Linnea Dale



Linnea Dale (born April 22, 1991) is a Norwegian singer.

Early life
Linnea Dale was born in Tinn, Telemark, Norway. She attended the high school Skien videregående skole.

Idol
She was a contestant on the fifth season of the Norwegian Idol series in 2007, finishing in seventh place. She performed "What Do I Know About Love", a song written by herself, in the semi-finals on October 10. She has qualified for the Norwegian final.

Musical career
In 2009, Dale collaborated with the Drammen band Donkeyboy on their debut album Caught in a Life, providing guest vocals on the songs "Ambitions", "Sometimes", and "Awake". "Ambitions" debuted on the Norwegian singles chart at number seven on April 6, 2009, and reached the number one spot on June 29, after 13 weeks on the charts. She also recorded the song "Anything Goes (and Everything's Alright)" with Magnus Sinnes.

Her first EP, Children Of The Sun, was released 27 January 2012 on Warner Music. Her first solo album, Lemoyne Street, was released in April 2012, with help from producer Øystein Greni and Nikolai Eilertsen from Bigbang.

Dale will compete in Melodi Grand Prix 2014, the Norwegian competition to find their representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. She will compete with her song "High Hopes".

On 2 February 2014 it was announced that Linnea Dale will compete in the first edition Super Festival which it will be held in Germany, with her song "High Hopes". She will perform in the fourth semi-final.