Maian-Anna Kärmas (born Maian-Anna Kärmas, 25 February 1978 in

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) is an Estonian singer, songwriter, and journalist. Kärmas had her debut as a soloist in 1995 at ''

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'', a contest for debutant singers, organized by

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(ETV). She placed 2nd, losing to Tiiu Tulp. In 1998, Kärmas participated in

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, the Estonian national final for the

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, where she provided backing vocals for " Unistus igavesest päevast", sung by

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. The year after she did the same and also wrote lyrics for " Diamond of Night" that went on to represent Estonia at the Eurovision, held in

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. Kärmas has been a regular in Eurolaul ever since, for her varied skills either as a songwriter, sololist or backing singer. In 2001, together with

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composed " Everybody", performed by

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and 2XL, which won the

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being the first victory of Estonia in the contest. The same year she was cast in the Estonian original production of ''

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'' as factory girl, prostitute, beggar etc. In 2003 she released her debut solo album ''Tuigutuled'' of self-penned material and toured Estonia with concerts. ''Õnneleid'', the second solo album of hers was released in 2010 and ''Sõnalõimijad'', her 3rd studio album in 2014. Maian Kärmas is also a presenter and editor at the radio programmes of the

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. It was revealed on 10 November 2017 that Kärmas had co-wrote the lyrics for a song that will compete in

Eesti Laul 2018 Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "La forza" written by Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt, Ksenia Kuchukova and Elina Nechayeva. The song was performed by Elina Nechayeva. The Estonian broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringh� ...

, the Estonian national selection for the

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, the song being ''Show A Little Love'' by

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. In 2017, she was involved with the 12th Estonian Youth Song and Dance Celebration, XII noorte laulu- ja tantsupidu, as a script editor and composer/lyricist of the Dance Festival "I WIll Stay".

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