Maarja-Liis Ilus

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Maarja-Liis Ilus
Maarja-Liis Ilus in support concert "Sing for President Ilves"
Background information
Born	Maarja-Liis Ilus (1980-12-24) 24 December 1980 (age 44) Tallinn, Estonia
Genres	Pop
Years active	1984–present

Website	www.maarja.ee

Maarja-Liis Ilus, sometimes better known by her performing name Maarja (born 24 December 1980) is an Estonian pop musician and presenter. She has represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice.^[1] She was only 15 when she participated in the 1996 contest.

Discography
Albums
Important singles
Musical theatre
References
External links

Discography

Albums

Maarja-Liis (1996)
First in Line (1997)
Kaua veel (1998)
Heart (1998) (only in Japan)
City Life (2000)
Look Around, together with Hinkus (2005)
Läbi jäätunud klaasi, together with Rein Rannap (2006)
Homme (2008)
Jõuluingel (2009)
Kuldne põld (2012)

Important singles

Hold Onto Love (1997)
First in Line (1998)
All the Love You Needed (2001)
He Is Always On My Mind (2003)
Tulilinnud (2015)
Nii sind ootan (2015)

Musical theatre

Miss Saigon, Ellen (2002)
The Sound of Music, Maria (2003)
Rent, Maureen Johnson (2004)
Cats, Grizabella (2005)
Evita, Eva Perón (2009)

References

↑ Granger, Anthony (2022-01-11). "🇪🇪 Estonia: Maarja-Liis Ilus & Priit Loog Announced as Eesti Laul Semi-Final Hosts". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2022-02-05.

External links

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Silvi Vrait with "Nagu merelaine"	Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest (with Ivo Linna) 1996	Succeeded by Maarja-Liis Ilus with "Keelatud maa"
Preceded by Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna with "Kaelakee hääl"	Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997	Succeeded by Koit Toome with "Mere lapsed"

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Countries

Final	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Greece Iceland Ireland Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Qualification	Denmark Germany Hungary Israel Macedonia Romania Russia

Artists

Final	Elisabeth Andreassen Maja Blagdan Dan Ar Braz and l'Héritage des Celtes Antonio Carbonell Constantinos Lisa del Bo Marianna Efstratiou Gina G Amila Glamočak Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna Jasmine Kasia Kowalska Kathy Leander Maxine and Franklin Brown Miriam Christine Anna Mjöll Lúcia Moniz George Nussbaumer One More Time Şebnem Paker Marcel Palonder Eimear Quinn Regina
Qualification	Dorthe Andersen and Martin Loft Monica Anghel and Sincron Galit Bell Gjon Delhusa Kaliopi Andrey Kosinsky Leon

Songs

Final

"¡Ay, qué deseo!"
"Beşinci Mevsim"
"Chcę znać swój grzech..."
"Dan najlepših sanj"
"Diwanit bugale"
"De eerste keer"
"Emis forame to himona anixiatika"
" I evighet "
"In a Woman's Heart"
" Kaelakee hääl "
"Kým nás máš"
" Liefde is een kaartspel "
"O meu coração não tem cor"
"Mon cœur l'aime"
"Mono gia mas"
"Niin kaunis on taivas"
"Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit"
"Sjúbídú"
"Sveta ljubav"
" Den vilda "
"The Voice"
"Weil's dr guat got"
"Za našu ljubav"

Qualification

"Fortuna"
"Kun med dig"
"Planet of Blue"
"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"
"Samo ti"
"Shalom Olam"
"Ya eto ya"

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Countries	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Barbara Berta Blond Alma Čardžić Tor Endresen E.N.I Fanny Jalisse Anna Maria Jopek Katrina and the Waves Kølig Kaj Hara and Andreas Konstantinou Célia Lawson Maarja Marcos Llunas Mrs. Einstein Paul Oscar Şebnem Paker and Grup Ethnic Alla Pugacheva Tanja Ribič Marc Roberts Debbie Scerri Bianca Shomburg Bettina Soriat V.I.P. Marianna Zorba
Songs	"Ale jestem" "Antes do adeus" "Bara hon älskar mig" "Dentro di me" "Dinle" " Fiumi di parole " "Goodbye" "Horepse" "Keelatud maa" "Let Me Fly" "Love Shine a Light" "Mana mou" "Miért kell, hogy elmenj?" "Minn hinsti dans" "Mysterious Woman" "Niemand heeft nog tijd" "One Step" "Primadonna" "Probudi me" "San Francisco" "Sentiments songes" "Sin rencor" "Stemmen i mit liv" "Zbudi se" "Zeit"

v t e Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: Eesti Laul
Participation	~~1993~~ 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	2XL 5miinust Alika Dave Benton Birgit Elina Born Camille Tommy Cash Victor Crone Maarja-Liis Ilus Ines Getter Jaani Kreisiraadio Laura Ott Lepland Ivo Linna Malcolm Lincoln Elina Nechayeva Neiokõsõ Sandra Oxenryd Gerli Padar Tanel Padar Jüri Pootsmann Puuluup Stig Rästa Ruffus Sahlene Evelin Samuel ~~Janika Sillamaa~~ Stefan Suntribe Uku Suviste Tanja Koit Toome Urban Symphony Silvi Vrait
Songs	"Amazing" "Bridges" "Diamond of Night" "Eighties Coming Back" " Espresso macchiato " "Et uus saaks alguse" "Everybody" " La forza " "Goodbye to Yesterday" "Hope" " Kaelakee hääl " "Keelatud maa" "Kuula" "Let's Get Loud" "Leto svet" "The Lucky One" "Mere lapsed" ~~"Muretut meelt ja südametuld"~~ "Nagu merelaine" " (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi " "Once in a Lifetime" "Partners in Crime" "Play" "Rändajad" "Rockefeller Street" "Runaway" "Siren" "Storm" "Through My Window" "Tii" "Verona" ~~"What Love Is"~~
Note: Entries scored out signify where Estonia did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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