Justyna Steczkowska

Justyna Steczkowska (b. August 2, 1972 in Stalowa Wola, Poland) is a Polish singer, song-writer, and actress. She comes from a big musical family, and played violin in a family band before becoming a solo singer. She has a vocal range of 4 octaves. Steczkowska became famous when she won a song contest in Poland Szansa na sukces with the song "Buenos Aires". Later, she represented Poland in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Sama", ("Alone") which was placed eighteenth. After a few CDs with her own songs, she released Alkimja, a compilation of Jewish songs with Polish lyrics. She received multiple awards including a Fryderyk for The Best Song of The Year. She appeared in two films: Billboard and Na koniec świata (To the End of the World). She took part in the Polish edition of Dancing with the Stars (the sixth edition) where she came in second and in co-hosts Dancing on Ice. She sold over 700,000 albums.