Elina Born (born 29 June 1994) is an

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n singer. She represented Estonia in the

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along with Stig Rästa with the song " Goodbye to Yesterday". She previously attempted to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in

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with the song "Enough", and attempted to represent Estonia at the

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finishing last in the final. She was the runner-up of the fifth season of ''

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''.

Biography

Early life

Elina Born was born on 29 June 1994 in Lehtse,

. Stig Rästa discovered Elina Born on

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, she was singing "Cruz" by

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, he said "I was completely charmed by her musicality". Elina was at school when a message from Stig appeared on her Facebook. On the experience, Born stated "To be honest, I started crying. It took me a couple of days to gather the courage to write back".

Career

2012–13: ''Eesti otsib superstaari'' & Eesti Laul

In 2012, Elina Born took part on

n reality-competition gameshow ''

'' (''Estonia is Searching for a Superstar''). The program seeks to discover the best singer in Estonia through a series of nationwide auditions. She made it through the audition, theatre round, studio round and final. She reached the Super Final but finished runner-up to Rasmus Rändvee. Elina Born participated in Eesti Laul 2013 with her first single, "Enough", written by Stig Rästa and Fred Krieger. She qualified for the final and finished 8th.

2014–Present: Eurovision Song Contest & Eesti Laul

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Elina Born took part in '' Eesti Laul 2015'' with Stig Rästa, organised by the

n broadcaster

Eesti Rahvusringhääling Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) – ''Estonian Public Broadcasting'' – is a publicly funded and owned radio and television organisation created in Estonia on 1 June 2007 to take over the functions of the formerly separate Eesti Raadi ...

(ERR). They took part in Semi-final 2 of ''Eesti Laul 2015'' with the song " Goodbye to Yesterday" which took place on 14 February 2015. They progressed to the Final, which took place on 21 February 2015, and then to the Superfinal along with two other songs. They were chosen to represent

at the

. Elina and Stig took 7th place in the final with a total of 106 points. Two years later, in 2017, Elina came back to

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with the song "In or Out", written by Stig Rästa, Vallo Kikas and Fred Krieger. She qualified for the final and finished 10th.

Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

External links

Elina Born on Facebook
{{DEFAULTSORT:Born, Elina 1994 births Living people People from Tapa Parish 21st-century Estonian women singers Estonian pop singers English-language singers from Estonia Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Estonia Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2015 Idols (franchise) participants Eesti Laul winners