Olia Tira | |
Background: | solo_singer |
Alias: | Flux Light |
Birth Name: | Olga Țîra |
Birth Date: | 1 August 1988 |
Birth Place: | Potsdam, East Germany |
Origin: | Chișinău, Moldova |
Occupation: | Singer |
Years Active: | 2003–present |
Associated Acts: | SunStroke Project |
Olga Țîra (born 1 August 1988), known professionally as Olia Tira or Flux Light, is a Moldovan singer.
Tira was born in 1988 into a Soviet military family[1] in Potsdam, East Germany.[2] She spent a few years there and moved to Chișinău. She first appeared in festivals and concerts when she was 14 years old.[3]
Tira attended school in Cahul and is currently a student in the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chișinău.[2]
Tira's first album, Your Place or Mine?, was released in December 2006 by Nordika Multimedia. The songs were all written by Ruslan Taranu.[1] [3]
After participating in the 2006 and 2007 Moldovan national finals[3] and finishing fourth in the 2009 Moldovan national final with Unicul Meu, she was selected to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, along with SunStroke Project.[4] [5] They finished 22nd in the Eurovision Song Contest final. She was a finalist in O melodie pentru europa 2014, Moldova's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Never Stop No". She competed under the stage name, Flux Light.[6] She tied for sixth place and did not qualify to represent Moldova.