Emmelie de Forest

Rumored to be the great-granddaughter of the 19th century U.K. monarch Queen Victoria, folk-pop singer/songwriter Emmelie de Forest won the famed Eurovision Song Contest in May 2013. Born in Randers, Denmark to a Swedish father and Danish mother, de Forest gained several years singing and conducting experience when she joined the Steve Cameron Gospel Choir. Aged 14, she met the Glaswegian folk artist Fraser Neill -- a Danish resident since the mid-'90s -- at a festival in Ajstrup and the duo spent the next five years touring small venues, ultimately selling around 100 copies ...