Tamara Gee ( born Tamara Diane Wimer on October 11 , 1972 in Seattle ) , is an American vocalist , songwriter , producer , arranger , dancer , and model . She grew up singing and performing from the age of 5 , and was a professional vocalist by the time she was 12 years old , winning various singing competitions throughout her adolescence and adulthood , as well as a beauty pageant . Gee opened for vocalist Tony Bennett and his orchestra after being the featured vocalist on various albums throughout her teen years . She released her debut album '' Hidden Treasure '' with Universal Music in 2007 , while living in Poland . Her single from the album , " For Life " , was voted unanimous winner of Piosenka dla Europy , the Polish final for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest . Tamara and her song " For Life " was the first Polish entry in history to qualify for the Eurovision final since the new rules were designed in the contest and a French television commentator compared Gee 's performance to Celine Dion . A portion of Gee 's Eurovision performance was shown on '' The Oprah Winfrey Show '' on " The World 's Got Talent " episode with Simon Cowell where Gee sang with former participants Celine Dion , ABBA and Julio Iglesias . In 2007 Gee co-wrote and performed " Fate " on DJ Schiller 's album '' Sehnsucht '' . The album went triple platinum and was nominated for a Grammy . She released her solo EP '' Christmas Angel '' in 2009 . On November 27 , 2014 , Tamara released a new highly anticipated album " Love , Tamara " of which she wrote with and was produced by Multi Grammy Award winning producer/songwriter Walter Afanasieff ( Celine Dion , Whitney Houston , Mariah Carey , etc. ) . She has been named the next Celine Dion
2008 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Tamara Gee