Molly Smitten-Downes

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Molly Smitten-Downes (2014)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Children of the Universe
  DE 94 05/23/2014 (1 week)
  AT 63 05/23/2014 (1 week)
  CH 63 05/18/2014 (1 week)
  UK 23 05/10/2014 (3 weeks)
Molly (2014)

Molly Smitten-Downes (born April 2, 1987 in Rothley ), also simply called Molly , is a British singer-songwriter . She was selected internally by the BBC to represent her home country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen .

Life

Smitten-Downes studied at Leicester College Access to Music and the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford .

On December 18, 2011, she released her acoustic EP Fly Away with Me . She won the 2012 Urban / Pop category at the Live and Unsigned music competition, and in 2013 she received an additional award for best song at The Best Of British Unsigned Music Awards for her song Lost Generation .

On March 3, 2014, the BBC announced that Smitten-Downes would compete in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 on May 10 with her self-composed song Children of the Universe . She reached 17th place there.

Discography

EPs

  • 2011: Fly Away with Me

Singles

  • 2011: Shadows (With Marger)
  • 2013: Never Forget You (With Darren Styles )
  • 2013: Beneath the Lights
  • 2014: Children of the Universe
  • 2014: Lock Up Your Daughter
  • 2015: Rush (With Zwette)
  • 2015: Breathe (With Si Tew)

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
  2. ^ Molly Smitten-Downes to represent the UK . eurovision.tv. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest: Little-known artist set to be UK's hopeful . BBC. Retrieved March 23, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Smitten-Downes, Molly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 2nd 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Leicestershire , England, UK