In 2009, she made her public debut in the
third season of
Eesti otsib superstaari, where she participated, but was eliminated in the preliminary girls' round. She graduated from
Tallinn French School in 2011. She participated in the
ETV competition
Klassikatähed 2014 and was one of the three finalists. Nechayeva was one of the hosts for the semi-finals of
Eesti Laul 2017, along with
Marko Reikop. On 3 March 2018, Nechayeva won
Eesti Laul 2018 with the Italian-language song "
La forza", and she represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 and came in 8th in the Grand Final. She also made an appearance in the 2020 American musical comedy film
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. She finished second in the second season of the Estonian version of
Masked Singer, playing ‘the Phoenix’. She returned to Eesti Laul in
2022 with the song "Remedy", written by
Sven Lõhmus and finishing 8th in the final. In theatre, she has played Giannetta in Donizetti's "L’elisir d’amore", Juliette Vermont Lehár's "The Count of Luxembourg", Fire's Shadow/Princess’ Shadow/The Nightingale in Ravel's "L’enfant et les sortileges" and Eurydike in Offenbach's "Orpheus in the Underworld". She has also appeared in drama roles and played Eliza Doolittle in Loewe's "My Fair Lady". ==Personal life==