Tanel Padar

Tanel Padar

Tanel Padar (performing live, ca. 2007)
Background information
Birth name Tanel Padar
Born 27 October 1980
Haljala, Estonia
Genres Rock
Years active 1999–present
Associated acts The Sun, Speed Free
Website http://www.thesun.ee

Tanel Padar (born 27 October 1980) is an Estonian singer. He is best known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Padar became famous by winning the Kaks takti ette, a biennial televised competition for young Estonian singers, in 1999.

Career

In 2000, he was one of the backing vocalists for Ines – who at the time was also his girlfriend – at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.

In 2001, Padar along with the boyband 2XL and Aruba born Dave Benton claimed the spotlight by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Everybody".

Padar performs in a band called Tanel Padar & The Sun, one of the most popular bands in Estonia. In 2006, Tanel Padar & The Sun had the following positions in the Estonian 2006 chart (top 40): #1, #4, #12, #23, #29, #31. One of their songs also claimed the R2 Hit of the Year prize. The song "Hopelessness You" made it to the MTV World Chart Express.

Personal life

Tanel Padar was married to Katarina Kalda, a former model. He dated Evely Ventsli until August 2007.[1] Tanel was also in a relationship with Estonian singer and Eurovision song contest fourth in 2000, Eda-Ines Etti, calling Ines the only woman who could tame him. Tanel's sister Gerli Padar is also a famous singer in Estonia, who became well-known years before Tanel did.

Discography

Tanel Padar in front of The Sun in 2006

Albums

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References

  1. Tanel Padar ja Evely Ventsli läksid lahku, elu.24.ee, 25. august 2007
  2. "Tanel Padar & The Sun Discography". Retrieved 20 December 2009.

External links

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Denmark Olsen Brothers
with "Fly on the Wings of Love"
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
(with Dave Benton and 2XL)
2001
Succeeded by
Latvia Marie N
with "I Wanna"
Preceded by
Ines
with "Once in a Lifetime"
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
(with Dave Benton and 2XL)
2001
Succeeded by
Sahlene
with "Runaway"