Gerli Padar is an Estonian singer who is a popular female artist in her homeland. She is the older sister of Tanel Padar, who helped bring Estonia its first victory in 2001 with the song Everybody.
She represented Estonia on her own at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song Partners in Crime. She failed to qualify for the final, finishing in 22nd place in the semifinal.
Gerli has also appeared on the Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars and has also acted in several hit Estonian musicals to critical acclaim.
Trivia[]
- Gerli was the voice of Queen Barb in the Estonian dub of Trolls World Tour. She is one of two Eurovision representatives to have voiced the character in a foreign-language dub of the film, the other being Polina Gagarina (Russia 2015) in the film's Russian dub.
- Additionally, Ivo Linna (Estonia 1996) and Birgit Õigemeel (Estonia 2013) voiced King Quincy and Delta Dawn respectively in the same dub of the film.