Eva Therese Margaretha Merkel also known as " Tess Merkel " ( born 18 April 1970 ) is a Swedish singer who is one of the original members of the pop group Alcazar . Merkel was born in Nyköping Sweden . She started her career in a number of musicals and soon landed the job as a showgirl at Wallmans salonger in 1991 . She also did some choirgirl jobs for Melodifestivalen , in Melodifestivalen 1993 she did the choir behind Lena Pålsson , in Melodifestivalen 1997 she choired behind her later band mate Andreas Lundstedt and in Melodifestivalen 2000 she choired behind Avengers during their performance . Merkel herself has participated in Melodifestivalen three times as of 2010 : in Melodifestivalen 2003 , Melodifestivalen 2005 , Melodifestivalen 2009 and in Melodifestivalen 2010 , all four times as a member of the popular pop group Alcazar . Merkel has also in 2006 hosted the final of MGP Nordic 2006 a Nordic music competition for kids . She also has an interest for Poker and has been a contestant at the European Poker Tour in Barcelona in 2006 . Merkel has won 500.000 ( SEK ) at the Pokermiljonen in online Poker game
Melodifestivalen 1997
Melodifestivalen 1997
Therese Merkel