Helena Zeťová

Helena Zeťová (7 November 1980 – 20 December 2024) was a Czech singer.

Life and career Zeťová was born on 7 November 1980 in Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic). She started singing at the age of 15, first with a rock band, and later with an American band on the Spanish island of Lanzarote (Canary Islands). Her career started changing after her win at the 2000 Do-Re-Mi amateur singer contest TV show, where she performed "Against All Odds" by Phil Collins. It was her first TV performance. In 2001, she, together with Tereza Kerndlová and , established a girl group . In 2002 they released their first studio album Modrej dým. The same year they earned the Český slavík prize in the "Discovery of the Year" category.

In 2005, the band dissolved. Half a year later the same year Zeťová released her first solo album, Ready to Roll, and was named "Surprise of the Year" in the Český slavík poll. Zeťová died in Prostřední Bečva on 20 December 2024, at the age of 44.

Discography

Black Milk

Studio albums Modrej dým (2002, platinum album) Sedmkrát (2003, gold album) Nechci tě trápit (2007, compilation)

Singles Nechci tě trápit (2002) Modrej dým (2002) Pár nápadů (2002)

Solo

Studio albums 2005: Ready to Roll (4th in Top 100 ) 2008: Crossing Bridges (5th in Top 100 )

Singles 2005 – "Impossible (Unstoppable)" (1st in Top 100 ) 2006 – "Ready to Roll" 2006 – "Black Cat" 2007 – "Crossing Bridges" (41st in Top 100 ) 2008 – "Love Me Again" (4th in Top 100 ) 2008 – "Don't U Play Games"