Background
Savadogo was born in Riga on 9 January 1993 to a mother of Latvian and Russian descent, and a father from Burkina Faso.
Savadogo was born in Riga on 9 January 1993 to a mother of Latvian and Russian descent, and a father from Burkina Faso.
She represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected". She released her debut studio album, Inner Voice, in April 2015. 1993–2014: Early life and career
She considers herself foremostly Latvian.
She is currently an economics student at the University of Latvia.
At age 15, she took part in the Latvian television show Krodziņā pie Paula and then also competed in Muzikālā banka at age 17. She also took part in Koru kari 3, the Latvian version of Clash of the Choirs as a part of the choir Golden.
She qualified from the first semi-final and then placed fifth in the final. 2015–present: Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and Inner Voice
In 2015, Savadogo returned to the Latvian Eurovision national selection and was announced as a competitor in Supernova 2015 with the song "Love Injected".
She qualified through the televote in both the second heat and the semi-final.
Savadogo released her début studio album Inner Voice on 8 April 2015. Savadogo performed tenth in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, after Israel and before Azerbaijan. She qualified to the final after placing second with 155 points, becoming Latvia"s first qualification in seven years.
In the final, she performed nineteenth, after Poland and before Romania.
She finished in sixth place out of twenty-seven, earning a total of 186 points and three sets of the maximum twelve points a country can award. With her placing, she earned Latvia their best placing since 2005 and their fourth best placing ever.
She wrote the song "Heartbeat", performed by Justs which will represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.