The balkan girls (Remix)

Elena Gheorghe (Eurovision 2009)

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Elena Gheorghe born July 30, 1985 is a Romanian singer. Gheorghe represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and qualified for the final. One of her most notable music singles is "Te Ador".

Elena started singing with Mandinga, a very successful band in the 'Latino'genre in early 2003. In June that year, Mandinga released their first album – ...De Corazón. Mandinga was placed 4th in the Romanian National Eurovision Selection in March 2005 with the song My Sun which was awarded a golden disc one year later.

In January 2006, she opened her own dance school called Passitos and a month later ended the collaboration with Mandinga, starting her solo career with the help of musical producer Lauren?iu Du??. In June 2006 Elena released her first solo album, entitled Your Voice.

In March 2007 Elena won the prize Radio România Actualita?i for best performing act in 2006 and was nominated for the Best Song of 2006 section with the song Your Voice.

In August 2007 at the Romanian Top Hit Music Awards, Elena won the award for Best Song of 2007, with the song Your Brown Eyes.

On 31 January 2009, it was revealed that Elena would represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. She performed the song The Balkan Girls. Elena won a place in the Eurovision final coming in 19th place with 40 points on 16 May.