Evelin Samuel

Evelin Samuel
Background Information
Origin	Estonia
Birth date	13 May 1975
Death date	N/A
Age	50
Eurovision Song Contest
Country	Estonia
Year	1999
Song	Diamond of Night (with Camille)
Semi Position	--
Semi Points	--
Final Position	6th
Final Points	90

Evelin Samuel is an Estonian singer.

Since childhood, Evelin was interested in music, and even got recorded on Estonian radio. During the 1980s, she was part of the children's musical theatre troop Colombina, who participated in the Rosklide Festival in Denmark in 1992.

In 1993, she finished 4th at Kaks takti ette, a contest for debutant singers, organized by Estonian Television. The same year, she won the Baltic song contest Via Baltica and a year later she won again with "Vari ja roos" at Uus Laul, a song contest organized by the Estonian Television.

During the 1990s, Evelin tried to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, to no avail. The Estonian entry for 1996, Kaelakee hääl, was initially meant for her to sing, but she had a tour in Japan, which was then canceled. The female singer would later be Maarja-Liis Ilus. Nevertheless, Evelin ended up as one of Maarja's backing vocalists for her 1997 entry.

Two years later, she finally got the chance to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song Diamond of Night, along with the violinist, Camille. The lyricist, Maian-Anna Kärmas, specifically added the line "now I can say it is my time" to reference Evelin's struggle to get to Eurovision. The last song performed in the 20th century, it placed 6th in a field of 23.

In 2002, Evelin released her debut album. Alongside music, she also does musical theater and writes children's literature.