Ukraine: Eurovision Song Contest 2004 | Eurovision Song Contest News - 2008 Belgrade, Serbia 

Internal selection

Ukraine selected its Eurovision Song Contest participant for 2004 internally. Ruslana Lyzhicko won the internal selection and will represent her country in Istanbul!

Biography

Ruslana is a cult figure among the most popular Ukrainian singers, composers and producers. Ruslana has done two graduate degrees in music. Her potential is remarkable; Ruslana possesses powerful vocal abilities, exclusive manner of performance, originality of style, colourful ethnic appeal, powerful energy, diligence, drive and expression capable of thrilling and carrying away a stadium crowd. Ruslana is sparkling, surprising and “wild” in the best understanding; she readily experiments with her style and does not follow the cliches. Ruslana is an established and original image, a well-known and striking brand. Ruslana is the “wild” energy.

She is not a “product” of her producers. Not only she composes music and makes arrangements, but also she is the producer of her own ideas and the director of her videos.

Major achievements:

• “Wild Dances” (“Dyki Tantsi”) album sold more than 170,000 copies. It has received the “platinum” title.

“I Know” is the first mega video made for modern wide-screen cinemas. Sound format – Dolby Digital 5.1. Image format – High Definition. Creative team – 250 specialists and 5 film studios from 7 countries. 10 helicopter sessions, 4 kilometres of video tape footage, acoustic concert within a waterfall.

• Christmas musicals: “The Last Christmas of the 90s”, “Christmas Legends”, “Lviv-Style Christmas”.


• The “Sunrise” (“Svitanok”) video – “The best Ukrainian video 1998”; The Golden Firebird award.


• Ukrainian representative in the BBC’s “Today 2000” global project.


• First-ever concert with the big symphony orchestra at the “Tavria Games” (“Tavriyski Ihry”) festival.


• Charity art-project “Tour of the Castles of Ukraine”.


• “Wild Dances” 2003 nationwide tour – 25 concerts in 25 biggest Ukrainian cities.

• “Chervona Ruta” national festival of modern song and popular music, prize winner.


• Grand-Prix of the “Melodiya” national television festival of popular music.


• Grand-Prix of the “Slavyanskiy Bazar” international art festival.


• “Crystal Lion” regional programme, winner in the “Pop Star of the Year” nomination.


• “Song of the Year” national show-concert, prize winner in the Ukrainian popular music nomination.


• Grand-Prix of the “Golden Era” festival in the “Best Film of the Year” nomination; film: “The Sonorous Wind of the Oleskyi Castle” (“Dzvinkyi viter Oleskoho Zamku”).


• The Golden Firebird, winner in the “Best Song of the Year – The Sunrise (Svitanok)” and “Best Video of the Year – The Sunrise” nominations.


• First Ukrainian National Programme “Person of the Year”, prize winner in the “Pop Star” nomination.


• The “Platinum Disc” title awarded to the “Wild Dances” album by the Independent Association of Record Companies on 17 December 2003 (Kyiv, London).

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History

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