Karmen Stavec (born 21 December 1973) is a Slovene musician and pop singer.

Early years

Karmen was born in

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, at that time part of

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, to Slovene parents. After graduation she came to

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, where she joined the dance duo "4 Fun". She also began to study

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at the Philosophical Faculty at the

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. In 1998 she started her own solo career.

Music career

She has participated four times in Slovene national selection, called "EMA" for the Eurovision song contest in 1998 (with Patrik Greblo), EMA 2001, EMA 2002 and EMA 2003. In 2002, at the EMA, she took second place behind the trio Sestre ("The Sisters"), although she received the highest number of points from televoting. Her song, "Še in še" won the National Finals Song Contest. In 2003 she won, and she represented Slovenia at the

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, where she finished in 23rd place with the song "Nanana", sung in English. The Slovene version of the song is called ''Lep poletni dan'' (meaning ''A Nice Summer Day''). In 2008, Karmen announced a return to the music scene with another entry in EMA 2009 with the song "A si želiš". She finished third in the semi-finals and tenth in the final.

Discography

*''Ostani Tu'' (2001) *''Karmen'' (2003)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stavec, Karmen 1973 births Living people German people of Slovenian descent Slovenian pop singers Slovenian women pop singers 21st-century Slovenian women singers Musicians from Berlin 20th-century Slovenian women singers English-language singers from Slovenia Eurovision Song Contest entrants