Maja Keuc (born 16 January 1992), also known as Amaya, is a Slovenian singer. She represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
Career
Keuc was born on 16 January 1992 in Maribor, Slovenia.[1] During her childhood, she joined the "English student theatre" where she got a lot of stage experience including singing, dancing and playing instruments. In 2010, Maja competed in the talent show Slovenija ima talent (Slovenia's Got Talent) and finished as runner-up behind then-seven-year-old singer Lina Kuduzović.[2]
She represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "No One" eventually finishing 13th in the grand final. She finished 3rd in the second semi-final with 113 points. Had jury votes only been used, she would have finished 1st (ranked 3rd in the televote) in semi-final and 4th in the final (22nd in the televote).[3][4]
She released her second studio album Fairytales in September 2016, under the name Amaya.[5]
Personal life
Keuc was engaged to Swedish band Dirty Loops vocalist Jonah Nilsson, but they later separated. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden.[5][6]
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