# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maarja-liis-ilus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:38:09.367Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maarja-liis-ilus"
name: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
slug: "maarja-liis-ilus"
description: "Maarja-Liis Ilus, sometimes better known by her performing name Maarja is an Estonian pop musician and presenter. She has represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice. She was only 15 when she participated in the 1996 contest."
tagline: "Estonian singer (born 1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maarja-Liis_Ilus_2006.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1980-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.69262266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1489784/"
    handle:    "nm1489784"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.maarja.ee"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ماریا-لیس ایلوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Маар'я-Лійс Ілус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
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    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F-%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81"
    title: "Илус, Маарья-Лийс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarja-Liis_Ilus"
    title: "Maarja-Liis Ilus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump