Olia Tira | |
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![]() Tira in 2010 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Olga Țîra |
Also known as | FLUX LIGHT |
Born | Potsdam, East Germany | 1 August 1988
Origin | Chișinău, Moldova |
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 2003–present |
Olga Țîra (born 1 August 1988), known professionally as Olia Tira or FLUX LIGHT, is a Moldovan singer.
Tira was born in 1988 into a Soviet military family[1] in Potsdam, East Germany.[2] She spent a few years there and moved to Chișinău. She first appeared in festivals and concerts when she was 14 years old.[3]
Tira attended school in Cahul and is currently[when?] a student in the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chișinău.[2]
Tira's first album, Your Place or Mine?, was released in December 2006 by Nordika Multimedia. The songs were all written by Ruslan Taranu.[1][3]
After participating in the 2006 and 2007 Moldovan national finals[3] and finishing fourth in the 2009 Moldovan national final with Unicul Meu,[4] she was selected to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, along with SunStroke Project.[4][5] They finished 22nd in the Eurovision Song Contest final. She was a finalist in O melodie pentru europa 2014, Moldova's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Never Stop No". She competed under the stage name, FLUX LIGHT.[6] She tied for sixth place and did not qualify to represent Moldova.