Leonora Colmor Jepsen (born 3 October 1998), also known simply as Leonora, is a Danish singer and former competitive figure skater. As a figure skater, she was a two-time
national junior champion in singles in 2015, 2016 and represented her country at the
2016 World Junior Championships. As a singer, she won the 2019
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (), also known as Melodi Grand Prix or simply DMGP, is an annual music competition organised by the Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) since 1957, which determines the for the Eurovision Song Contest. The fe ...
and represented Denmark at
that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, finishing 12th with 120 points.
Early life
Born and raised in
Hellerup
Hellerup () is a very affluent district of Gentofte Municipality in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most urban part of the district is centred on Strandvejen and is bordered by Østerbro to the south and the Øresund to the east. It compri ...
to the north of
Copenhagen
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where she still lives, Leonora received her high school diploma from Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium. She has written many songs of her own, performing in cafés, libraries and small school concerts.
Career
As a figure skater, she competed in the ISU World Junior Championships in 2016 and in the ISU JGP Riga Cup 2015.[ In December 2016, Leonora and her brother Linus were gold medallists at the Danish figure-skating championships. She had previously been Denmark's junior champion skating solo. She now no longer competes but works as a figure-skating trainer and choreographer.
She represented in the ]Eurovision Song Contest 2019
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, following the country's victory at the 2018 contest with the song " Toy" by Netta. Organised by the European Broad ...
in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
with the song " Love Is Forever". She won Danish Melodi Grand Prix 2019 after gaining 42% of the public and jury vote in the superfinal, beating favorites Julie
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, and Sigmund. Her song "Love Is Forever", written by Lise Cabble
Lise Cabble (born 10 January 1958, in Amager) is a Danish singer and songwriter. Cabble has written more than ten songs for Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and Eurovision Song Contest performers. Notable songs include the 1995 Danish song ''Fra Mols til S ...
, Melanie Wehbe and Emil Lei, combines four different languages: English, Danish, German and French.
Competitive highlights
''JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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Discography
Singles
References
External links
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21st-century Danish women singers
1998 births
Living people
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix winners
People from Gentofte Municipality
Danish pop singers
Danish female single skaters
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2019
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Denmark
Spanish-language singers of Denmark