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Nelly Ciobanu
Ciobanu in Moscow in 2009
Background information
Birth nameNelea Ciobanu-Mărgineanu
Born (1974-10-28) 28 October 1974 (age 50)
Cania, Moldavian SSR, USSR
Genres
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1993–present
Websitewww.nellyciobanu.com

Nelea Ciobanu-Mărgineanu (born 28 October 1974), known professionally as Nelly Ciobanu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈneli t͡ʃʲoˈbanu]) is a Moldovan singer. Ciobanu graduated from music college of the city of Tiraspol and later made her debut on stage in 1993, with her brother as part of duo "Master Dinamit". She represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Hora din Moldova", placing 14th.

Life and career

Ciobanu is a winner of multiple international competitions: in 1998 won second prize at the festival "Yalta - 98" (Ukraine), 1999 "Grand Prix" at the "Discovery" in Bulgaria (for the performance of a song of composer Liviu Stirbu ), the second prize at the festival "Voice of Asia" (Almaty, Kazakhstan), in 2000 - the first prize at the festival "Slavic Bazaar" in Belarus, the bronze medal of "Delphian Games" in Russia, in 2002, the golden prize of the festival "Spring of April" (North Korea), in 2003 - second prize at the festival "New Wave" in Jūrmala, the Grand Prix of K. Shulzhenko contest (Kharkiv, Ukraine), second place in national pre-selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2005, was jury member at "Five Stars. Sings in 11 languages: Romanian, Russian, English, Italian, and even Korean. She has toured with many Russian artists and international stars such as Patricia Kaas and Mike Bolton. On 24 December 2005 her daughter, Mirela Christiana was born.

Eurovision Song Contest

Nelly Ciobanu represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia with the song "Hora Din Moldova" which was written by her and composed by Veaceslav Daniliuc. She ranked 14th with 69 points in the Final.[1] It was announced on 16 January 2012 that Nelly Ciobanu would try to represent Moldova once more, with the song "Turn on the light"

References

  1. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Final | Final | Eurovision Song Contest - Baku 2012". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
2009 		Succeeded by
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