place in the international talent competition "Kaunas – 2009". She won third place in "Baltic Transit".From 2008 to 2009, Simonna toured Lithuania with several singers from Lithuania in the Olialia Zuzi Fiesta Tour. In 2010, at the TV festival "TV Start", which took place in Turkey, Simonna won the Grand Prix in the vocal category and won first place in the model category. In the "San Remo" festival in Italy, Simonna became a finalist. Later that year, Simonna successfully completed the New York Film Academy's "Four Week Musical Film Workshop". In 2011, Simonna was invited to attend TwitChange, a celebrity Twitter auction that included Kim Kardashian, Eva Longoria, and others. Simonna acted in the Lithuanian TV series Giminės. Po 20 metų as a guest star. 2012–13: Eurovision Song Contest and Simonna In 2012 Simonna applied to the national Eurovision Song Contest in Lithuania with her song "One of a Kind". She finished third in the semi-final and seventh in the national final, without reaching the super-final. She was the youngest national Lithuania's Eurovision Song Contest participant ever. Simonna released "One of a Kind" as a single. It was written by F. Westin and produced by Bobby Ljunggren and Marcos Ubeda. The song was used for Simonna's Eurovision project and her second album, self-titled Simonna. The song was initially created for the Eurovision Song Contest winner Carola Häggkvist, but when she refused to participate in Eurovision Song Contest again, the producers gave the song to Simonna. In early 2012, the music video for "One of a Kind" was shot in Lithuania. In March 2012, Simonna signed with US-based management company June Entertainment and manager John Ryan Jr. In May 2013, Simonna revealed on Twitter new lyrics from her upcoming song. As of June 2013, Simonna was working on a new song with American rapper and songwriter King Kaseem, who was to be featured on the song as well. On July 25, 2013, Simonna revealed that her song was called "The Mountain". On February 11, 2014, Simonna released her new single "My Eyes On You". On February 20, 2014, Simonna terminated her contract with June Entertainment. On February 24, 2014, MTV started to play Simonna's music videos. In December 2013, Simonna released her album Simonna, which consisted of 15 songs recorded in both Lithuanian and English. 2014–2017 In September 2014, Simonna started studying in New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, California.