Piret Järvis (born 6 February 1984 in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

) is an

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n television host and a singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the popular

girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...

Vanilla Ninja Vanilla Ninja is an Estonian all-female rock band which enjoyed chart success in a number of countries across Europe, especially in Estonia, Germany and Austria. The group formed in 2002 and released their self-titled debut album '' Vanilla N ...

. Born to Maire and Enno Järvis she has an older sister and a younger brother. After graduating high school she entered International University of Concordia where she was majoring in Media and Public Relations. Later she continued to study journalism at the University of Tartu. PiretJarvis001

She was one of the four members to form Vanilla Ninja in 2002 and wrote lyrics for the song "Club Kung Fu" that made Vanilla Ninja well known in Estonia. She continued as a lyricist for many of the band's songs like "Birds Of Peace", "I Don't Care at All", "Black Symphony" etc. Although she initially played a more 'background' role in the group, she featured heavily on their 2005 album '' Blue Tattoo'' due to

Maarja Kivi Marya Roxx (born Maarja Kivi on 18 January 1986) is an Estonian hard rock/metal singer-songwriter residing in Los Angeles. She is a former member of the Estonian girl band Vanilla Ninja. Background When the girl band Vanilla Ninja was founded ...

(the former lead singer) leaving in 2004. Järvis often acted as the spokesperson for the group in interviews, and on numerous occasions has been dubbed as the best looking and most stylish member. In 2005 she was voted Estonia's sexiest woman of the year by the readers of Estonia's best-selling gossip magazine ''

Kroonika ''Kroonika'' (meaning ''The Chronicle'' in English) is a popular Estonian magazine which is typically popular with young Estonian persons aged between 13 and 30 years of age. History and profile ''Kroonika'' was established in 1996. Its previo ...

''. Järvis gave out the Estonian votes in

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, which mathematically confirmed Azerbaijan's first victory in the competition. She has worked for different Estonian TV channels since 2002, including TV3,

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, MTV Baltics, and is currently a host and a journalist at the

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. She has hosted shows such as ''Pealtnägija'', ''

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'', ''Jõulutunnel'', and ''Terevisioon''.

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* 1984 births Living people Singers from Tallinn Estonian pop singers 21st-century Estonian women singers Women guitarists Vanilla Ninja members Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Switzerland Estonian television personalities {{Estonia-singer-stub