Olia Tira
Olia Tira | |
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 Tira in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Olga Țîra |
| Also known as | Flux Light |
| Born | 1 August 1988 Potsdam, East Germany |
| Origin | Chișinău, Moldova |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2003–present |
Olga Țîra (born 1 August 1988), known professionally as Olia Tira or Flux Light, is a Moldovan singer.
Early life
[edit]Tira was born in 1988 into a Soviet military family[1] in Potsdam, East Germany.[2] She spent a few years there and moved to Chișinău. She first appeared in festivals and concerts when she was 14 years old.[3]
Tira attended school in Cahul and is currently[when?] a student in the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chișinău.[2]
Tira's first album, Your Place or Mine?, was released in December 2006 by Nordika Multimedia. The songs were all written by Ruslan Taranu.[1][3]
Eurovision Song Contest
[edit]After participating in the 2006 and 2007 Moldovan national finals[3] and finishing fourth in the 2009 Moldovan national final with Unicul Meu,[4] she was selected to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, along with SunStroke Project.[4][5] They finished 22nd in the Eurovision Song Contest final. She was a finalist in O melodie pentru europa 2014, Moldova's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Never Stop No". She competed under the stage name, Flux Light.[6] She tied for sixth place and did not qualify to represent Moldova.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "evenimente: Olia Tira, cântăreaţa care sparge stereotipurile". Muzica Md. Imco. 2 February 2007. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Moldova – "Sun Stroke Project" & Olia Tira". Eurovision Song Contest Oslo 2010. Eurovision Georgia. 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Floras, Stella (9 December 2007). "The Olia Tira interview". Special. ESCToday. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ^ a b Brey, Marco (6 March 2010). "Sun Stroke Project & Olia Tira for Moldova!". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Klier, Marcus (6 March 2010). "Moldova sends Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira to Eurovision". ESCToday. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
- ^ Honciuc, Bogdan (6 February 2014). "MOLDOVA: OLIA TIRA WAS UNDERCOVER AT O MELODIE PENTRU EUROPA". Wiwibloggs.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
External links
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Media related to Olia Tira at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1988 births
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2010
- Living people
- Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Moldova
- Musicians from Potsdam
- Musicians from Chișinău
- 21st-century Moldovan women singers
- Moldovan expatriates in Germany
- Soviet expatriates in Germany
- German people of Moldovan descent
- European singer stubs
- Moldovan people stubs