Gabriela Horn (born 25 January 1988), known professionally as Paenda (pronounced "panda"; stylised as Pænda and in

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), is an Austrian singer, songwriter and music producer. She represented

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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 ...

with the song "

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", which was released on 8 March.

Life and career

Horn was born in January 1988, in

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, Styria. She started singing in a choir in her home town at the age of six. At fourteen, she began songwriting and singing in various pop rock bands. She took guitar and piano lessons and moved to

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at age 20 to study pop and jazz music at the , where she graduated with honors in 2013. She currently lives in Vienna, writing, composing and producing her music at her home studio. Horn records and writes all of her own songs.

Eurovision

In 2019, Horn was chosen by a team of music experts and broadcaster

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to represent Austria at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in

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. She performed her song "

", which finished second last with 21 points, and as a result did not qualify for the final.

Discography

Album

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:PÆNDA (Paenda) Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2019 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Austria Living people 1988 births 21st-century Austrian women singers Austrian pop singers Austrian electronic musicians