Zoë (Austrian singer)

Zoë Straub was born in the Austrian capital, Vienna, to musician parents, Christof Straub and Roumina Straub (born Wilfling), on 1 December 1996.[1]

At the age of six, she featured in a song by her parents' musical project, Papermoon, called "Doop Doop (Baby Remix)".[1] In 2007, Straub participated in the Austrian reality singing competition Kiddy Contest, where she covered "Engel ohne Flügel", originally performed by Mark Medlock, a German singer, while she was attending Lycée Français de Vienne (French High School of Vienna), where she studied for nine years.[1][2]

Zoë at the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards 2016.

Straub appeared on ORF television series Vorstadtweiber in 2015.[2] She also competed in the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, where she eventually placed third with the song "Quel filou", written by Straub herself and her father, Christof Straub.[1][2] She performed live at Rathausplatz while Vienna was serving as the host city of Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[3] In October 2015, she released her début album Debut.[4]

On 12 January 2016, she was announced as one of the participants of the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016,[5] and on 12 February 2016, she emerged as the winner of the national final and therefore represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Loin d'ici" in Stockholm, Sweden;[6][7] qualified for the grand final where she placed 13th in total and 8th in televoting.[8] On 29 April 2016, she released a reissued version of Debut. In Eurovision 2017 she was a member of the Austrian jury for Semi-final 2 and for the Grand Final. In December 2017, it was announced that she would serve as a judge in the Sammarinese national selection event for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 a national final event she and her family funded, alongside Neon Hitch and Vince Bugg.[9]

The last few years the singer and actress has been musically very active. She released her first album “Debut”,[10] which very quickly achieved gold status. So it’s not surprising that she was busy touring Austria and Europe.[11] ZOËs Single “C’est la Vie” turned out to be No.1 in Italy for many months, and also became a big radio hit in some European countries.[12] Her release “Tout Paris” is on its way to hit a million Spotify streams.[13]

ZOË also started her career as an actress: in addition to several series and film appearances, she could be seen in the first German Netflix production "Isi und Ossi", as well as the most successful Austrian series of the last 10 years "Vorstadtweiber", among others.

After her last single releases "Tout Paris" (which will soon reach one million Spotify streams) and "Rêverie", she now wants to thrill and enchant her fans again with her new song "Loin d'ici (far from here)": a new, modern and up-to-date version of the 2016 ESC hit "Loin d'ici", this time with the support of newcomer Leonardo Davi, who enriches the song with English verses.