Birth name Tanel Padar Name Tanel Padar Music group The Sun (Since 2003) Siblings Gerli Padar | Genres Rock music Years active 1999–present Role Singer | |
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Born 27 October 1980 (age 43)
Haljala, Estonia ( 1980-10-27 ) Albums Veidi valjem kui vaikus, Here Comes The Sun Similar People Ott Lepland, Eda‑Ines Etti, Gerli Padar, Dave Benton, Jalmar Vabarna | ||
Associated acts The Sun, Speed Free | ||
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Tanel Padar (born 27 October 1980) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. 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.
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- Tanel padar the sun ma pean sambat tantsida saama
- Career
- Personal life
- Albums
- References
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Career
In 1999 Padar won Kaks takti ette a televised competition for young Estonian singers.
In 2000, Padar was one of the backing vocalists for Ines – who at the time was also his girlfriend – at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.
In 2001, he, along with the boyband 2XL and Aruba born Dave Benton claimed the spotlight by winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song "Everybody".
In 2003 Padar started a rockband called Tanel Padar & The Sun, which is 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 from 2003 until 2007. His current girlfriend is Kristel Mardisoo.