Elena Ionescu (17 May 1988) is a Romanian singer who was the lead singer of pop band Mandinga from 2006 until 2016, replacing

Elena Gheorghe Elena Gheorghe (born 30 July 1985; ) is a Romanian singer. In the first half of the 2000s, she joined the Romanian pop group Mandinga, with whom she released two albums. In 2006, she separated from the group and pursued her solo career. She has ...

after she left the group to work on her solo career. Ionescu left the group in 2016 to pursue a solo career as well. Mandinga won the Romanian national selection for the

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, where Ionescu performed the hit song "

Zaleilah "Zaleilah" is a song by Romanian band Mandinga for their fifth studio album, ''Club de Mandinga'' (2012). It was written by Costi Ioniță along with band lead singer Elena Ionescu and member Omar Secada. Produced by Ioniță and Dimitriu Silvi ...

". Ionescu was the second lead singer of Mandinga to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest, as

represented Romania in the

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. Songs 2016: "Decembrie de poveste" 2017: "Elena Ionescu - Spune-i (feat. Mahia Beldo)" 2017: "Laleyla" 2017: "Al 6-lea simt" 2018: "Ce e dragostea?" 2019: "Sube el volumen"

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1988 births Living people 21st-century Romanian women singers 21st-century Romanian singers {{Romania-singer-stub