Bianca Shomburg (born 17 September 1974,

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, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer, best known for her participation in the 1997

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Biography

In 1996, Shomburg took part in the international TV talent contest ''

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'', which she won, as a result obtaining a recording contract with producer

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and releasing her first single, "I Believe in Love". In 1997, she entered the German Eurovision selection with the

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-composed " Zeit" ("Time"), which had originally been written for

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. "Zeit" emerged the clear winner, and went forward to the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest, held in

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on 3 May. However, the song's performance in the contest was quite disappointing: it managed only an 18th-place finish of 25 entries.ESC History 1997
/ref> Shomburg followed her Eurovision appearance with an English-language album, ''It's My Time'', which failed to sell and remains her only album to date. Unable to make a commercial breakthrough, she subsequently largely disappeared from public view, although for a time she was a singing coach on TV reality show ''

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''. Since 2008, Shomburg has been working with

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band Nashfield.

Discography

;Singles *1996: "I Believe in Love" *1997: "Zeit" *1997: "Only Your Love" *1998: "Ich lieb' dich mehr" *1999: "Ich glaub noch immer an Wunder" ;Album *1997: ''It's My Time''

References

External links

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Nashfield website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shomburg, Bianca 1974 births Living people People from Herford (district) Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Germany Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1997 21st-century German women singers