Amanda Tenfjord
Tenfjord at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Background information
Birth nameAmanda Klara Georgiadis Tenfjord[1]
Also known asAmanda Georgiadi
Born (1997-01-09) 9 January 1997 (age 27)
OriginTennfjord, Norway
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2014–present
LabelsPropeller Recordings
Websitewww.amandatenfjord.no

Amanda Klara Georgiadis Tenfjord[a] (Greek: Αμάντα Γεωργιάδη, romanized: Amánta Georgiádi;[b] born 9 January 1997) is a Greek-Norwegian singer and songwriter. She represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Die Together".

Early life and education

Tenfjord was born on 9 January 1997 to a Norwegian mother and a Greek father.[4][5][6] According to her own statements, she was born in Ioannina, Greece,[7] but this is contradicted by a reliable secondary source which states that she was born in the Central Hospital of Møre og Romsdal in Ålesund, Norway.[4] She was baptised in Vatne in October 1998.[1]

Tenfjord lived her first years in Ioannina, before she and her family moved to Tennfjord in Norway.[8][9][10] She attended Fagerlia videregående skole in Ålesund (at the same time as another singer, Sigrid).[11] In 2015, she moved to Trondheim to study medicine at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.[8] In 2019, she announced that she had put her studies on hold to focus on her musical career.[12]

Career

Tenfjord started taking piano lessons at the age of five.[8] Tenfjord's song "Run" won the Music Prize in 2015 and appeared in an advertising video for Personskadeforbundet LTN in 2014.[13] In 2016, she participated in the music competition The Stream on TV 2, where she was placed among the top 30 participants.[14] In 2019, she appeared in a programme on NRK P3 with the song "Let Me Think", and performed at the music festival Trondheim Calling.[15][16][17] Tenfjord has also toured with the Norwegian band Highasakite.[18] Tenfjord was awarded the Haram Municipality Youth Culture Prize in 2019.[19] On 15 December 2021, she was announced as the Greek representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 where she finished eighth out of twenty-five.[20][21]

Tenfjord was the opening act for Madrugada in September 2022 at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. Tenfjord received a price of honour from both the county governor in Epirus, Alekos Kaxrimani, and from the Major of Ioannina, Moses Elisaf, for her contribution for Greece in Eurovision Song Contest 2022. On October 21, 2022 she released her debut album 'In Hindsight', featuring 13 songs.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Notes

  1. ^ Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈtɛnːfjuːr][tone?]
  2. ^ Greek pronunciation: [aˈmanda ʝeorʝiˈaði]

References

  1. ^ a b "Døypt" [Baptised]. Bygdebladet (in Norwegian Nynorsk). National Library of Norway. 31 October 1998. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2022. Amanda Klara Georgiadis Tenfjord
  2. ^ "Amanda Tenfjord stands up to an unworthy encounter on "First Impression"". HighClouds. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Amanda Tenfjord". Every Noise at Once. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Fødte; Sentralsjukehuset i Møre og Romsdal" [Born; Central Hospital of Møre og Romsdal]. closed access Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian Nynorsk). National Library of Norway. 11 January 1997. p. 15. Retrieved 13 March 2022. 9. januar: Ei jente, Greta Tenfjord og Konstantinos Georgiadis, Tennfjord. [9 January: A girl, Greta Tenfjord and Konstantinos Georgiadis, Tennfjord.]
  5. ^ Opsal, Mari B. (11 July 2015). "Folket skal ikkje betale til uansvarlege EU-toppar". Bygdebladet (in Norwegian Nynorsk). No. 55. National Library of Norway. p. 13. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. ^ Skarbø, Bjørn Steinar (3 June 2009). "Greta Tenfjord ville prøve noko anna etter 20 år i eige firma". Bygdebladet (in Norwegian Nynorsk). No. 43. National Library of Norway. p. 7. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  7. ^ Znews (6 May 2022). Η Αμάντα Γεωργιάδη και ο Φωκάς Ευαγγελινός στο After Dark [Amanda Georgiadi and Fokas Evangelinos in After Dark] (in Greek). YouTube. Event occurs at 4:44. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  8. ^ a b c Rishaug, Frida (23 January 2017). "Medisinstudent på dagen – artist på natten". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  9. ^ Wichmann, Anna (10 March 2022). "Amanda Tenfjord to Represent Greece with "Die Together" at Eurovision". GreekReporter.com. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  10. ^ Lee Adams, William (16 January 2022). "Amanda Tenfjord says her Eurovision 2022 song is her favourite of anything she's ever written". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Musikk og medisin". Engasjert! (in Norwegian). Sparebanken Møre. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Tar friår for å være artist". NRK P3 (in Norwegian). 7 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Personskadeforbundet LTN - Råd og Hjertevarme". YouTube. 29 August 2014.
  14. ^ Meling, Eirik (10 September 2016). "Amanda Tenfjord videre i "The Stream"". smp.no (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  15. ^ "P3 Live: Amanda Tenfjord "Let Me Think"". YouTube. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Artistslipp! 7 sterke til Trondheim Calling 2019". Trondheim Calling (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 February 2021. Blant artister som allerede er bekreftet finner vi 19 demoartister der flere spiller sin første konsert, og mer etablerte artister som The Dogs, Karin Park og dePresno. I tillegg kommer tidligere demoartister tilbake som headlinere, blant annet Pom Poko, The Fjords og Amanda Tenfjord.
  17. ^ "Artistslipp! 7 sterke til Trondheim Calling".
  18. ^ Rishaug, Frida (23 October 2018). "Amanda Tenfjord skal turnére med Highasakite". trdby.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  19. ^ Ellingsæter, Hilde Beate (9 December 2019). "Dei siste kulturprisane i Haram er utdelt". Nordre (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  20. ^ van Leijden, Bente (15 December 2021). "Amanda Georgiadis will represent Greece in Eurovision 2022". ESCXtra. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  21. ^ Molina-Whyte, Lidia (14 May 2022). "Eurovision 2022 results: Full scoreboard and points". RadioTimes.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

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Awards and achievements Preceded byStefaniawith "Last Dance" Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Succeeded byVictor Vernicoswith "What They Say"
Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
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