Susanna Marie Cork (born 18 February 1989), better known as SuRie, is an English singer and songwriter. She was born in Harlow,

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, and raised in

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, Hertfordshire.

Early life and career

SuRie was born Susanna Marie Cork to Andrew Cork and Julia (née Kornberg). Her maternal grandfather, Sir Hans Kornberg, is a German-born British-American

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, whose own parents were murdered in

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. Her stage name SuRie is a combination of first names Susanna Marie. SuRie attended

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and later graduated from the

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. Initially trained classically, she can play piano and

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. She also trained as a vocalist. She started writing at 12-years-old. She has had residencies in Jazz lounges in London. Her younger brother is singer-songwriter

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. She performed in front of the former

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as a child soloist and appeared in different British venues such as

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and

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SuRie
Retrieved on 17 February 2018 and at venues all around the world, including St. Mark's Basilica in Venice.About SuRie
Retrieved on 17 February 2018

Eurovision Song Contest 2018

In January 2018, SuRie was confirmed as one of six artists competing in '' Eurovision: You Decide'', the British national selection show for the

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. On 7 February 2018, she won the show with the song "

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", written and composed by Nicole Blair, Gil Lewis, and Sean Hargreaves, and represented the

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in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon. She has a previous experience in the contest, as a backing vocalist and dancer for

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who represented Belgium in Eurovision 2015 in Vienna, Austria with " Rhythm Inside" and she also appeared as a musical director for Blanche’s "

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" in Kyiv, Ukraine in

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. As the United Kingdom is a member of the " Big Five", SuRie automatically qualified to the grand final of the contest, which took place on 12 May 2018 in Lisbon after

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's win in 2017. SuRie's performance in the final was disrupted by Dr ACactivism who grabbed her microphone and shouted "Modern nazis of the UK media, we demand freedom, war is not peace." She was able to complete her performance, and the broadcast cut to an unscheduled interview in the green room following the song. As a result, SuRie was given permission to perform again after the final performance, but she subsequently declined to do so saying she was proud of her one performance.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:SuRie 1989 births Living people English people of German-Jewish descent English women pop singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants for the United Kingdom Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2018 Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music People from Harlow People from Bishop's Stortford 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers