Senhit Zadik Zadik (born 1 October 1979), known professionally as simply Senhit (formerly written as Senit), is an Italian singer. She represented

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in the

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with " Stand By", but failed to qualify for the final. She would have represented it again in

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with "

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", but the contest was cancelled due to the

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. Instead, she was chosen to represent San Marino at the

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with the song " Adrenalina", where she qualified to the final and placed 22nd with 50 points.

Biography

Senhit was born and raised in

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, Italy, to

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n parents. She started her career abroad. She performed in musicals like '' Fame'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' in Switzerland and Germany. In 2002, she returned to Italy and began her climb to fame in the Italian music business releasing her debut album the self-titled ''Senit'' in 2006 and her second album ''Un tesoro è necessariamente nascosto'' in 2007 with the three singles "La mia città è cambiata", "La cosa giusta" and "La faccia che ho". In 2009, Senhit released her third album, the English language ''So High''. Three more singles were released off of the record: "Work Hard", "No More" and "Party on the Dance Floor". Following her Eurovision participation in 2011, she released a new pop single, "Through the Rain", on 22 June 2011. In April 2012, Senhit released her single "AOK" in the United States. During 2014 Senhit was a permanent guest on the

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Sunday show ''Domenica Live'', choosing to be called Senhit to mark the new chapter of her career.

Eurovision Song Contest

Senhit represented

in the

that was held in

with the song " Stand By". The song placed 16th out of 19 in one of the Semi-Finals, and as a result, it did not qualify for the final. She would have represented San Marino again at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in

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with the song "

". However, the contest was cancelled due to the

. Senhit represented San Marino again at the

with a new song, " Adrenalina". The official music video featured a rap section by the American artist

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. However, Team San Marino behind the entry declared that "Flo Rida has been part of the production and is featured in the music video, but it's yet to be decided if he will take part on stage in Rotterdam. The rap part will either way remain." On 18 May 2021, ahead of the first semi-final, the San Marino delegation confirmed that Flo Rida would be joining Senhit on stage in Rotterdam. San Marino was the first country to perform in the second semi-final of the contest, where they finished 9th place with 118 points, qualifying the country for the final. In the final, held on 22 May 2021, they were the last to perform, and finished 22nd with 50 points.

''Freaky Trip to Rotterdam''

Leading up to her participation in Eurovision 2021, Senhit released monthly covers of previous winning and non-winning Eurovision songs as part of her ''#FreakyTripToRotterdam'' series, giving them new interpretations and perspective in collaboration with

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who directed the videos. The series ran from July 2020 to May 2021. The 11-song collection included:Wiwibloggs: Senhit “Adrenalina” snippet tease and Interview on Freaky Trip to Rotterdam
/ref> After the contest, Senhit released one more ''#FreakyTripToRotterdam'' video, featuring her entry "Adrenalina". The video showed her adventures through Rotterdam, and behind the scenes material from her time at the contest.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

Senhit Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Senhit 1979 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2011 Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2020 Italian people of Eritrean descent Musicians from Bologna LGBT rights activists from Italy Eurovision Song Contest entrants for San Marino 21st-century Italian singers 21st-century Italian women singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2021