Norway is best remembered in Eurovision for their last places and zero points despite the fact they have actually won twice (1985 and 1995) and and have a total of 16 Top-10 finishes including 2nd place in 1996 and 4th place in 2003. This year its their 48th entry and Maria will try to take Norway back to the final after last year's failure to do so.
Maria Haukaas Storeng (29) was many fans wet dream to do Eurovision since she took part in Norwegian Pop Idol in 2004. She only came 6th but left an everlasting impression and became quite popular. Her name kept coming up every year when the artist speculation was on and here she is finally!
She has released so far one album, Breathing, back in 2005. Her new album was released shortly, and co-produced by Mira Craig and also includes a duet with her. She already made it to number One in the Norwegian charts with her entry.
Maria has starred in many musicals such as Fame, Hamlet, Hair, ABBA tribute Thank you for the music and Peer Gynt but she debuted already at the age of 11 in Annie. That lead her to leading roll in Wizard of Oz as Dorothy in Det Norske Teatret a few years later.
Mira Craig who wrote the song when she was 15 may be much bigger star than Maria actually. She combines in her music r'n'b with Norwegian folk music, opera, reggae and all sort of other styles. She calls her music Tribal Dreams. Her father is American African so it may have some influence to that. She has performed with Snoop Dogg, Timbaland, 50 Cent and Lauren Hill just to name a few. She's an all around artist who writes and performs songs, produces them, designs the sleeves and her cloathes to go with them, directs the videos....
Watch here what Mira created for Maria: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo-vmWEmEtY
Maria Haukaas Storeng (29) was many fans wet dream to do Eurovision since she took part in Norwegian Pop Idol in 2004. She only came 6th but left an everlasting impression and became quite popular. Her name kept coming up every year when the artist speculation was on and here she is finally!
She has released so far one album, Breathing, back in 2005. Her new album was released shortly, and co-produced by Mira Craig and also includes a duet with her. She already made it to number One in the Norwegian charts with her entry.
Maria has starred in many musicals such as Fame, Hamlet, Hair, ABBA tribute Thank you for the music and Peer Gynt but she debuted already at the age of 11 in Annie. That lead her to leading roll in Wizard of Oz as Dorothy in Det Norske Teatret a few years later.
Mira Craig who wrote the song when she was 15 may be much bigger star than Maria actually. She combines in her music r'n'b with Norwegian folk music, opera, reggae and all sort of other styles. She calls her music Tribal Dreams. Her father is American African so it may have some influence to that. She has performed with Snoop Dogg, Timbaland, 50 Cent and Lauren Hill just to name a few. She's an all around artist who writes and performs songs, produces them, designs the sleeves and her cloathes to go with them, directs the videos....Watch here what Mira created for Maria: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo-vmWEmEtY
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