, she released her album "Ultra".

In November, 2011, Laura released her first compilation album "Sädemeid taevast", which consisted of all her singles since 2005 to 2011 as well as a track from her second studio album "Ultra".

Laura once again competed to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, entering Eesti Laul with the song "Supersonic". It placed second in the Superfinal. In Eesti Laul 2017 she competed in a duet with Koit Toome with the song "Verona" and won. They thereafter represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine. The duo failed to advance to the Grand Final in 14th position - 6th from the Televoting & 17th from the Juries voting. Despite being a big fan favourite and seen as likely qualifiers beforehand being 5th in 2nd Semi-Final by odds and 5th by OGAE voting overall.

## Personal life

Laura was married to pianist Joel-Rasmus Remmel in 2013. They divorced in 2016.

## Discography

### Albums

* Format: Digital download
 *Ultra* | * Released: 8 December 2009
* Format: Digital download
* Label: Moonwalk

### Compilation albums

* Format: Digital download
 *Greatest Hits* | * Released: 12 May 2017
* Format: Digital download
* Label: Moonwalk
Israel in the Europa Song Contest 1

Israel took part in the first edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Sofia. The country was represented by Arisa ft. Sarit Hadad with the song "Circus". The entry was be selected via the broadcaster of the country, Israeli Broadcaster. The song failed to qualify and got the 15th place in the second semi-final with 32 points.

## Before ESC

It was announced that the entrant would be revealed, together with her song, on 30 April 2017.

### Internal Selection

On April 30 2017, the Russian entrant was selected. It was chosen that Arisa ft. Sarit Hadad would represent Israel with the single "Circus".

## At ESC

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by Israeli Broadcaster. The Israeli HoD was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Imri Ziv was the spokesperson that announced the Israeli voting in the final.

### **Voting**

#### **Points awarded to Israel**

Points awarded to Israel (Semi-final 2)
* Finland
* Kazakhstan
* Norway
* Sweden

#### See also

* Israel in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 1
Nathan Trent

**Nathanaele Koll** (born 4 April 1992), known professionally as **Nathan Trent**, is an Austrian singer. He represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Running on Air" finishing in 16th place.

## Career

### 2016–present: Eurovision Song Contest

On 18 June 2016, Trent released his debut single "Like It Is". On 19 December 2016, Trent was announced as the Austrian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. His song, "Running on Air", was released on 28 February 2017. At the time of his selection as the Austrian entrant, Trent was one of the 33 artists that had been shortlisted in *Unser Song 2017*, the contest to select the German entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. He was automatically eliminated, as a performer can not represent more than one country in the same year by European Broadcasting Union regulations. He ultimately finished 16th in the contest, with 93 points.

## Discography

### Singles

 "Like it is"
 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Gromee

* House
* Electro house
* Deep house
* Alternative dance
* DJ
* record producer
* remixer
* songwriter
* Kingztown Music
* Sony Music
* Ali Tennant
* Terri B!
* Andreas Moe
* Anderz Wrethov
* WurlD
* May-Britt Scheffer
* Mahan Moin
* Lukas Meijer

**Andrzej Gromala** (born 14 December 1978 in Kraków), better known by his stage name **Gromee**, is a Polish DJ, record producer, remixer and owner of Kingztown Music. In 2016 he signed a record deal with Sony Music. At the Eska Music Awards 2017 he won the award for Best DJ/Producer.

He won the Polish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. Together with Swedish singer Lukas Meijer, he represented his home country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon with the song "Light Me Up".

As a producer, he collaborates with the world's biggest studios. His solo project has already included e.g. Andreas Moe, known for being part of Tiesto's or Hardwell's tracks.
He has performed at numerous music festivals, sharing the stage with artists such as Steve Aoki, Deorro, Eric Clapton, Jessie Ware and Sting. In April 2016 Gromee was the support act for Mariah Carey’s first ever Polish concert. His 2016 summer single "Fearless" ruled the Polish music charts, reaching 10th position on the radio and 2nd position on the TV Airplay Chart and earning a Platinum Record award. Next single, "Sprit", recorded together with Mahan Moin, a Swedish vocalist known from Persian Idol, was also an instant hit and his first no. 1 on Polish Radio Airplay Chart.

### Europa Song Contest 2

On 10 May 2017, Mahan Moin and **Gromee** were announced as the Polish representative for the second edition with hIS song "Runaway".

## Discography

### Album

 *Chapter One* | * Released: 16 March 2018
* Labels: Sony Music
* Formats: CD, digital download
List of host cities of the Europa Song Contest

This page is a **list of cities and venues that have hosted the Europa Song Contest**, one or more times. Future venues are shown in *italics*. Since the second edition, the host city has customarily been in the winner country of the previous year.

## See also

* List of countries in the Europa Song Contest
* List of Europa Song Contest winners
* List of languages in the Europa Song Contest
* List of Europa Song Contest presenters
Melodifestivalen 9

**Melodifestivalen 9** is the third edition of the Swedish national final Melodifestivalen. The competition is organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and takes place in September 2018.

## Format

On September 5, 2018 the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) announced that Melodifestivalen would return as the Swedish national final after the country got a new head of delegation on September 3.

In contrast to the former editions of the preselection, the semifinals and the Andra Chansen round have been abolished and only one Grand Final with ten competing entries was held instead.

## Participants

The participating entries will be revealed at a later date.
ILL Blu

**iLL Blu,** is an English duo from London, United Kingdom. They represent Iceland at the sixth edition of the Europa Song Contest, held in Dnipro, Ukraine, with the song "Tribalist" featuring an Icelandic singer Glowie. Iceland finished at 1st place in the Final with 410 points.

## At Europa Song Contest 6

iLL Blu were selected via the Icelandic national selection Söngvakeppnin 2 to represent Iceland in Europa Song Contest 6 with the song "Tribalist". featuring an Icelandic singer Glowie. Iceland was draw to compete in the second semi final.
Gor Hakobyan

**Gor Hakobyan** (born on January 14, 1988), is an Armenian rapper, broadcaster and actor. His first video clip was released in 2014 (Տոնածառ ջան տոնածառ, My Christmas Tree Christmas Tree). He is known for his role as Feliks "Felo" on *Full House (Armenian TV series)*. He was a guest of White corner on November 5, and a guest for Name that Tune on 2015 December 9. He was also a broadcaster of AntiVirus (show).
Marija

* Singer
* songwriter
* model

**Marija Žeželj** also known as **Marija** (born on 20 November 1999) is an Serbian singer. She represent Serbia at the Junior Europa Song Contest 2 with the song "Dance Like Nobody's Watching". In the grand final Marija finished in the 4th place with an amount of 83 points 15 points margin from the winner.

## At Beovizija

Marija was one of the twenty acts of the first edition of Beovizija, the Serbian National Selection. She participate with the song "All The Girls".
Katarína Knechtová

**Katarína Knechtová** (born March 14, 1981) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist, originally known for her work with the band Peha.

## Biography

Katarína was born in Prešov, to a Czech mother and Slovak father. In Prešov she attended the Ján Adam Raymann Gymnasium. After finishing school, she studied philosophy. For seven years she studied to play keyboard, she is also a self-taught guitarist. She started her music career in local band named *Prešovčatá*. Katarína has a younger sister, Veronika.

## Music career

Katarína Knechtová debuted on the Slovak music scene in 1996 in the band IMT Smile led by Ivan Tásler. One year later she left the band with drummer and moved to Peha band, which was later in 1999 called the revelation of a year in Slovakia. Two years later, Katarína won the *Aurel* award as the best female singer (in 2005 she won again). She is also a winner of OTO award in 2007.

Even though she is a writer of a lot of lyrics, she admits that her "main writer" is Vlado Krausz.

In 2008, she left her band *Peha* to pursuit a solo career.
Mina Blažev

**Mina Blažev** (born 12 June 2003) is a Macedonian singer. She represented Macedonia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia on 25 November 2017.

Blažev's biggest achievement was winning the special Pearl Award at the International Music Festival "Ezerski Biseri" earlier this year. Mina was also part of a talent show called *Pinkove Zvezdice*, which is very popular in the Balkan region. To date, she has received a total of seven first prizes, three second and one third prize in national and international competitions. She attends singing classes at the Zvezdicki Music Academy. Her biggest idols are Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber.
Meseda

* Belarus
* Ukraine

**Meseda Bagaudinova** (born 30 October 1983) is a Russian singer and ex-member of the popular pop group Nu Virgos (ВИА Гра).

## Biography

### Early life

Meseda Bagaudinova was born in Grozny, Chechnya, to an Avar father and a Ukrainian-Belarusian mother. She graduated from the Rostov State College of Arts majoring in stage and jazz vocal. Then she performed as a vocalist in the Rostov pop-group "Dreams". In 2005, she entered GITIS (Vladimir Nazarov's course). After graduating GITIS, Meseda tried her luck in auditions for a popular TV show but she didn't make it and was turned down.

### Nu Virgos

Meseda joined "Nu Virgos" on 1 April 2007 and in about three weeks, on 21 April, she made her debut at a concert in London. She was introduced as the new member of the group to the larger public at the MUZ-TV premiere, on 1 June 2007. She made her debut in the video clip 'Kiss'. While Meseda was in the group, It released 2 CDs, 4 videoclips (Kiss, I'm Not Afraid, My Emancipation, American Wife), and won awards for best pop group, best video clip, best song, and more. Meseda was numbered 26th in the list of '100 Most sexy girls of 2008' of the magazine Maxim. On 19 January 2009, Meseda's removal from the group "Nu Virgos" was announced following the return of former founder member, Nadezhda Granovskaya.

### Come Back

Meseda is planning to start a solo career in September 2009, with the help of her former producers, Dmitriy Kostiuk and Konstantin Meladze.

### Rumours

Meanwhile, Meseda keeps making public appearances at parties, presentations and premieres. She has a stint in modeling and there is heavy speculation that she has had plastic surgery (botox, collagen injections) since leaving the group.
Mads Langer

**Mads Langer** (born 1984) is a Danish singer-songwriter, who became internationally known for his cover of "You're Not Alone" by the British band Olive. While the song is cheerful, his own songs are frequently typified as emotional guitar ballads, because many of them are in a minor scale and have a melancholic feel to them. He has explained that even when he tries to write an uplifting song, it often ends up being a sad song, even though he does consider himself to be an optimist rather than an emotional person and says about himself that he is not that sensitive but rather a very tough guy. Langer also writes more powerful songs and performs various songs on piano. His third studio album *Behold* was released on 9 May 2011.

Langer writes the majority of his repertoire alone, but also collaborates with among others Marcus Winther-John, Tim Christensen, Daniel Ahearn, Edie Kuhnle, and Justin Hawkins. Tim Christensen has contributed to several songs with backing vocals, guitar and bass on Langer's earlier albums, and Justin Hawkins sings backing vocals on Langer's upcoming album. He has announced that he will also be working with several artists and producers from the United States, including Ryan Tedder. About his approach to music, Langer says: "I'm very inspired of the way Keith Jarrett just lets his hands run out of control and create big poetic moments out of improvisation. The same can be said for other big artists like Ryan Adams and Jeff Buckley. I can relate to all three because they all seem to let their intuition and playful musicality take them to beautiful places. My own music originates in the same way." Other musical influences he names are Chris Cornell, John Mayer, Prince, Coldplay, Rickie Lee Jones, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Nick Drake, The Band, Radiohead, Fionn Regan, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Ray Lamontagne. His voice is often compared to Thom Yorke's and Jeff Buckley's. His band, both in the studio and live, is composed of Søren Lund on guitar, Nis Tyrrestrup op bass, and Asger Møller on drums and percussion. On 30 March 2011, Langer introduced Simon Luth as his sixth band member and announced he will be the opening act for his shows in May 2011. Langer plays among others guitar, piano, Mellotron, and keyboard.
Georgia in the Europa Song Contest 8

* Albert Coller
* Müşviq Abbasov

Georgia took part in the eighth edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

## Before ESC

On July 19 2018, GPB announced via their official Twitter account that Georgia will return in the eighth edition following their two-edition absence. Right after their confirmation, it was widely speculated by the Georgian public that GPB will be holding a national selection called **Sakartvelo Gadatsqvets (Georgia Decides)** to select their entry. However, on the next day, it was confirmed by GPB to be untrue and they will select both the artist and song internally, but they also added that they did have the intention of organizing a national selection, but decided not to do so due to a lack of resources.

On 10 August 2018, GPB announced that a 5-member jury panel have already selected their entry from a pool of 36 songs submitted during an open call for songs until 7 August 2018, and the artist would be revealed, together with the song on 15 August 2018. On 12 August 2018, several Georgian media have reported that GPB had selected Georgian-Azerbaijani singer Manana Japaridze to represent Georgia in the eighth edition, but GPB has yet to confirm whether it is true or not. On 14 August 2018, one day before the actual entry reveal, GPB confirmed that Japaridze will in fact represent Georgia under her artistic name *Manana* and her song "Party Music” was also presented following the confirmation of Japaridze.

## At ESC

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by GPB. TBD will be the commentators for all the semi-finals and final, and TBD was the spokesperson that announced the Georgian voting in the final.

### **Points awarded to Georgia**

Points Awarded to Georgia
 12 points

Points Awarded to Georgia (Final)
 12 points

## See also

* Georgia in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 8
Iceland in the Europa Song Contest 4

Iceland took part in the fourth edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Greece. The country was represented by Gladius featuring Klara Elias with the song "The Lunatics". The entry was be selected via the broadcaster of the country, Icelandic Broadcaster. The song got the 1st place in the final with 330 points.

## Before ESC

On February 20, RUV announced that the country planned an national selection.

### Final

The Winner was Gladius featuring Klara Elias with the song "The Lunatics".

 At ESC

At the allocation draw, Iceland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final. At the running order draw in the second semi final, Iceland was drawn to perform third, following France and proceding Bulgaria. Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by RÚV. George was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Greta Salóme was the spokesperson that announced the Icelandic voting in the final.

### Voting

Iceland participated and had to vote in the second semi-final. In the final, Iceland announced their votes as 10th.

### **Points awarded to Iceland**

Points Awarded to Iceland (Semi-final 1)
 * Moldova
* Switzerland
* Portugal
 5 points
 * Azerbaijan
* Romania
* Turkey
 12 points
 * Georgia
* Moldova
* Portugal
* Switzerland
* Israel
 5 points
 * Azerbaijan
* Poland
* Romania
* Serbia
* Monaco

Points Awarded to Iceland (Final)
 * Bulgaria
* Latvia
* Moldova
* Switzerland
* Georgia
* Kazakhstan
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Austria
* Denmark
* Hungary
 5 points
 * Israel
* Montenegro
* Morocco
* Romania
* B&H
* Estonia
 12 points
 * Georgia
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Switzerland
* Italy
* Hungary
* Latvia
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Belarus
* Lithuania
 5 points
 * Morocco
* Serbia
* Greece

## See also

* Iceland in the Europa Song Contest
* Europa Song Contest 4