Olivia Lewis

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Olivia Lewis
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Born (1978-10-18) 18 October 1978 (age 46)
Origin Qormi, Malta
Years active1997present

Olivia Lewis (born 18 October 1978) is a Maltese singer.

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She has competed in the Malta Song For Eurovision festival, which selects the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest several times. At her 11th attempt she finally won the 2007 festival, held on 3 February 2007, with the song "Vertigo" and represented Malta at the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, on 10 May 2007. However, she did not manage to qualify for the final. She placed 25th out of 28 countries with just 15 points. Before becoming a professional singer, she was a teacher in Malta.

Malta Song For Eurovision

YearPlacingSongAdditional Information
19977th"Falling (For Your Love)"singing with Marvic Lewis
199815th"You're The One"
19997th"Autumn Of My Love"
20005th"Only For You"
9th"I Wanna Love You"
20017th"Love Will See Me Through"
10th"Hold Me Now"
200211th"Give Me Wings"
20036th"Starting Over"featuring IQ's Verse-One
20042nd"Take A Look"written by Paul Giordimaina and Fleur Balzan
2005 "Deja Vu"written by Philip Vella and Gerard James Borg
2006 "Spare A Moment"written by Ray Agius and Godwin Sant
2007 1st"Vertigo"written by Philip Vella and Gerard James Borg

Olivia was also the winner of Festival Internazzjonali tal-Kanzunetta Maltija 2013 with the song Hawn mill-Ġdid composed by Paul Abela and penned by Joe Julian Farrugia. [1]

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest
2007
Succeeded by
Morena
with " Vodka "