Maria Haukaas Mittet

Maria Haukaas Mittet

Maria Haukaas Storeng (born August 3, 1979) is a Norwegian artist. She is Norway's representative in the upcoming 53rd Eurovision Song Contest.

Biography

Maria was born in Finnsnes, but grew up in Senja, in Troms county, Norway. She first received national media attention when she had her first musical role at the age of 11, with the lead in Annie, at the Bryggeteateret in Oslo (1991). Maria and her family moved to Oslo for the musical, and when the show run was over, they moved back to Senja.

She has since performed in several musicals, both in the capital Oslo, and in the county Troms where she grew up.

At the age of 24, she was part of Idol (Norway) in 2004, where she finished 6th. She took part in the Idol Tour 2004, along with other contestants in the top ten.

She released her solo album in 2005, which peaked at # 13 on the Norwegian album charts. The single "Breathing" peaked at # 5 and was certified Gold in Norway, while "Should've" peaked at # 20. She went on a four month national tour to promote the album.

Maria Haukaas Storeng performing "Hold On Be Strong" at the first Eurovision Song Contest 2008 semi-final.

Maria is the Norwegian representative to perform in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Hold On Be Strong", written by Mira Craig.The song peaked at # 1 in the Norwegian iTunes chart. On 12 February 2008 the song entered the Norwegian single charts at # 5, reaching #1 on 19 February 2008.

Maria released her second studio album Hold On Be Strong on 28 April, 2008 with help from Mira Craig.

Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Maria entered the qualifying rounds in Melodi Grand Prix 2008 on January 18, and was voted through directly to the national final. In the final on February 9, she received the highest number of votes from both the televoting and the jury, which made her the Norwegian representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, which is going to be held on May 20, 22 and 24 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Theatre (selected)

• 1991-1992 Annie - as Annie (at Bryggeteateret in Oslo)
• 1995-1996 Trollmannen fra Oz (en. The Wizard of Oz) - as Dorothy (at Det norske teatret in Oslo)
• 2002 Thank You For The Music - ABBA Tribute (at Scene West in Oslo)
• 2003 Fame - as Mabel Washington (at Chat Noir in Oslo)
• 2005 Hamlet - as Ophelia (by Nordnorsk Scenekompani in Harstad and Tromsø)
• 2006-2007 Hair - as Sheila Franklin (at Det Norske Teatret in Oslo)

Discography

Maria Haukaas Storeng discography
Studio albums	2
Music videos	2
Singles	4
Collaborations	3

The following article is a discography of albums and singles released by Norwegian artist Maria Haukaas Storeng.

Albums

Statistics	Singles
Breathing Released: January 31 2005 Peak chart positions: # 13 NOR Label: Oslo Recordings/Bonnier	"Breathing" "Should've"
Hold On Be Strong Released: April 28 2008 Peak chart positions: #5 NOR Label: Universal Music	"Hold On Be Strong"

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions	Album
		NO
2004	"Breathing"	5	Breathing
2005	"Should've"	20
2006	"Nobody Knows"	-	Hold On Be Strong
2008	"Hold On Be Strong"	1

Featured-on albums

• 1991 "Annie" - den norske suksessversjonen
• 2004 Idol - de 11 finalistene - track #3 "Don't Give A Damn" - (Album charts: #2)
• 2008 Melodi Grand Prix 2008 (Album charts: #28)

Filmography

• Kim Possible (TV) (Norwegian audio version) - sings the theme song - sings a ballad in one episode
• Chicken Little (Norwegian audio version) - sings "Ta Den Ut"
• Shrek the Third (Norwegian audio version) - Rapunsel (voice)

Self

• 1999 Beat for Beat (TV) (Norwegian music show)
• 2001 Du skal høre mye (TV)
• 2003 Beat for Beat (TV)
• 2004 Idol (TV)
• 2004 Beat for Beat (TV)
• 2005 Heia Tufte (TV)
• 2007 Beat for Beat (TV)

See also

• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest

External links

• Official site
• Maria Fan Club - fan site in English and Norwegian
• Maria Fan - fan site in Norwegian
• Video clip from NRK in 1991 - Maria Haukaas Storeng performing "Tror jeg" (en. "Maybe") from the musical Annie, with her new Annie-haircut.