Sandhja Kuivalainen (born 16 March 1991), known professionally as simply Sandhja, is a Finnish singer. She represented Finland in the

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with the song "

Sing It Away Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Sing It Away" written by Sandhja, Sandhja Kuivalainen, Milos Rosas, Heikki Korhonen, Petri Matara, and Markus Savijoki, and performed by Sandhja. The Finnish participatin ...

". Sandhja was born to an

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mother and a Finnish father.

Career

2013–14: ''Gold''

Sandhja released her debut single " Hold Me" on 15 November 2013 as the lead single from her debut studio album. On 7 March 2014 she released "

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" as the second single from her debut studio album. She released her debut studio album ''Gold'' on 23 May 2014 through Sony Music Entertainment Finland.

2015–present: ''Eurovision Song Contest'' and ''Freedom Venture''

In May 2015 she featured on Brandon Bauer's single "The Flavor". On 30 October 2015 she released the single "My Bass". Sandhja was announced as one of the 18 competing artists in '' Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016'' on 12 January 2016. She competed in the third semi-final and advanced to the final. In the final, she was declared the winner after winning the jury vote and placing third with the public. She represented

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in the

, performing first of all contestants in the first semi-final on 10 May 2016 at the

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, but failed to qualify for the May 14 final. Her second studio album ''Freedom Venture'', was released on 29 April 2016.

Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

External links

* {{Authority control Living people 1991 births 21st-century Finnish women singers Finnish pop singers Finnish women pop singers Singers from Helsinki Finnish people of Indo-Guyanese descent English-language singers from Finland Eurovision Song Contest entrants