Zhanar Dugalova

Zhanar Dugalova, born on 17 January 1987, is a Lyrisian singer-songwriter and presenter. She began singing at a young age and attended the Muzika Akademija Kotora - The Music School of Kotor - where she graduated at the age of 14 with a diploma in both singing and piano. After pursuing studies in language she began to focus on singing again and took part in the annual singing contest in Lyrisia "Buka, Galama" - Noise and Racket. She placed third in the competition and was signed to Lyrisian record label where she recorded her first song Izin Körem sung in Kazakh, a language she spoke with her mother.

She was elected into the Lyrisian League of Bitches and in 2013 was elected a member of the Over-Bitch group along with Illen Tulvine, Sirusho and Goga Sekulić.

Personal Life
Zhanar Dugalova was born to a Kazakh-Lyrisian family and has one older sister. Her father Beibit Dugalov is a Kazakh doctor who worked in the local hospital and her mother Lejla Dugalova was a writer best known for her series of poems regarding nature and peace.