Mika Newton
Encyclopedia
Mika Newton born on 5 March 1986, is a Ukrainian
singer from the city of Burshtyn
. She leads a rock band whose other members are known as Uncle Fe, Snow, Andrew and "Loco" Vitalii. Their début album Anomaliya (Anomaly) was released in 2005.
styles. She has been likened to the Canadian singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne
.
International events have inspired some of Newton's songs: these have included the tsunami of 2004 ("Zunami") and the aftermath of the war in Iraq ("Letter to Baghdad"). Another, "Yahoo.com", reflected her inability to contact a young man she had met during a visit to London
, England, whose e-mail
address she had mislaid:
of 2004 and the staging in Kiev
in 2005 of the Eurovision Song Contest
, a competition won the previous year
by the Ukrainian entry, Ruslana Lyzhychko's "Wild Dances
". Newton’s profile on the Internet was further enhanced by the coincidence in 2007 of the Lebanese
-born singer Mika
achieving a significant hit with his song "Grace Kelly
". This meant that those searching for further information about Mika or his music were liable to stumble unwittingly on Newton’s own website or on other sites with material about her, such as that of the Kiev radio station, Europa FM.
During the second half of 2006 Newton recorded a second album in London.
in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
in Dusseldorf
, Germany
, with her entry "Angel
". Following complaints from viewers about the voting procedure in this final, a further final was held on March 3, 2011, even though Newton had sent a letter to President
Viktor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
requesting their involvement in order to prove that the voting was fair and no fraud was intended. After Jamala
and Zlata Ognevich withdrew from this new final in the days before it was scheduled to be held, Newton became the artist to represent Ukraine, but it remained unknown which song she would perform on Eurovision. On March 4 Newton and the competition's organizer NTU
declared that "Angel" would be sent to the Eurovision Song Contest "with better arrangements" and, on 5 March, Newton met Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate
and received his blessing for her participation in the contest.
In the Eurovision final on 14 May 2011 Newton finished fourth with 159 points, behind the entries from Azerbaijan
(the winner with 221 points), Italy and Sweden.
Upon her arrival back in Ukraine, Mika was interviewed and was asked what about the other participants whom she met up with. In it, she confessed that Russian delegate Alexey Vorobyov
tried to flirt with her but she turned him down.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
singer from the city of Burshtyn
Burshtyn
Burshtyn is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine, to the north of Halych. It lies in the Halych Raion and is accessible by rail....
. She leads a rock band whose other members are known as Uncle Fe, Snow, Andrew and "Loco" Vitalii. Their début album Anomaliya (Anomaly) was released in 2005.
Style
Newton has been singing since the age of nine. Her music and her choice of clothes and accessories are strongly influenced by punk and gothicGoth subculture
The goth subculture is a contemporary subculture found in many countries. It began in England during the early 1980s in the gothic rock scene, an offshoot of the post-punk genre. The goth subculture has survived much longer than others of the same era, and has continued to diversify...
styles. She has been likened to the Canadian singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was born in Belleville, Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town of Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage with Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album recording contract with Arista Records worth more...
.
International events have inspired some of Newton's songs: these have included the tsunami of 2004 ("Zunami") and the aftermath of the war in Iraq ("Letter to Baghdad"). Another, "Yahoo.com", reflected her inability to contact a young man she had met during a visit to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England, whose e-mail
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
address she had mislaid:
- I run around, the feeling inside of me,
- The memories breaking free, I will never forget,
- I try to think about all I remember is part of address
- ...saying...yahoo.com.
Emergence
Mika Newton and her band emerged during a period in which international awareness of Ukrainian rock (and of the country itself) was assisted by the Orange RevolutionOrange Revolution
The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter...
of 2004 and the staging in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
in 2005 of the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
, a competition won the previous year
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004, was the 49th Contest and it was held in the Abdi İpekçi Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. This was the first occasion in which the contest was held in Turkey after they had won the competition in 2003 with Sertab Erener singing "Everyway That I Can"...
by the Ukrainian entry, Ruslana Lyzhychko's "Wild Dances
Wild Dances
Wild Dances is a 2004 studio album by the Ukrainian singer and winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana. The album has been certified 7x platinum in Ukraine, selling 700,000+ copies.-Track listing:Basic album...
". Newton’s profile on the Internet was further enhanced by the coincidence in 2007 of the Lebanese
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
-born singer Mika
Mika (singer)
Mika is a British singer-songwriter.After recording his first extended play, Dodgy Holiday EP, Mika released his first full-length studio album, Life in Cartoon Motion, on Island Records in 2007. Life in Cartoon Motion sold more than 5.6 million copies worldwide and helped Mika win a Brit...
achieving a significant hit with his song "Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly (song)
"Grace Kelly" is a song by the English singer Mika, released for download on January 9, 2007. It also appears on Mika's 2007 album Life in Cartoon Motion. Produced and mixed by Greg Wells, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number three and the UK Official Download Chart at number one...
". This meant that those searching for further information about Mika or his music were liable to stumble unwittingly on Newton’s own website or on other sites with material about her, such as that of the Kiev radio station, Europa FM.
During the second half of 2006 Newton recorded a second album in London.
Eurovision 2011
Newton was originally chosen on February 26, 2011 to represent UkraineUkraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Ukraine participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany and selected their artist and song through a televised national final, organised by the Ukrainian broadcaster, the NTU...
in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...
in Dusseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, with her entry "Angel
Angel (Mika Newton song)
"Angel" is a song by Mika Newton which represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, helt in Düsseldorf, Germany.-Eurovision 2011:...
". Following complaints from viewers about the voting procedure in this final, a further final was held on March 3, 2011, even though Newton had sent a letter to President
President of Ukraine
Prior to the formation of the modern Ukrainian presidency, the previous Ukrainian head of state office was officially established in exile by Andriy Livytskyi. At first the de facto leader of nation was the president of the Central Rada at early years of the Ukrainian People's Republic, while the...
Viktor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov
Mykola Azarov
Mykola Yanovych Azarov ; born Nikolai Yanovich Pakhlo on 17 December 1947, is a Ukrainian politician who has been the Prime Minister of Ukraine since 11 March 2010. He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007, and he also served as acting...
requesting their involvement in order to prove that the voting was fair and no fraud was intended. After Jamala
Jamala
Jamala - a Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar jazz-singer, performing the music of her own composition on the junction of jazz, soul, world music and rhythm&blues with the elements of classics and gospel....
and Zlata Ognevich withdrew from this new final in the days before it was scheduled to be held, Newton became the artist to represent Ukraine, but it remained unknown which song she would perform on Eurovision. On March 4 Newton and the competition's organizer NTU
National Television Company of Ukraine
National Television Company of Ukraine is the national television broadcaster in Ukraine. It is state-run, and operates the television channel Pershyi Nazional'niy, the only Ukrainian TV channel that has a coverage over 97% of Ukraine's territory. It is the only state-owned national channel. Its...
declared that "Angel" would be sent to the Eurovision Song Contest "with better arrangements" and, on 5 March, Newton met Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is an autonomous Church of Eastern Orthodoxy in Ukraine, under the ecclesiastic jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate...
and received his blessing for her participation in the contest.
In the Eurovision final on 14 May 2011 Newton finished fourth with 159 points, behind the entries from Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Azerbaijan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany with the entry "Running Scared".-National Final 2011:A few days after the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Bærum, İctimai TV announced the Azerbaijani participation in Düsseldorf....
(the winner with 221 points), Italy and Sweden.
Upon her arrival back in Ukraine, Mika was interviewed and was asked what about the other participants whom she met up with. In it, she confessed that Russian delegate Alexey Vorobyov
Alexey Vorobyov
Alexey Vladimirovich Vorobyov is a Russian singer and actor who performs both in Russian and English. For international purposes Vorobyov is also credited as Alex Sparrow, a translation of his Russian name. He is best known for appearing on the Russian version of The X Factor at the age of 17 in...
tried to flirt with her but she turned him down.