Samira Manners (born 9 July 2000), is a bilingual British-Swedish singer-songwriter. Samira has an English father and a Swedish mother. She learnt her first English in pre-school in Southern England and grew up speaking English at home in Sweden. She signed to Cardiac Records / Sony Music Sweden in 2020 and has since released 8 singles.
She participated in Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "I Want to Be Loved". She performed in Heat 2 on 12 February 2022, finishing in fourth place in the phone vote, fifth place overall, and failing to qualify. She performed onstage with her band: Alice Castell (bass), Kajsa Westergren (drums), and Agnes Roslund (guitar).
Career
Samira studied at Lund's Dance and Musical Gymnasium (LDMG) 2016-2019, Malmö Academy of Music 2021-2022, and Folkhögskolan Skurup and Fridhem Malmö since 2022.
Live Performances
TV4 Nyhetsmorgon: 2 January 2021, Samira's TV debut singing "Do It All Again" and "Hard To Love" The Sunset Festival: 7 August 2021. Woman in Red, Malmö Live: 8 October 2021. Melodifestivalen 2022: 12 February 2022. Lotta på Liseberg: 18 July 2022 - Samira singing "Thankful"; "I Want To Be Loved"; and "Walking on Sunshine" SVT Sommarlov 2022: 22 July 2022 - Samira singing "I Want To Be Loved"; and "Thankful".