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Flo Rida

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts NameTramar Lacel Dillard Born17 september 1979 Nationality🇺🇸 American National Selection– In Eurovision2021 Rotterdam SongAdrenalina (with Senhit, 2021) Biography Tramar Dillard was born in Carol City, Florida, USA. Already at a young age, he started making music as a member of the group called The Groundhoggz. Later, he started working with Fresh Kid Ice. He was featured on Fresh Kid Ice’s album in 2004. In 2008, Flo Rida got the chance to record his debut album “Mail on sunday”. The first single was “Low”, featuring T-Pain. “Low” reached the no. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.The follow up “Elevator”, featuring Timbaland, “In the Ayer” featuring will.i.am, and “Roll” featuring Sean Kingston became chart successes as well. Flo Rida made guest performances on other R&B, rap, and pop singles, among others “We Break the Dawn” by Michelle Williams, the remix of “4 Minutes” by Madonna and “Running Back” by Australian singer Jessica Mauboy. He also cooperated with Lady Gaga. Flo Rida’s second album “R.O.O.T.S.”, was released on March 31, 2009. The first single, “Right Round”, featuring Kesha, jumped from number 58 to the top spot in one week in late February. The song broke a record for the most digital one week sales in the US, with 636,000. “Right Round” also became Flo Rida’s first huge hit in the United Kingdom. The second official single was “Sugar”, which featured R&B singer Wynter Gordon. “Jump”, featuring singer Nelly Furtado, was the third official single. and was released on July 27, 2009, in the United Kingdom, and July 28, 2009, worldwide. “Be on You”, featuring singer Ne-Yo, and “Available”, featuring Akon, followed. He kept on featuring in songs for other artists. Flo Rida’s third album “The only One” was released in 2010. Apart from the album, he released a single called “Zoosk girl”. On June 28, 2010, Flo Rida released the song “Club Can’t Handle Me” featuring David Guetta, which was stated to be the official first single for the album. Flo Rida also made guest appearances on Cody Simpson’s song “iYiYi” and collaborated with The Saturdays, recording a new version of their single, “Higher”. In December 2010, Flo Rida created his own label, International Music Group. Flo Rida’s fourth album, “Wild Ones” was released in July 2012. Its debut single was “Good Feeling”, released on August 29, 2011. The song samples Etta James’ 1962 song, “Something’s Got a Hold on Me”. Following the death of Etta James on January 20, 2012, Flo Rida dedicated the song in her memory. The song peaked at No. 3 in the United States, and topped the charts in several European countries. In November 2012, he collaborated with Olly Murs for his song “Troublemaker”. In June 2013, Flo Rida collaborated with Marc Mysterio on the song “Booty on the Floor” to benefit the families and victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. In January 2014, Flo Rida was featured in the song “One Night Stand” by Slovak duo TWiiNS. In November, he appeared on Nickelback’s album No Fixed Address in the track “Got Me Runnin’ Round”. An EP, “My house”, followed, from which several songs became hits. In 2016, Flo Rida released a single “Hello Friday” featuring Jason Derulo. His new album was called “Masterminds”. He also featured on Pitbull’s single “Greenlight”. It took Flo Rida a long time to release his fifth album. It was supposed to be released in January 2021. However, the album is not released yet. Flo Rida was featured on the song “Adrenalina” by Italian singer Senhit. The two represented San Marino in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Whether Flo Rida would really join Senhit on stage was a long kept secret. Only a few days before the contest Flo Rida arrived in Rotterdam. Entries Adrenalina (Senhit ft. Flo Rida) Country🇸🇲 San Marino Year2021 LanguageEnglish Lyrics and musicChanel TukiaTramar Dillard (Flo Rida)Jimmy ThörnfeldtJoy DebLinnea DebKenny SilverdiqueMalou RuotsalainenSenhit Zadik ZadikSuzi PancenkovThomas Stengaard BackingsIlaria CavolaLucrezia StopponiStefano Rei FerrariPatrizio Ratto Results Semi Points: 118Position: 9Running order: 1 Results Finals Points: 50Position: 22Running order: 6 https://youtu.be/TkhiH-JXFPs

Sandro Nicolas

About Quick Facts NameAlessandro Rütten Born04 October 1996 Nationality🇩🇪 German National SelectionInternal selection 2020 In Eurovision2020 Rotterdam (cancelled) SongRunning! (2020, cancelled) Biography Sandro Nicolas is an American-Greek singer. He was born and raised in Heinsberg, Germany. His father is American and his mother is Greek. He started playing drums and guitar lessons and from the age of 15 he started writing his own songs. In 2015, she took part in the talent show Das Supertalent. In 2018 he participated in the eighth season of “The Voice of Germany” (the German version of “The Voice”). He performed Shawn Mendes’ song “In My Blood”, making all four coaches rotate their chairs.In 2019 he participated in the “New Wave Festival” in Sochi, Russia, representing the United States, finishing 6th. From there, he started using the pseudonym and artistic Sandro Nicolas.He may have grown up in Germany but speaks fluent Greek because of his Greek roots and Greek education.On November 29, 2019, the Cyprus Radio Foundation announced Sandro Nicolas as its representative for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, due to the cancellation of the contest. Cypriot broadcaster CyBC decided not to invite Sandro for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Sandro himself changed his stage name in Sammy Clay, but is currently known as TYLR or Tylrfromheaven. Entries Running! Country🇨🇾 Cyprus Year2020 LanguageEnglish LyricsAlfie ArcuriSebastian RickardsOctavian RasinariuAlessandro Rütten MusicAlfie ArcuriSebastian RickardsOctavian RasinariuAlessandro RüttenTeo DK Backings– Results Semi Points: –Position: –Running order: – Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/Jl_qEw_4OK0

Hannah Mancini

© Albin Olsson About Quick Facts NameHannah Leah Mancini Born22 Januari 1980 Nationality🇺🇸 American🇸🇮 Slovenian National SelectionInternal selection 2013EMA 2011 In Eurovision2013 Malmö SongStraight Into Love (2013) Biography Hannah Leah Mancini, an American-Slovenian singer, was born on January 22, 1980, in California, USA. She was born in Northern California and grew up in Colorado. At the age of 19, she moved to Los Angeles for her career. Since 2007/08, she has been living and working in Slovenia with her husband Greg Jurkovič. In the US, she gained musical experience by performing on the stages of Radio City Music Hall, Universal Amphitheatre, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She has collaborated on numerous Disney films, worked with renowned music authors and producers (Todd Chapman and Grammy award-winner Larry Klein), and also with the American band Haute Chile. She entered the Slovenian music scene as a singer for the band Xequtifz. They recorded three songs: “Anywhere With You/Daleč stran” (2009), “And We Danced/Bil je ples” (2010), and “Walking Away” (feat. Trkaj, 2011). She is also known for her collaborations with DJs, music producers, and electronic groups (DJ Umek, Sare Havliček, D-Pulse, Mike Vale, Sylvain, Beltek, Vanillaz, Kosta Radman, Saalim). In 2011, she collaborated with Sylvain and Mike Vale and participated at EMA, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Ti si tisti”. Two years later, she was internally chosen to represent Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with the song “Straight Into Love”, for which she also co-authored the music and lyrics. She did not make it to the final evening and ended up in last place in the semi-final. The following year, she co-authored two Eurovision pre-selections: the Slovenian one (lyrics for the song “Spet/Round and Round” performed by Tinkara Kovač) and the Moldovan one (music and lyrics for the song “One and All” performed by Diana Staver). In 2016, she started working on the Heron project with Croatian producers Marco Grabber and Krešimir Tomac. Their first album, “Momentum”, was released in December 2017, along with a single and video, “Two Lovers”. In 2018, Hannah teamed up with Larry Klein and Tonio K. for a new project: an album called “The girl Hannah”. She also teamed up with Xequtifz again to record new music. They released a new single, “Ti lahko sve/Alone with you” and opened for Angie Stone. In June 2019, the single “Iconic” came out. Since November 2021, Hannah performed along with Sladica. They released an album in 2022. Entries Straight Into Love Country🇸🇮 Slovenia Year2013 LanguageEnglish LyricsHannah ManciniMarko Primužak MusicHannah ManciniGregor ZemljićErik MarganMatija Rodić BackingsLinda AndrewsSusanne Ørum DancersMatic ZadravecAnže ŠkrubePrimož Pavlič Results Semi Points: 8Position: 16Running order: 3 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/I2_zGcuEuwU?si=ppk7uzSRy1eVkElQ

Natália Kelly

About Quick Facts NameNatália Kelly Born18 December 1994 Nationality🇺🇸 American🇦🇹 Austrian National SelectionÖsterreich Rockt den Song Contest 2013 In Eurovision2013 Malmö SongShine (2013) Biography Natália Kelly is an American-Austrian singer. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA, she was born to a Brazilian mother and an American father with roots in Austria and Ireland. At six, in the year 2000, she moved to Austria. Kelly’s musical journey began early on. By ten, in 2004, she performed in the children’s opera for “Around the World in 80 Days” at Baden state theatre. That same year, she clinched the second position on the ORF TV show, Kiddy Contest, performing a duet with Manuel Gutleb. Over the next few years, she showcased her talent in several contests, including classical music competitions like Prima La Musica. Kelly joined the children’s pop ensemble Gimme 5 from 2005 to 2007. The group was affiliated with Universal Music, and its music was crafted under the expertise of Alexander Kahr. In 2011, Kelly secured a victory in the long-standing Austrian talent competition, The Voice (distinct from the global The Voice franchise). This triumph led her to a recording deal with Alexander Kahr. On 15th February 2013, Kelly aimed for a shot at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, participating in Austria’s national selection event, Österreich rockt den Song Contest, with her track “Shine”. By the end of the voting session, she accumulated 70 points, making her Austria’s representative for the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. She performed in the first semi-final on 14th May 2013. Unfortunately, Austria couldn’t make it to the final, ranking 14th out of 16 with a score of 27 points. Kelly’s debut album, “Natália Kelly”, made its global release on 12th April 2013. In July 2013, the follow up for “Shine” was released: “Face The Day”. In November she performed at the Eurovision Party in Cologne. She also teamed up with Fii & Friends for a concert in U4 in Vienna. In January 2014, Natália was able to perform at the Open Air festival in Seefeld. In July 2014 Natália was able to perform at the Body Painting Festival in Pörtschach am Wörrthersee. In 2017 she recorded a cover song and video, “Tired”, along with Sam Mashgati. In September of the same year she performed at the festival Soundyard in Waidenhofen. Natália currently lives at Cave Creek, Arizona, United States. Entries Shine Country🇦🇹 Austria Year2013 LanguageEnglish LyricsAndreas GrassNikola ParylaNatália Kelly MusicAndreas GrassNikola ParylaAlexander Kahr BackingsRegina MallingerMonika BallweinHarald BaumgartnerKarin BauerBirgit Kubica Results Semi Points: 27Position: 14Running order: 1 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/gOJHi6JiKpY?si=t9MCHR6C5_wmIK9m

Victor Crone

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameVictor Fritz Crone Born31 January 1992 Nationality???????? Swedish National SelectionMelodifestivalen 2020Eesti Laul 2019Melodifestivalen 2015 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongStorm (2019) Biography Victor Fritz-Crone, born January 31, 1992 in Österåker municipality, is a Swedish singer and guitarist. He started his career as Vic Heart. In 2014, he released his debut single “Jimmy Dean”, followed a year later by “Burning man”, now under his own name. He first became noticed by participating, together with Behrang Miri in Melodifestivalen 2015, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Det rår vi ikke för”. Behrang and Victor reached the 2nd Chance round but not the final. After Melodifestivalen Crone released several singles. In 2018, he teamed up with producers Tungevaag and Raaban for the single “Coming up”. The song reached the charts in Estonia. No surprise that Victor Crone took part in Eesti Laul, the Estonian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. He won and thus represented Estonia in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Storm”. He finished in 18th place in the final. In February 2020, his debut album “Troubled waters” was released. The song with the same name became Victor’s entry for Melodifestivalen 2020. In the final of Melodifestivalen, Victor reached a 9th place. “Troubled waters” became a hit in Sweden. After this, Victor released a lot of singles. In 2022, he teamed up with Norwegian producer K-391 for the single “Lonely world”. Entries Storm Country???????? Estonia Year2019 LanguageEnglish LyricsStig RästaVictor CroneFred Krieger MusicStig RästaVallo KikasVictor CroneSebastian Lestapier BackingsKaido PõldmaDagmar OjaStig RästaKaire VilgatsLars Säfsund Results Semi Points: 198Position: 4Running order: 14 Results Finals Points: 76Position: 20Running order: 18 https://youtu.be/PppvSl3_W4E