Vanilla Ninja

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Vanilla Ninja

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• Vanilla Ninja is a three-piece Estonian girl band
  which has enjoyed chart success in a number of
  countries across Europe, especially in Germany
  and Austria.

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• Vanilla Ninja were formed in 2002 as a four-piece
  girl band. The original line-up consisted of
  Maarja Kivi (vocals/bass), Lenna Kuurmaa
  (vocals/guitar), Katrin Siska (vocals/keyboard)
  and Piret Järvis (vocals/guitar). Although all of
  the members were effectively vocalists, the main
  vocalist would often change between Kivi and
  Kuurmaa. At the time of formation the group's
  producer was Sven Lõhmus, a well-respected figure
  in the Baltic countries.

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Piret Järvis(vocals/guitar)
Piret Järvis (born February 6, 1984 in Tallinn,
Estonia)
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Katrin Siska (vocals/keyboard)

• Katrin Siska (born December 10, 1983 in Tallinn,
  Estonia)

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Lenna Kuurma(voclas/guitar)

• Lenna Kuurmaa (born September 26, 1985 in
  Tallinn, Estonia

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Maarja Kivi(vocals/bass)(ex-member)

• Maarja Kivi (born January 18, 1986 in Tallinn,
  Estonia.
• In December 2005 Kivilaan left Vanilla Ninja.
  Maarja has, since late 2005, been attempting a
  solo comeback under the name Maarja

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• In 2003 the group participated in Estonian ESC
  preselection 'Eurolaul 2003'. Performing the song
  "Club Kung Fu" the group proved to be by far the
  most popular in the phone polls.
• Following a successful debut in Estonia, Vanilla
  Ninja have launched themselves as a band in three
  German speaking countries of Europe ( Germany,
  Austria and Switzerland.)

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• The girls had become increasingly popular with
  the Swiss public. No-one would have expected the
  shock announcement that the group would represent
  Switzerland in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest.
  Maarja Kivi left the group due to becoming
  pregnant with her first child. Her replacement
  was Triinu Kivilaan, who at the time was only 15
  years old.
• Vanilla Ninja reached an 8th position for
  Switzerland in Eurovision song contest 2005.

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Triinu Kivilaan( ex-member)

• During her time in the group, Triinu only played
  a bit part in Vanilla Ninja's songs.
• After leaving Vanilla Ninja, Triinu expressed a
  desire to return to the music industry once she
  completes her studies, as a solo artist.

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• This Festival is the most important of this
  category in Latin America, girls participated
  with their power ballad "Birds of Peace", and
  they won the Silver Seagull (which is the maximum
  trophy of the Festival) and ten thousand dollars
  as the Best Performers / Interpreters of the
  festival contest

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• The End.