Mia Nicolai

Michaja Nicolaï, known professionally as Mia Nicolai is a Dutch singer, songwriter, and actress. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 alongside Dion Cooper with the song "Burning Daylight". She started taking drama and ballet classes at the age of three. According to Nicolaï, this sparked an interest in music, which would eventually lead to her taking piano and violin lessons. In 2018, Nicolaï released her first single, a cover of American composer Glenn Miller's "At Last". n 2020, she released "Set Me Free" and "Mutual Needs", the latter of which was featured on DJ Zane Lowe's radio show. In 2021, she released two singles, "People Pleaser" and "Dream Go". On 1 November 2022, the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS announced that Nicolaï would represent the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, alongside Dion Cooper. Nicolaï had met Cooper in 2020 when fellow Dutch Eurovision entrant and winner of the 2019 edition, Duncan Laurence, along with Laurence's partner Jordan Garfield, paired the two up. Nicolai and Cooper performed in the first semi-final, but failed to qualify for the grand final