Emilè Azar (born in

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

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on 2 May 1985) is a

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singer of Lebanese origin, and a resident of

Sandviken Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey t ...

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. He sent in a song to

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almo ...

and got a spot on the show in a bid to represent

in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...

, receiving media attention because of his massive weight loss after getting a spot in Melodifestivalen.''Aftonbladet'': Gick ner 20 kilo på tre månader
On 24 February 2007, Emilé Azar performed the song "Vi hade nåt" (meaning We had something) in

Melodifestivalen 2007 2007 was the 47th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 3 February and 10 March 2007. The winner of the competition was the band The Ark with the song " The Worryi ...

and ended up in 7th place and did not make it any further in the contest.

Discography

*2007: "Vi hade nåt" (in

References

External links

Last.fm
1985 births Living people Lebanese emigrants to Sweden Musicians from Beirut 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish male singers {{Sweden-singer-stub