Oscar Zia

Oscar Zia (born 10 October 1996 in Svedala, Sweden) is a Swedish singer which has participated in several television competition shows. Zia is of Italian origin.   He first appeared in the 2012 Swedish X Factor in the show's inaugural Swedish season auditioning with "Without You" by David Guetta. He ended in the Final 12 in the "Boys under 25" category coached by the judge assigned for the category Ison Glasgow. He finished 8th overall between 12 final contestants. His performances included:   Week 1 (5 October 2012) - "Boyfriend" from Justin Bieber - Result: safe Week 2 (12 October 2012) - "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love from Usher - Result: safe Week 3 (19 October 2012) - "Danza Kuduro" from Don Omar featuring Lucenzo - Result:safe Week 4 (26 October 2012) - "When You Say Nothing at All" from Ronan Keating - Result: safe Week 5 (2 November 2012) - "Moves Like Jagger" from Maroon 5 - Result: Bottom 2 Bottom 2 duel (3 November 2012) - "It Will Rain" from Bruno Mars - Result - Deadlock by judges (2 of 4 votes) / Elimination by public vote / 8th overall   In 2013, he was in the backing vocals alongside Loulou Lamotte in the Behrang Miri song "Jalla Dansa Sawa" performed at the Melodifestivalen 2013 in the Swedish selection process for Eurovision Song Contest 2013. Although the song failed to make it to the finals after a duel elimination round won by Anton Ewald and his song "Begging", the song gained great popularity with the Swedish public and the single was released immediately after the competition reaching number 4 on Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart.   Oscar Zia was one of the contestants in Let's Dance 2013, the eighth season of the Swedish version of Dancing with the Stars, broadcast on the Swedish television channel TV4. He finished as the runner-up behind the winner Markoolio.   In 2014, he took part in Melodifestivalen 2014 this time as a solo singer "Yes We Can" reaching the Final 10 held on 8 March 2014 in a bid to represent Sweden in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.