Eleanor Cassar is a Maltese singer that won the

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Festival 2004. Born on September 29, 1982, Eleanor Cassar has been singing since she was 11 years old. She was first noticed by her teacher in Secondary school that encouraged her at participate at musical and theatrical events. The same teacher encouraged her to take singing seriously. Later Eleanor got a certificate of merit from the

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. In 2002, she won the first prize at ''The People's Song Festival''. In 2001, Eleanor won the first prize at the ''Discovery Song Festival'' in

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. In 2003, she participated for the first time at the ''Song for Europe Festival'' with two songs: ''Someday You'll See'' and ''Tell Me Why''. The year 2004 was a successful year for Eleanor. She won the first prize at the ''Super One'' festival but also the prize for Best Interpretation offered by

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. Eleanor has become one of the most popular singers in

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and she has several weekly appearances on local TV stations as well as other appearances at national and private events on the island. She is preparing to release her first CD this summer. In September she will participate at the ''Song Festival'' in

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. In 2006, Eleanor Cassar won the Malta International TV Song Festival with "Bniedem Iehor" by songwriters Paul Giordimaina and Fleur Balzan. Eventually, she represented Malta at the Universe Song Festival 2007 in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain) where she won the first prize, again.

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