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Mariko Ebralidze

About Quick Facts NameMariko Ebralidze Born1984 Nationality🇬🇪 Georgian National SelectionInternal selection 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongThree Minutes To Earth (with The Shin, 2014) Biography Mariko Ebralidze is a notable Georgian jazz singer who gained international attention when she was selected to represent Georgia at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, alongside the band “The Shin”, with the song “Three Minutes to Earth”. Ebralidze was born in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. She graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, where she studied piano. However, her passion for singing led her towards a career in music. She’s been performing professionally since 2008, primarily as a jazz singer. Prior to her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest, Mariko Ebralidze had been a respected figure in the Georgian jazz scene for several years. She performed with several big bands and jazz ensembles throughout Georgia and internationally, earning acclaim for her emotive performances and her smooth, sultry vocals. Despite her background in jazz, Ebralidze’s Eurovision entry with The Shin was an experimental piece combining elements of Georgian folk, jazz, and pop music. Although the song didn’t make it past the semi-finals in the contest, it highlighted Ebralidze’s versatility and ability to perform across different genres. Also in May 2014, she released a solo song, “Don’t say goodbye”. In 2017 she teamed up with the band Niutone to do some Christmas performances. She worked together with Otar Tatishvili for several songs and performances. For the Iavnana Charity Foundation, she did a performance in 2021 singing the song “Smile”. Together with Kato Chkareul she performed “Prince Ali” from the movie Aladdin. She did this performance in the childrens show Ranina. Entries Three Minutes To Earth (& The Shin) Country🇬🇪 Georgia Year2014 LanguageEnglish LyricsEugen Eliu MusicZaza Miminoshvili Backings– Results Semi Points: 15Position: 15Running order: 4 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/0v69AvCQJQY

Pernilla Karlsson

About Quick Facts NamePernilla Karlsson Born11 June 1990 Nationality🇫🇮 Finnish National SelectionUuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2012 In Eurovision2012 Baku SongNär Jag Blundar (2012) Biography Pernilla Karlsson, born June 11, 1990, in Siuntio, is a Finland-Swedish artist. Karlsson engaged in music from an early age, though not always at a professional level. She has been singing and dancing almost her entire life, and at the age of 15, she won a competition called The Smallest Schlager Competition in the World. Despite her musical successes, she continued to focus on her other passion, handball, playing in Finland’s top division with Siuntio IF. As a female handball player, Karlsson has highlighted issues of sexist comments in the sports world. On February 25, 2012, she won Finland’s national selection (The Contest for New Music). She performed in the first semi-final on May 22 but did not advance to the final. After representing Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012, she has worked in music, including collaborations with her brother Jonas. On the Finland-Swedish radio channel Yle X3M, she created the program Stiftelsen together with Frida Lindholm. They called themselves “Frillan” and “Prillan” and since August 2014, also produced the podcast Frillan & Prillan OFF AIR. Karlsson left the radio channel in June 2018. Entries När Jag Blundar Country🇫🇮 Finland Year2012 LanguageFinnish LyricsJonas Karlsson MusicJonas Karlsson BackingsHeikki Takkula (cello) Results Semi Points: 41Position: 12Running order: 9 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/MRC5NzxmrAA?si=Gjx9BkslIeoImg6S

Tamara Todevska

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameTamara Todevska Born01 June 1985 Nationality???????? North Macedonian National SelectionInternal selection 2019Skopje Fest 2014 (2015)Skopje Fest 2008Skopje Fest 2007Skopje Fest 2005 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv2008 Belgrade SongProud (2019)Let me love you (2008, with Adrian & Vrčak) Biography Tamara Todevska is a North Macedonian singer. She is the sister of Tijana Dapčević.In 1991, at the age of 6, she performed at the prestigious Makfest Festival, along with then-famous singers Marianna and Rosana. In 1997 She took part in Skopje Fest together with her sister Tijana. In 2001, Tamara began her solo career with the single “Dali znam”. She performed at the Sunčane Skale Festival in Herceg Novi in 2002 and won third place. A follow up for “Dali znam” was released: “Mesečar” . She received several awards that year. Together with her mother Branka she won the 3rd prize at “Ohrid Fest”. A year later, Tamara won an award for best song at Makfest with the song “Nemirna”. She recorded a duet with the then megapopular hip hop group 187, a controversial song called “Seks”, which became a huge hit. In 2004, Tamara first entered the Eurovision stage as a backing vocal for Toše Proeski.In April 2005 she released her first album “Sino”. The next year “Sino” was named album of the year. Together with Vrčak she received the first prize at Makfest in 2006. The collaboration with Vrčak continued with „Loša devojka” , which became a big hit in Serbia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. In 2007 again with a song Tamara takes second place at the Skopje Fest, the North Macedonian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.In 2008 Tamara, Adrian Gaxha and Vrcak represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Let me love you”. After a tour through Australia, Tamara returned with songs written by Kaliopi. In 2009, at the Budva Fest, Tamara performed “Šarena pesma”. In 2011 she recorded a duet with Vlatko Ilievski. In 2012 she planned a new tour famous DJs from North Macedonia (Zoki-Baby and Mazi). In 2013, Tamara participated in Skopje Fest, in that year not the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.In early 2014, Tamara was awarded “Singer of the Year” at the prestigious Zlatna Bubamara na popularnosta show. She also took part in Makfest again.2015 is a successful year for Tamara. She launched a pilot single on her long-awaited second album, “Eden den”. The single is entitled “Sovršen kraj”. Two weeks later, on July 15th, Tamara’s long-awaited album comes out after 11 years. The album contained 13 tracks. With this album, Tamara announced her big solo concert that took place later that year. In November 2015, at the MARS Radio Festival, the song “Frazi ljubovni” was awarded the absolute hit of the year.On February 18 2016, during Zlatna Bubamara na popularnosta, Tamara won no less than three awards. The album is awarded for Album of the Year, and the other two awards are for concert and singer of the year. In 2019, she represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest again, with the song “Proud”. She became the winner of the expert juries and reached an overall 7th place, the best score ever so far for North Macedonia. In december of that year, she participated in Kënga Magjike with the song “Monsters”. Songs that followed were “Sloboda/Rise” (2020) and “Porok” (2021). Entries Proud Country???????? North Macedonia Year2019 LanguageEnglish LyricsKostav PetrovSanja Popovska MusicDarko DimitrovRobert BilbilovLazar Cvetkoski BackingsAntonia GigovskaAleksandra JanevaVasil Garvanliev Results Semi Points: 239Position: 2Running order: 17 Results Finals Points: 305Position: 7Running order: 8 https://youtu.be/0pAURAsum4A Let Me Love You (with Vrčak and Adrian) Country???????? North Macedonia Year2008 LanguageEnglish LyricsRade Vrčakovski MusicRade VrčakovskiKire Kostov BackingsNada TalevskaAleksa RaifovićToma Đorđević Results Semi Points: 64Position: 10Running order: 18 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/UsM93rCP8A4