Elena Gheorghe

Elena Gheorghe is a Romanian singer of Aromanian descent. She was born to a priest and his wife in Bucharest. In the first half of the 2000s, she joined the Romanian Pop group Mandinga with whom she released a couple of albums and a few hit singles. In 2006 she separated from the group and pursued her solo career. She released two albums and scored a top ten in the Romanian Top 100 with the debut single Vocea ta . After an internal selection, Gheorghe was elected to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song The Balkan Girls written by Laurentiu Duta. She came second in the voting result, but as the jury voted for her, she won the National Final. At Eurovision, in Moscow she qualified for the Grand Final where she came the nineteenth after accumulating a total ofpoints . After Eurovision she became more famous Europewide and released her signature song Disco Romancing which was a smash hit in Romania as well as a topten in Hungary and a mild success in Cze

Gheorghe was born on July 30, 1985 in Bucharest, the capital city, in the family of Aromanian priest Gheorghe Gheorghe. Many of her ancestors were Orthodox priests. Gheorghe has a sister, Ana, who is a journalist and her brother, Costin, plays football for Sportul Studenesc. Her mother, Mrioara Gheorghe is a folk artist. Gheorghe debuted on the folk music scene with her when just three years of age with the song Sus n Deal n Poieni.

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