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Maya Wirz has won the television talent competition, Switzerland’s Got Talent 2011.

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Her hometown near Basel might soon be looking for a new bus driver, if the TV success opens the right doors, Wirz is ready to quit, and fulfill her lifetime dream of becoming a professional singer.

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