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Julia Samoylova

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameYuliya Olegovna Samoylova Born07 April 1989 Nationality???????? Russian National SelectionInternal selection 2018Internal selection 2017 In Eurovision2018 Lisbon SongI won’t break (2018) Biography Yuliya Samoylova is a Russian singer and songwriter. She was born in Ukhta, Russia, Soviet Union. At age 13, she was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. She moves in a wheelchair.From an early age, Samoilova participated in various competitions. At the age of fourteen, she won the music festival Na kryl’yakh mechty. In 2005, she participated in the Schlager competition in Yekaterinburg, where she took the 2nd place. In 2008, she founded the group TerraNova, which existed until 2010. In November 2012, she participated in the third season of  Factor A, a casting show. On February 7, 2014, in Sochi, at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games, she performed the song “Vmeste”.  In the same year, she was able to release three singles, one of which was a duet with Gosha Kutsenko. At the end of 2016, she participated in the recording of the song and the video “#ZHIT’” along with such performers as Polina Gagarina, Grigory Leps, Timati and Mot. Also in December 2016, another duet with Gosha Kutsenko was recorded – “Ne smotri nazad”. In 2017 she was chosen to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Flame is burning”. However, she performed in Crimea in 2015, which made the Ukrainian authorities decide she was not allowed to enter the country, not making an exception for Eurovision. She did go to Eurovision in the end, but she had to wait a year. In 2018, she represented Russia with the song “I won’t break”. In the same year, she won a Russian Music Box Award. On April 27, 2021, the EP “Belaya liliya” was released in Russian and Ukrainian, followed in October of the same year by the single “Storm”. Entries I Won’t Break Country???????? Russia Year2018 LanguageEnglish LyricsLeonid GutkinNetta NimrodiArie Burshtein MusicLeonid GutkinNetta NimrodiArie Burshtein BackingsArie BurshteinKsenia KorobkovaNetta NimrodiIldar GainutdinovAnastasiya Dzhurkina Results Semi Points: 65Position: 15Running order: 6 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/KujGHwyfMWM

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Conan Osíris

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts NameTiago Emanuel da Silva Miranda Born05 January 1989 Nationality???????? Portuguese National SelectionFestival da Canção 2019 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongTelemóveis (2019) Biography Conan Osíris is a Portuguese singer, born as Tiago Miranda in Lisbon. He lived in the neighborhood of Santa Maria dos Olivais and later moved to Cacém. After high school, he completed a degree in Communication Design and Audiovisual Production at the Higher School of Applied Arts of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco. Conan started his musical career in 2008 when he created the group Powny Lamb. In 2011 they launched the EP Cathedral through the Soundcloud platform. In 2012 he began working at one of the stores of a well-known Portuguese sex shop chain. Tiago Miranda later decided to use the stage name of Conan Osiris – “Conan” as a reference to Conan – The Boy of the Future, and “Osiris” because of the respective Egyptian god. He used the name for the first time in the song “Secluded” in the 2013/2014 fashion show at ModaLisboa. In 2014 he also released an EP with the title “Silk”. In 2016, he released his first album “Música, Normal”. A year later he co-wrote the album  “Emocional” for Rita Moreira.On 30 december 2017, he released the album “Adoro Bolos”, which quickly became a cult piece. Thanks to the success of his second album “Adoro Bolos” he could give up his job, to work full time in his musical career. In 2019 Conan Osíris represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Telemóveis”. Unfortunately, Osiris did not reach the final.Osiris performed at the Portuguese rock festival Super Bock Super Rock in 2019. In the same year, he won a PLAY Award, a Portuguese music award for best new artist. In 2021 he released a single “Vinte vinte (pranto)”, a collaboration with Ana Moura and Branko. Entries Telemóveis Country???????? Portugal Year2019 LanguagePortuguese LyricsConan Osíris MusicConan Osíris BackingsPatrícia SilveiraPatrícia AntunesJoão Reis Moreira Results Semi Points: 51Position: 15Running order: 15 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/SIGn9_yMLn4

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