Eva Therese Margaretha Merkel also known as "Tess Merkel" (born 18 April 1970) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who is one of the original members of the pop group Alcazar.

She started her career in a number of musicals and soon landed the job as a showgirl at Wallmans salonger in 1991.

Merkel has won 500.000 (SEK) at the Pokermiljonen in online Poker game.

[2] She participated in Melodifestivalen 2021 solo with the song "Good Life",[3] but failed to qualify from the heats.

[4] Since 2013 Merkel has been dating British actor, model and businessman Kenny Solomons who is known from Bredbandsbolagets commercials.