Tanel Padar

October 27, 1980

Haljala, Lääne-Viru County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Tanel Padar (born October 27, 1980) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. He is best known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. Padar became famous by winning the Kaks takti ette, a biennial televised competition for young Estonian singers, in 1999.