Tanja started singing at a very young age, participating in numerous contests and song festivals in Estonia, Russia and Ukraine. In 1998 she won the contest "Utrennaja zvezda" in
Jurmala,
Latvia and in 2002 she took part of "Fizz superstar 2002" Baltic singing competition.
Nightlight Duo With the Estonian producer
Sven Lõhmus and together with Estonian singer Ly Lumiste, Tanja formed the techno duo band
Nightlight Duo in 2001. The band released two albums,
Jäljed liival ("Traces in the sand"), and
Miks ma ei suuda su maailma muuta ("Why can't I change your world"). The latter album won the award for the best album of the year,
"Aasta uustulnuk 2002". Nightlight Duo competed twice in
Eurolaul, Estonia's selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest. In 2002, their song
Another Country Song got second place in Eurolaul and a year later their song
I can b the 1 came fourth. Both songs were produced and written by Sven Lõhmus. The band disbanded in 2004 due Lumiste's pregnancy and Tanja continued with her musical career.
Jz Belle With the producer and composer Timo Vendt, Tanja created the band
Jz Belle in 2004. The first album (with covered songs only) "Jz Belle" was released in 2004. The second album "Teemant" was released in 2006 and three radio singles were released from this one.
Other bands and shows Finished with the Jz Belle project, Tanja also starred in the band
Sunday Mood with Timo Vendt and the Canadian guitarist Alex Pier Federici, with whom they released an album in English called "Something more" in 2009, with great success in the Baltic countries. In this period Tanja performed in the show "Queen – The doors of Time" in
Theatre Vanemuine in
Tartu, together with Broadway artist
Tony Vincent and Estonian singer
Rolf Roosalu. She had also participated in a few Estonian television contests (TV3), such as "Laulud tähtedega" (Estonian version of
Just the Two of Us) in 2010/11, obtaining second place, behind
Artur Talvik and
Lenna Kuurmaa; and in "Laulupealinn" in November 2011, obtaining second place too. In 2013, Tanja came third in the TV show "Su nägu kõlab tuttavalt" (
Your Face Sounds Familiar).
Gemini In 2012, she released her 6th solo album, Gemini. Three singles were released from the album: "Supernatural", "Sind ootan ikka veel" (feat. Mikk Saar) and "All In My Head".
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Tanja competed in the Estonian national final,
Eesti Laul 2014, for the chance to compete in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She won the national final by her song, "
Amazing" with 53 percent of the votes. On 15 March, the song was officially released (together with the stage-act). She failed to qualify for the final, finishing 12th in the first semi final with 36 points.
After Eurovision Tanja shared stage with
Andrea Bocelli at his Tallinn concert on 28 June 2014. Tanja will also perform with her biggest concert of her career called "Amazing Lie" at the festival
Õllesummer in July 2014 in Tallinn. In June Tanja went to
Crete to shoot her new music video for her summer single Forevermore. She is the backup juror for Estonian jury panel in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in
Vienna, Austria, and she was the Estonian spokesperson during the voting. Tanja participated in
Eesti Laul 2019 alongside The Swingers and
Birgit with the song 'High Heels In The Neighbourhood'. They placed 7th in the final. She later participated in
Eesti Laul 2021 with her song "Best Night Ever". She failed to qualify from the second semi final. She was part of
Eesti Laul 2022 as a host, jury member and interval performer, as well as having co-written the song "Hea päev" for the group Little Mess. == Discography ==