Eleonor Cassar

Eleonor Cassar is a Maltese singer that won the Golden Stag Festival 2004.

Born on July 29, 1982, Eleonor Cassar has been singing since she was 11 years old. She was first noticed by her teacher in Secondary school that encouraged her at participate at musical and theatrical events. The same teacher encouraged her to take singing seriously.

Later Eleonor got a certificate of merit from the University of London.

In 2002 she won the first prize at "The People's Song Festival". In 2001 Eleonor won the first prize at the "Discovery Song Festival" in Varna, Bulgaria.

In 2003 she participated for the first time at the "Song for Europe Festival" with two songs: "Someday You'll See" and "Tell Me Why".

2004 was a successful year for Eleonor. She won the first prize at the "Super One" festival but also the prize for Best Interpretation offered by FIDOF.

Eleonor has become one of the most popular singers in Malta and she has several weekly appearances on local TV stations as well as other appearances at national and private events on the island. She is preparing to release her first CD this summer. In September she will participate at the "Song Festival" in Egypt.

In 2006 Eleonor Cassar won the Malta International TV Song Festival with "Bniedem Iehor" by songwriters Paul Giordimaina and Fleur Balzan. Eventually, she represented Malta at the Universe Song Festival 2007 in Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain) where she won the first prize, again.