Isabella Levina Lueen (born 1 May 1991), better known mononymously as Levina (German pronunciation: [lɛˈviːna]), is a German singer-songwriter. She represented Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv with the song "Perfect Life" and finished in 25th place with 6 points in the final.[1][2][3]
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| Birth name | Isabella Levina Lueen |
| Born | 1 May 1991 Bonn, Germany |
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Life and career
editLevina was born in Bonn as Isabella Lueen, and was raised in Chemnitz. She attended the Dr.-Wilhelm-André-Gymnasium, and graduated with an International Baccalaureate degree from the Impington Village College in Cambridge (UK) in 2009. She then moved to London where she earned her bachelor's degree from King's College London. She splits her time between Berlin and London, where she studies music management at the London College of Music.[4]
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
editIn 2016, Levina was announced as one of the 33 shortlisted acts for Unser Song 2017.[5] On 6 January 2017, she was confirmed to be one of the five finalists.[6] During the show, Levina performed a cover of "When We Were Young" by Adele for the cover round.[7] She ended up advancing to the final as the sole artist left, performing the songs "Wildfire" and "Perfect Life". As the German public chose the latter as the winner, Levina performed "Perfect Life" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Kyiv. As Germany is a member of the "Big Five", she automatically advanced to the final, held on 13 May 2017.[8][9]
Discography
editStudio albums
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Extended plays
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| Bedroom Records |
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| Perfect Life |
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Singles
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| "Divided" | 2016 | — | Divided | ||||||
| "Perfect Life" | 2017 | 28 | Unexpected | ||||||
| "Stop Right There" | — | ||||||||
| "Lows" | 2020 | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "ESC-Vorentscheid: Levina tritt gegen sich selbst an". tz.de (in German). TZ. 9 February 2017.
- ^ Ko, Anthony (9 February 2017). "GERMANY: LEVINA WINS UNSER SONG 2017 AND WILL SING "WILDFIRE" OR "PERFECT LIFE" AT EUROVISION". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
- ^ Laufer, Gil (9 February 2017). "Germany: Levina wins Unser Song 2017". esctoday.com. ESCToday.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (9 February 2017). "Germany's Levina takes her Perfect Life to Kyiv". Eurovision Song Contest.
- ^ "Speed-Dating mit den Kandidaten für "Unser Song 2017"". ARD (in German). Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Diese fünf nehmen am Vorentscheid teil". Eurovision.de (in German). ARD. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
- ^ "Vorentscheid: Kandidaten im ARD-Morgenmagazin". Eurovision.de (in German). ARD. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ^ Jordan, Paul (21 January 2016). "Semi-final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Levina Discography". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
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