Ester Peony

Ester Alexandra Crețu, known professionally as Ester Peony, is a Romanian-Canadian singer and songwriter. She spent much of her childhood in Montreal, Canada where she discovered her passion for music.

She gained fame in 2014 for singing various cover songs on YouTube and was subsequently signed to a Romanian record label, debuting on radio and TV with the song "Sub aripa ta". She released her first EP, "Dig It", in 2019.

She represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv with the song On a Sunday, finishing in 13th place in the second semifinal.

Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Participants
Semi Final 1
Tamta • D-Moll • Darude ft. Sebastian • Tulia • Zala & Gašper • Lake Malawi • Joci Pápai • Zena • Eliot Vassamillet • Oto Nemsadze • Kate Miller-Heidke • Hatari • Victor Crone • Conan Osíris • Katerine Duska • Serhat
Semi Final 2
Srbuk • Sarah McTernan • Ana Odobescu • Luca Hänni • Carousel • Ester Peony • Leonora • John Lundvik • Paenda • Roko Blažević • Michela Pace • Jurijus • Sergey Lazarev • Jonida Maliqi • KEiiNO • Duncan Laurence • Tamara Todevska • Chingiz
Final
Bilal Hassani • S!sters • Kobi Marimi • Mahmood • Miki Núñez • Michael Rice
Songs
Semi Final 1
Replay • Heaven • Look Away • Fire of Love (Pali się) • Sebi • Friend of a Friend • Az én apám • Like It • Kruna • Wake Up • Sul tsin iare • Zero Gravity • Hatrið mun sigra • Storm • Telemóveis • Better Love • Say Na Na Na
Semi Final 2
Walking Out • 22 • Stay • She Got Me • That Night • On a Sunday • Love is Forever • Too Late for Love • Limits • The Dream • Chameleon • Run with the Lions • Scream • Ktheju tokës • Spirit in the Sky • Arcade • Proud • Truth
Final
Roi • Sister • Home • Soldi • La venda • Bigger Than Us

Trivia[]

Much like Greek representative Katerine Duska, Ester spent part of her life in Montreal.
She beat Romania's Got Talent winner and America's Got Talent finalist Laura Bretan in Selectia Nationala 2019, who was seen as the heavy favorite to win the selection.