Sandra Oxenryd (born 1 October 1982) is a Swedish singer who won

Fame Factory {{italics title Fame Factory was a Swedish reality television show structured in the form of ''Star Academy'' series also known under that name (Star Academy) in ''Star Academy (France), France'' or various names like ''Fame Academy'' in the UK, '' ...

in 2005, and represented

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

in the

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Biography

Oxenryd was born in

Kristinehamn Kristinehamn is a locality and the seat of Kristinehamn Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 17,839 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Kristinehamn is situated by the shores of lake Vänern where the small rivers ''Varnan'' and ''Löt'' dr ...

and is a former

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student and

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player. Aged eleven, she started her singing career by performing on national

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. At 18, she placed second in a look-alike competition, where she mirrored Swedish superstar

Carola Häggkvist Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco ...

. After winning the Swedish Fame Factory in 2005, Sandra recorded her debut album. An international jury decided that Sandra Oxenryd would represent

at Eurovision 2006 with the song

Through My Window Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Through My Window" written by Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas and Jana Hallas. The song was performed by Sandra Oxenryd. The Estonian broadcaster Eesti Televisioon ...

.Through my window - Sandra Oxenryd to represent Estonia
ESCtoday 2006-04-02 The song is written by

Pearu Paulus Pearu Paulus (, born 3 November 1967) is an Estonian singer. He has participated in competition "Kaks takti ette". In 1994 he participated in Eurolaul (with Hedvig Hanson Hedvig Hanson (born 22 April 1975 in Tartu) is an Estonian jazz vocalis ...

, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas (composers) and Jana Hallas (lyricist), the same authors who wrote the Estonian entries for

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("Once in a lifetime") and

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("Runaway"), which came 4th and 3rd, respectively. Despite the song becoming a fan favourite, "Through My Window" only scored 28 points and finished 18th in the semi-final, therefore not qualifying for the final. On 23 February 2008, Sandra competed for the chance to represent

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

in that year's Eurovision, with the song "Superhero", finishing 8th.

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Eurovision's official profile of the Estonian entry
1982 births Living people People from Kristinehamn People from Kristinehamn Municipality Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Estonia Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2006 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers {{Sweden-singer-stub

Biography

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