Sidsel Ben Semmane

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Sidsel Ben Sémmane (born 9 October 1988) is a Danish musician known since 2017 by the stage name Sémmane. She won the 2006 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and went on to finish 18th at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens. Her mother is Algerian.^[1]

Career

Sémmane represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens on 20 May 2006. She won the chance to sing on the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix on 11 February 2006 with the song "Twist of Love", written by Niels Drevsholt, which she later went on to sing at the Eurovision Song Contest. At the age of 17, she was the youngest participant to take place in the Danish Melodi Grand Prix. She placed 18th at Eurovision. ^[2]

On 29 May 2006, Sidsel released her first solo album called Where Are My Shoes?. She performs songs that were hits all over the world in the 1950s and 1960s, including "Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)", other songs, a medley with songs such as "Back In The U.S.S.R", "Locomotion", "Shout", as well as her popular 2006 Eurovision song, "Twist of Love".

Since 2013, she has been performing using the stage name "Miss Lil' Ben."^[3]

In 2017, Sidsel Ben Sémmane signed to the German record label, What We Call Records, and released her debut single "Nobody's Prey", under her new artist name Sémmane.^[4]

References

^ "Eurovision Sidsel's turn to twist". Esctoday.com. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ Lawless, Jill (May 20, 2006). "Finns 'Turn the Amps Up,' Win Eurovision". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-03-27.
^ "Misslilben". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
^ "S E M M A N E | OFFICIAL". Semmane.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

Preceded by Jakob Sveistrup with Talking to You	Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006	Succeeded by DQ with Drama Queen

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Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
Participation	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 ~~1996~~ 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	~~Dorthe Andersen~~ Anja Anti Social Media Bamses Venner Bandjo Basim ~~Ben and Tan~~ Katy Bødtger Brinck Brixx Birgit Brüel Debbie Cameron Dario Campeotto Chanée Lonnie Devantier DQ Emmelie de Forest Anders Frandsen A Friend in London Fyr og Flamme Lise Haavik Anne-Cathrine Herdorf Hot Eyes Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann Trine Jepsen Gry Johansen Birthe Kjær Kølig Kaj Leonora Lighthouse X ~~Martin Loft~~ Kenny Lübcke Mabel Malene Simon Mathew N'evergreen Lotte Nilsson Olsen Brothers Rasmussen Raquel Rastenni Reddi Reiley Rollo and King Saba Soluna Samay Tommy Seebach Sidsel Ben Semmane Jakob Sveistrup Michael Teschl Tomas Thordarson Bjørn Tidmand Ulla Pia Birthe Wilke Aud Wilken Gustav Winckler Ellen Winther
Songs	"All Night Long" "Alt det som ingen ser" "Angelique" "Believe Again" "Boom Boom" "Breaking My Heart" "Cliche Love Song" "Dansevise" "Det var en yndig tid" "Det' lige det" "Disco Tango" "Drama Queen" "Du er fuld af løgn" "Fly on the Wings of Love" "For din skyld" "Fra Mols til Skagen" "Hallo Hallo" "Higher Ground" "In a Moment like This" "Jeg rev et blad ud af min dagbog" "Ka' du se hva' jeg sa'?" "Kloden drejer" "Krøller eller ej" ~~"Kun med dig"~~ "Lige der hvor hjertet slår" "En lille melodi" "Love Is Forever" "Never Ever Let You Go" "New Tomorrow" "Only Teardrops" "Øve os på hinanden" "Sand" "Sangen om dig" "Shame on You" "Should've Known Better" "The Show" "Skibet skal sejle i nat" "Sku' du spørg' fra no'en?" "Soldiers of Love" "Stemmen i mit liv" "Stop – mens legen er go'" "Tænker altid på dig" "Talking to You" "Tell Me Who You Are" "This Time I Mean It" "Twist of Love" "Uh, jeg ville ønske jeg var dig" "Under stjernerne på himlen" "Vi maler byen rød" "Video-video" "Vuggevise" "The Way You Are" "Where I Am" ~~"Yes"~~
Note: Entries scored out signify where Denmark did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Countries

Final	Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Denmark France Finland Germany Greece Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-final	Albania Andorra Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Estonia Iceland Monaco Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovenia
Withdrawn	Serbia and Montenegro

Artists

Final	André Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R Dima Bilan Eddie Butler Carola Vocal Group Cosmos Fabrizio Faniello Christine Guldbrandsen Hari Mata Hari Tina Karol Brian Kennedy Las Ketchup Lordi LT United Virginie Pouchain Elena Risteska Daz Sampson Sidsel Ben Semmane Severina six4one Texas Lightning Mihai Trăistariu Sibel Tüzün Anna Vissi
Semi-final	Annet Artani Anžej Dežan Luiz Ejlli Séverine Ferrer Ich Troje Jenny Silvia Night Nonstop Mariana Popova Kate Ryan Sandra Polina Smolova Treble
Withdrawn	No Name

Songs

Final	"Alvedansen" "Bloody Mary" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Everything" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "I Do" "I Hear Your Heart" "If We All Give a Little" "Il était temps" "Invincible" "Lejla" "Loca" "Moja štikla" "Never Let You Go" "Ninanajna" "No No Never" "Show Me Your Love" "Superstar" "Teenage Life" "Together We Are One" "Tornerò" "Twist of Love" "We Are the Winners" "Without Your Love"
Semi-final	"Amambanda" "La Coco-Dance" "Coisas de nada" "Congratulations" "Follow My Heart" "Je t'adore" "Let Me Cry" "Mr Nobody" "Mum" "Sense tu" "Through My Window" "Why Angels Cry" "Zjarr e ftohtë"
Withdrawn	"Moja ljubavi"

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