Zoe Straub | |
Number of songs: 1 | Total weeks on charts: 3
Appearing in a total number of: 1 charts | Total period running: 15 days
Appearing in a total number of: 1 charts | Total period running: 15 days
Biography
Zoë Straub (born 1 December 1996), known professionally as Zoë (pronounced ˈzoËiË), is an Austrian singer, songwriter and actress. She will represent Austria with the song "Loin d'ici" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.
Zoë Straub was born in the Austrian capital, Vienna, to musician parents, Christof Straub and Roumina Straub (née Wilfling), on 1 December 1996.
At the age of six, she featured in a song by her parents' musical project, Papermoon, called "Doop Doop (Baby Remix)". In 2007, Straub participated in the Austrian reality singing competition Kiddy Contest, where she covered "Engel ohne Flügel", originally performed by Nicole, while she was attending Lycée français de Vienne (French Highschool of Vienna), where she studied for nine years.
Straub appeared on ORF television series Vorstadtweiber in 2015. She also competed in the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, where she eventually placed third with the song "Quel filou", written by Straub herself and her father, Christof Straub. She performed live at Rathausplatz while Vienna was serving as the host city of Eurovision Song Contest 2015. In October 2015, she released her début album Debut.
On 12 January 2016, she was announced as one of the participants of the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and on 12 February 2016 she emerged as the winner of the national final and therefore will represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Loin d'ici" in Stockholm, Sweden.
Discography:
Debut (2015)
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team