Karen Polidano

Karen Polidano Zahra (stage name Karen Polidano ; born May 16, 1979 in Toronto , Canada ) is a Canadian - Maltese singer .

Life

Growing up in Toronto , her Maltese parents let her attend a Maltese heritage program in Canada once a week as a child. At the age of eight she made her first musical experiences, joined the school choir and soon became a soloist. At age 14, she attended the Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts to improve her singing skills. In the following years she played in various musicals such as Guys & Dolls , Anything Goes , The King and Me , Diana: Queen of Hearts , Little Shop of Horror and the pantomime Tarzan: Bored of the Jungle . When she was 16 years old, she moved with her family to Malta in 1995 , where she continued to perform in musicals. In Malta, she later attended the University of Malta .

In 1998 she took part for the first time in the Malta Song for Europe , the Maltese preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . Three years later she took again on the Malta Song for Europe and also on the L-Għanja tal-Poplu 2001 with the song Waslu L-Aljeni ( Eng .: The others have arrived), composed by Mark Spiteri Lucas, written by Felicienne Fenech Caruana and arranged by Joe Brown, part. A year later she took part again in the Malta Song for Europe and this time reached the 2nd place. In the same year she also took part in the Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza with the song L-Imgħoddi Mill-Ġdid (German: New from the past), composed by René Mamo and written by Joe Julian Farrugia. The following year she released her single Join the Party , composed by Ivan Scicluna and Colin Zammit Lupi and also written by Colin Zammit Lupi. She also took part in the Malta Song for Europe again and was able to qualify for the final there, as in previous years. In 2004 she did not succeed and she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Malta Song for Europe. In 2005 she tried again and was able to qualify for the final.

Polidano is married and has one child. She works as a singing teacher.

Singles

• Searchung the Seas (1998)
• Nothing I Can Do (2001)
• Waslu L-Aljeni (2001)
• When Comes My Lover (2002)
• L-Imgħoddi Mill-Ġdid (2002)
• One Touch (2003)
• Join the Party (2003)
• Lists (2004)
• Holding Me Down (2005)

Participation in the Malta Song for Europe

year	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Approximate meaning in German	Points	placement
1998	Searching the Seas M: Konrad Pule; L: JP Casaletto	Seeking the lakes	63	14th
2001	Nothing I Can Do M: René Mamao; L: Joe Julian Farrugia	Nothing I can do	46	13.
2002	When Comes My Lover M: John David Zammit; L: Ray Mahoney	When is my lover coming	103	2.
2003	One Touch M: Philip Vella; L: Joe Chircop	One touch	69	12./13.
2004	Lists M: Paul Abela ; L: Joe Chircop	Listen	NQ	NQ
2005	Holding Me Down M: Konrad Pule; L: JP Casaletto	Holding me tight	714	18th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Exclusive: Karen Polidano speaks to ESCflashmalta
2. ↑ Karen Polidano - L-Ghanja tal-Poplu
3. ↑ L-Ghanja tal-Poplu 2001 - M3P
4. ↑ Konkors Kanzunetta Indipendenza 2002 - M3P
5. ↑ Single launched - timesofmalta.com
6. ↑ Malta - esckaz.com