Simone Egeriis (born 28 January 1992), better known as simply Simone, is a Danish pop singer. She was born and raised in
Slagelse, Denmark. She is known in
Denmark
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for winning the Danish TV talent show ''
Scenen er din'' ('The Stage is Yours') in the category Junior Singing. She has since released three studio albums – her debut was called
Vindens Farver or ''
Colours of the Wind'', the song from
Disney
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's ''
Pocahontas
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'', with which she won ''Scenen er Din''. She also plays the violin and the piano.
Biography
Early years
Simone's mother and father are divorced and she lives with her mother and her older sister Stephanie in
Slagelse, where her father also lives. She started singing at a very young age and went on to do children's musicals. At age nine she began in the children's gospel choir 'Himmelsus'.
Scenen er din
When she first went on 'The Stage is Yours' the judges totally loved her and she got top marks from them. She won the first season of the show in September in the category junior singing with the song
Vindens Farver in the final.
Career
Simone's first studio album ''
Vindens Farver'' was named after the winning song from ''Scenen er Din'' and is her most successful album. It included songs only from
Walt Disney Pictures
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, both in Danish and English. Egeriis' second studio album was ''
On a Night Like This
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'', a holiday album which contained traditional Christmas songs both in Danish and English. In November 2006, she released the album ''
Dreams Do Come True'', being her first album with exclusively English language tracks.
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
;2010
Simone took part at the
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2010, the national selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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, with the song "How Will I Know". She came in third place.
;2013
Simone also took part in the
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 with the song "Stay Awake" reaching the Superfinal (Final 3) stage. She came third again with
Emmelie de Forest
Emmelie Charlotte-Victoria de Forest (born 28 February 1993) is a Danish singer and songwriter.
De Forest represented Denmark with the song " Only Teardrops" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, winning the contest. Her debut ...
carrying the title with "
Only Teardrops
"Only Teardrops" is a song recorded by Danish singer Emmelie de Forest. The song was written by Lise Cabble, Julia Fabrin Jakobsen and Thomas Stengaard, and it was produced by Frederik Thaae. It is best known as Denmark's winning entry to th ...
", who later went on to win Eurovision that year.
;2016
Simone returned to
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2016, with the song "Heart Shaped Hole". She came in third place for the third time, after reaching the Superfinal stage.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
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1992 births
Danish child singers
Danish pop singers
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix contestants
Living people
English-language singers from Denmark
21st-century Danish women singers
People from Slagelse