Tuuli Rand (born 1 March 1990 in

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. Th ...

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) is an Estonian singer.

Early life and education

She is a graduate of Kuressaare Gymnasium and

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Music Singing School.

Career

She is the lead singer in bands TuuliKustiPeep, Funkifize, Bliss, Estonian Dream Dixieland Band, and the vocal ensemble Söörömöö. During the Estonian singing show ''

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'' she came to the studio rounds, but stopped there on her way and she did not make the finals. As semi-finalist of

Eesti Laul Eesti Laul (English: 'Estonian Song' or 'The Song of Estonia') is an annual music competition organised by Estonian public broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, ...

2013 competition, she was co-managing two projects. With Liisi Koikson and band Söörömöö (of it she is a member), she sang the song "''Üle vee''" (Over the Water) and as a solo artist sang the song "Ring the Alarm", with Teele Viira. The songs finished 5th and 10th respectively in the final. She returned the following year with VÖÖRAD singing the song "Maailm on hull" but was eliminated in the semi-final. Tuuli Rand released the first solo single, "''Do not Be Afraid''", which she wrote alongside drummer Peep Kallas."Eesti laulul" säranud Tuuli Rand avaldas esimese soolosingli
Õhtuleht, 1. aprill 2013 Rand participated in Eesti Laul 2021 to represent

Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song " The Lucky One" written by Uku Suviste and Sharon Vaughn. The song was performed by Uku Suviste. The Estonian broadcaster (ERR) organised the national final in order to sel ...

with her song "Üks öö", but did not qualify for the final.

References

1990 births Living people 21st-century Estonian women singers People from Kuressaare Eesti Laul contestants {{Estonia-singer-stub