Darja Švajger
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Darja Švajger | |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1993-present |
Darja Švajger (born 16 June 1965 in
SFR Yugoslavia) is one of Slovenia's most popular singers, perhaps best known internationally for having represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest
on two occasions.
Early life
Music entered Darja's life when she was still a child. After finishing secondary school, she entered the College of Music and attended art classes in
Slovene National Theatre in Maribor. In 1993, the international jury of the Melodies of the Sea and the Sun pop music festival, held in Koper
, awarded her first prize in the Slovenian section of the international category. Her first album, In the Arms of the Night, soon followed.
Albums
- 1994: V objemu noči
- 1995: Prisluhni mi
- 1998: Trenutki
- 1999: Še tisoč let
- 2001: Plameni
- 2005: Najlepše uspešnice
- 2008: Moji obrazi
- 2013: Moji obrazi
Eurovision 1995
The year 1995 was of great importance to Darja. She represented Slovenia in the
Prisluhni mi ("Listen to me") by Primoc Peterca and Saso Fajon
. The ballad achieved seventh place: Slovenia's best ever result to the contest. Darja won the 1995 and 1996 Pop Singer of the Year awards in Slovenia. In the following years, she became very active and her second album, Moments, was released in 1998.
Official music videos
- 1995: Prisluhni mi
- 1999: Še tisoč let / For a thousand years
- 2014: Sončen dan
- 2015: En svet
Eurovision 1999
In 1999, Darja again won Slovene national selection for Eurovision and therefore was selected to represent the country in the
For A Thousand Years. The composer stated that he had been inspired by the city of New York during his four-month stay there. Slovene broadcaster RTV had high hopes and indeed the song was in first place at the beginning of the voting: it even got a highest score of 12 points from Ireland and Croatia
. The song finally scored a total of 50 points and was ranked 11th among the 23 entries.
See also
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Darja Švajger.
- The official site of the Slovenian National Broadcaster
- The official site of the Eurovision Song Contest
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