Olia Tira (born Olga Tsyra) ( ro, Olga Țîra) on 1 August 1988), also known by her stage name FLUX LIGHT, is a

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-born Moldovan singer.

Early life

Tira was born in 1988 into a

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military family in

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. She spent a few years there and moved to Chișinău. She first appeared in festivals and concerts when she was 14 years old. Tira attended school in Cahul and is currently a student in the

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in Chișinău. Tira's first album, ''Your Place or Mine?'', was released in December 2006 by Nordika Multimedia. The songs were all written by Ruslan Taranu.

Eurovision Song Contest

After participating in the 2006 and 2007 Moldovan national finals and finishing fourth in the 2009 Moldovan national final with ''Unicul Meu'', she was selected to represent Moldova in the

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, along with SunStroke Project. 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

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with the song "Never Stop No". She competed under the stage name, FLUX LIGHT. She tied for sixth place and did not qualify to represent Moldova.

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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 {{Moldova-singer-stub