Getter Jaani (born 3 February 1993)Delfi – Getter Jaani is an Estonian singer and actress. She represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Rockefeller Street".Veel üks staar-lõpetaja! Getter Jaani saab juunis kooliga ühele poole: hirm on küll suur
Early life Getter was born and raised in Tallinn. In 2015, she graduated night school and was awarded a high school diploma.Eesti Laul 2011 finaali võitis Getter Jaani looga Rockefeller Street
Besides Estonian, she also has Russian ancestry.
Career
Jaani first became publicly known in Estonia in 2009 as a participant in the third season of Eesti otsib superstaari, the Estonian version of Pop Idol. She finished fourth and her performance gained her the role of Sharpay Evans in the Estonian version of High School Musical.
Jaani represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, with her entry "Rockefeller Street" coming in 24th place in the final. That same year, she participated as a celebrity contestant on Tantsud tähtedega, the Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars.
In 2012, Jaani presented the scores on behalf of Estonia for the grand-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
In 2013, Jaani landed the role of Sandy in the musical Grease.
Jaani's Eurovision song "Rockefeller Street" later became an internet meme after a video of two Chinese men playing a "Nightcore" version of the song using the rhythm game osu! following them dancing to the song became popular on social media. Their dance moves also became popular, spreading to apps and sites such as TikTok and YouTube in 2018. The original song is in E♭ minor while the meme nightcore version is in G minor, having been sped up by 1.25x with the pitch also increased. Jaani spoke out about this in 2019 on "etv", "When I heard the new version which is a lot faster, the original Rockefeller Street seems like a great lullaby next to it."
Songs performed on Eesti otsib superstaari WeekTitleOriginal artistResultSemi-finals 1 "Ma tõde tean" Nele-Liis Vaiksoo Safe 2 "Cruella de Vil" Bill Lee SafeFinals 1 "Iseendale" Eda-Ines Etti Bottom two 2 "Laul Põhjamaast" Ülo Vinter Safe 3 "See maailm uus" ("A Whole New World") Brad Kane & Lea Salonga Safe 4 "I'm a Believer" The Monkees Safe 5 "The Climb" Miley Cyrus Bottom two 6 "Stop it (I Like It)" Rick Guard Safe "Ice Cream Freeze (Let's Chill)" Miley Cyrus 7 "Taas punab pihlakaid" Ivo Linna Eliminated "Happy" Leona Lewis
Discography
Albums Album Title Album details Peak chart positionsEST Rockefeller StreetReleased: 1 May 2011 Label: Moonwalk Format: CD, Digital download 3 DNAReleased: 12 December 2014 Label: Moonwalk Format: CD, Digital download—
Extended plays 2010: Parim Päev EP (Moonwalk) 2011: Jõuluvalgus
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album Peak chart positions for singles in Estonian Airplay: "Valged ööd": "The Game": IRE "Vaid Suve"(featuring Chapter One) 2010 rowspan="4" — "Parim päev"— Parim Päev EP "Grammofon"— "Rockefeller Street" 201144 Rockefeller Street "" 164 — "Me kõik jääme vanaks" rowspan="10" — "Talveöö"(featuring Koit Toome and Karl Madis)— Jõuluvalgus "NYC Taxi" 2012— DNA "Jõuluvalgus"— Jõuluvalgus "Kes on süüdi" 2013— "Meelelahutajad" — DNA "Rannamaja" 2014 — "DNA" 2015 — "Lootuste tänaval" — "Kullaväljade tuul" 2016 — rowspan="2" "The Game" 2025 19 — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory."*" denotes that the chart did not exist at that time.
Music videos "Rockefeller Street" (2011, live) "Talveöö" (2011, live) "NYC Taxi" (2012) "Sulle, kes sa kaugel" (2012, live with Koit Toome) "Kes on süüdi" (Feb, 2013) "Meelelahutajad" (Nov, 2013)
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