Zara Larsson will represent Sweden in San Marino Cittá - San Marino. Swedish delegation, new delegation in this ediction, decided to send a very different song than the other edictions. Uncover is the title of the song.
Sweden is the type of countries that love music competitions, so they are one of the countries who is participating in WSC since the first ediction when they achieved the 13th place with 41 pts.
All the entries till ediction 6 are from Melodifestivalen Finals, or semi finals. On ediction 7 they try with a Rock song and this time they change the delegation and the music style. With a touching song, very well sang by beautiful Zara Larsson who has only 15 years old. She's the younger singer representing one country since ever.
| #01 | The Boy Can Dance - Afro-Dite |
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13th (41pts)
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| #02 | Het - Timoteij |
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2nd (70pts)
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| #03 | I Din Himmel - Sonja Aldén |
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2nd (81pts)
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| #04 | Jag Vill Om Du Vågar - Pernilla Wahlgren |
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12th (59pts)
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| #06 | The Girl - Charlotte Perrelli |
16th (33pts)
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| #07 | Papercut - Apollo Drive |
9th (52pts)
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18th (62pts)
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Who is Zara?
Zara Larsson was born on 16 December 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden. She has one sister named Hanna (b. 2000). She used to sing as a little girl, which made her parents notice her talent. She was a finalist of the Swedish talent show Stjärnskott 2007 before appearing on Talang.
During Talang 2008 she performed three songs: "The Greatest Love of All" and "One Moment in Time" by Whitney Houston, at the audition and the semifinal respectively; and "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion at the final. She won the competition at age 10, and received the prize money of 500,000 SEK as a result.-"My Heart Will Go On", the song Zara sang at the final, was released as her debut single. Her final performance has received 14 million views on YouTube.
Although very little news was heard for over four years following her Talang victory, Zara signed with TEN Music Group, a Swedish recording company owned by Universal Music AB (UMG), in 2012 to release her debut EP album. The album, named Introducing, was revealed on December 9, 2012 through a preview of the song "Uncover" on YouTube.
The album was released on January 21, 2013, featuring five songs. "Uncover" was also released as the album's lead single; it peaked at No. 1 on both the Sverigetopplistan and DigiListan charts and on February 25, 2013 the song was certified Platinum in Sweden as a result of the song receiving over 5 million streams. The song also entered the Svensktoppen track lists. The YouTube video for "Uncover" has received 4 million views.
On March 27, 2013, Zara's next EP album was revealed through a preview of the song "She's Not Me". No details have been revealed yet.
Zara revealed on her blog on April 3, 2013, that she had signed a recording deal with Sony in the United States.
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