Monica Anghel (; born 1 June 1971 in
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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) is a
Romanian singer and
television personality. In 1996, she took part in the international preselection for the
Eurovision Song Contest. The Romanian song "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" was not chosen to go to the international final in
Oslo
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. In the same year, she won the "
Golden Stag Festival" for Romania.
Anghel participated in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2002
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in
Tallinn
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, with
Marcel Pavel. Their song "
Tell Me Why" reached the 9th place, which was the third best score ever for Romania. A few years later Anghel started to collaborate with comic group
Divertis.
In 2003 and 2017,
Walt Disney Pictures chose the Romanian pop star to provide the Romanian voice for one of the muses from the animated movie
Hercules
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The Romans adapted th ...
.
See also
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Music of Romania
References
1971 births
Living people
21st-century Romanian singers
21st-century Romanian women singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1996
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2002
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Romania
Golden Stag winners
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