Ruslana Lyzhichko
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Ruslana Lyzhichko (born May 24 1973 Ukrainian: Руслана Лижичко) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
Born in 1973, she is a Ukrainian singer, dancer, producer, and composer. She writes, composes and produces her own songs and music videos.
In Ukraine she had her first hit in 1998 with the song Sunrise and the album A Moment of Spring. In 1999 she worked on the Christmas musical The Final Christmas of the 1990s, which won the Ukrainian Movie of the Year. Her album Dyki Tantsi (Wild Dances) which was issued in 2003 went platinum in Ukraine, selling over 100,000 copies.
She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with Wild Dances, which earned 280 points, receiving points from 34 of the 35 other countries participating in the contest (the exception being Switzerland whose own entry was eliminated after scoring no points in the semi-final).
In 2004's disputed Ukrainian presidential elections, she declared her support for Viktor Yushchenko. She was one of the scores of prominent figures that addressed the mass crowds rallying in support of Yushchenko's demand that his original defeat be declared fraudulent, and at one stage she was even quoted as saying she was ready to go on hunger strike for the cause.
External links
- Ruslana's homepage (http://www.ruslana.com.ua/main_eng.html)
- Ruslana.org - Ruslana fan site (http://www.ruslana.org)