Alyona Lanskaya
Alyona Lanskaya | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Alena Lanskaya |
| Born | 7 September 1985 Mogilev, Belarus |
| Origin | Dublin, Ireland |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Alyona Lanskaya (Belarusian: Алена Ланская, Romanized: Alena Lanskaya; born 7 September 1985 in Mogilev) is a Belarusian singer.[1] In 2011, Alyona Lanskaya won the Slavianski Bazaar Contest in Vitebsk.[2] Alyona will represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö.
Career
Eurofest 2012
After advancing to the semi-finals that was held on December 21, 2011, she qualified for the Eurofest 2012 finals as one of the five chosen from the 15 entries. On February 14, 2012, she won the right to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with her song "All My Life".[3][3] However on February 24, 2012, it was announced that Lanskaya was disqualified after the Belorussian President conducted an investigation leading to her "unfair" win in Eurofest 10 days earlier after rumors circulated that the producers had rigged the televoting giving her 12 points making her the winner. In response to the allegations, the president ordered an immediate investigation and later confirmed them to be true. She was replaced by Litesound instead, who got second place in Eurofest finals.[4]
Eurofest 2013
After the disqualification from Eurofest 2012, Alyona entered again the following year to represent Belarus in 2013 with the song "Rhythm of Love" written by Leonid Shirin, Yuri Vashchuk and A. Shirin. On December 7, 2012, Lanskaya won the national final, gaining top marks from both the public and jury vote,[5] and will represent Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden.
References
- ^ Сергей АНДРИАНОВ. "Певица Алена Ланская стала самой молодой заслуженной артисткой //". Kp.ru. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ^ "Алена Ланская «родила» свою победу » Культура » Народныя навіны Віцебска". News.vitebsk.cc. 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ^ a b 17:49 (1985-09-07). "Alyona Lanskaya to represent Belarus | News | Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
{{cite web}}:|author=has numeric name (help) - ^ "Litesound as new Belarusian representative in Baku". 24 February 2012. Eurovision.TV. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Alyona Lanskaya to represent Belarus in Malmö!". EBU. Retrieved 7 December 2012.