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Born in Utrecht, The Netherlands, to a Greek family, Stefania first rose to fame when she competed in The Voice Kids (Netherlands), where she reached the Battle round.
She then went on to compete at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest as part of the group Kisses, where they finished in 8th place.
In 2018, the young singer released her first solo single Stupid Reasons and she’s carved out a very successful solo career for herself since then.
In 2019, she performed at the Mad VMA music awards, as part of an all-girl cover of Daddy Yankee’s Con Calma. The video of the performance has clocked up over 2.5 million views.
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Stefania is a Greek-Dutch singer, actress and YouTuber, who has been performing since a very young age. Got the feeling you’ve seen Stefania before? Well, in 2016 she was selected to represent the Netherlands at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Malta as a member of the girl band Kisses. The group performed the song Kisses and Dancin’ and finished in a respectable 8th place. A number of solo singles followed: Stupid Reasons (2018), Wonder (2019), I’m Sorry (Whoops!) (2019) and Turn Around (2019), before Stefania made her Greek television debut, performing at a popular music awards show. Last year, Stefania appeared in the online music show Q Sessions, presented by Dimitris Kontopoulos. She performed SUPERG!RL (her 2020 Eurovision entry) and two duets with Greek Eurovision legends Sakis Rouvas and Kalomira.
OREANDA-NEWS. Russian singer Sergei Lazarev explained why Manizha will not be able to win at Eurovision. He shared his opinion in an interview on the YouTube channel Fametime TV.
Sergey Lazarev himself represented Russia at Eurovision in 2016 and 2019, taking third place both times. The singer noted the talent and originality of Manizhi. She has cool songs, she has her own audience . How much it is for Eurovision is a question, he said.
According to the musician, the European audience may not understand the meaning of the song, since it is in Russian. “For this reason, the number of points will be obviously less,” the artist explained.