Luisa Rõivas (née Värk; born 6 February 1987) is an

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singer and politician. Värk was a runner-up of on the first season of ''Estonian Pop Idol'' (''

Eesti otsib superstaari ''Eesti otsib superstaari'' ''(Estonia is Searching for a Superstar)'' is an Estonian reality-competition gameshow airing on TV3. It debuted on 11 March 2007 and it has since become one of the most popular shows in Estonia. Part of the Idol ...

''). She was also a runner-up on '' Tantsud tähtedega'', Estonia's version of ''

Dancing with the Stars ''Strictly Come Dancing (widely known as Dancing with the Stars)'' is an international television franchise based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing,'' itself a successor to the show ''Come Dancing'' (1950–1998) ...

''. Her dancing partner was Martin Parmas. Värk participated in the Estonian Eurovision national final Eurolaul 2008 with two songs:''"It's Never Too Late"'' with Estonian band Traffic and ''"God Inside your Soul"'' with Margus Vaher. She participated again in the 2015 edition of the

Eesti Laul Eesti Laul () is an annual music competition organised by Estonian public broadcaster (ERR). It determines for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged every year since Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, 2009. Eesti Laul was ...

, where she reached the final stage but ended up in last place. In 2016 she was chosen as a jury for the second semifinal of the

Värk is married to

Taavi Rõivas Taavi Rõivas (; born 26 September 1979) is an Estonian politician, former Prime Minister of Estonia from 2014 to 2016 and former leader of the Reform Party. Before his term as the Prime Minister, Rõivas was the Minister of Social Affairs from ...

, former

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. Värk began a political career of her own in 2023, after she was elected to the

Riigikogu The Riigikogu (, from Estonian ''riigi-'', "of the state", and ''kogu'', "assembly") is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the prime minister and chi ...

in the

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for the Reform Party in electoral district no. 9.

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