Tina Karol
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Tina Karol born Tatiana Grigorievna Liberman , is a Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...

 singer. Karol represented Ukraine
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...

 at the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 in 2006.

Biography

Born to Jewish
Jews
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 parents in Orotukan
Orotukan
Orotukan is an urban-type settlement in Magadan Oblast, Russian Federation. Population 2,167 .-Geography:The settlement is located in the Kolyma region around 300 km north of Magadan, on the right bank of the Orotukan River, a tributary of the Kolyma.-History:The history of the town began in...

, Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast
Magadan Oblast is a federal subject of Russia in the Far Eastern Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Magadan....

, Russian Far East
Russian Far East
Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean...

, Karol moved to Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk
Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....

, Ukraine at the age of six. Her father, Grigoriy Liberman (Григорий Либерман) was from Vashkivtsi
Vashkivtsi
Vashkivtsi is a city in Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 5,987 ....

, Ukraine. She is fluent in both Ukrainian
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....

 and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

.

Karol graduated from a music school
Music school
The term music school refers to an educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music.Different terms refer to this concept such as school of music, music academy, music faculty, college of music, music department or conservatory.Music instruction can be provided...

, and later from the Gliere Music College 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....

, where she studied pop vocal in the Faculty of Singing. In her 4 th year, she was awarded a scholarship by the Verkhovna Rada
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine is Ukraine's parliament. The Verkhovna Rada is a unicameral parliament composed of 450 deputies, which is presided over by a chairman...

 (Ukraine's parliament). Karol has participated in numerous youth, regional, international and Jewish singing contests as well as musicals
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 and theatrical
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...

 shows. Karol became the soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as a television personality.

In 2005, Karol traveled to Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 and Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

 to perform for the peace keepers
Peace Keepers
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 stationed there. She was the first performer to come to Iraq. She reached second place at the Latvia
Latvia
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n festival "New Wave
New Wave (competition)
New Wave is an international contest for new stars, which usually lasts for six days: 3 contest days, 2 special event days and, at the end, the day where the contest's results are announced followed by an ending concert....

".

In 2006 Karol won at the casting for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...

 with the song "I Am Your Queen" and therefore represented Ukraine at the event finishing 7th, scoring 145 points, with a revised version of the song entitled "Show Me Your Love
Show Me Your Love (Tina Karol song)
Show Me Your Love was the Ukrainian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, sung by Tina Karol. The song was composed by Mikhail Nekrasov and Karol herself, with lyrics by 2005 host Pavlo Shyklo ....

". In 2006 Tina Karol released her debut album Show Me Your Love, and another album entitled Nochenka, with some of songs of the first album in Russian and Ukrainian. Also in 2006 she started studying by correspondence at the National Aviation University
National Aviation University
National Aviation University is a university located in Kiev , Ukraine. It started in 1933 when the Kyiv Aviation Institute was founded on the basis of the mechanical department of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. The University consists of 16 institutes, 2 separate faculties, 3 lyceums, 6 colleges and...

 in Kiev.
In 2006 she also participated in the United Nations
United Nations
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's Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS
Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS
Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS is a global Campaign launched by UNICEF in 2005 to raise awareness of the plight of children globally in relation to HIV and AIDS, and to spur action....

 campaign against HIV/AIDS in Ukraine
HIV/AIDS in Ukraine
Ukraine has one of the fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemics in the world. Experts estimated in August 2010 that 1.3 percent of the adult population of Ukraine was infected with HIV, the highest in all of Europe...

.

In 2007, she released her new album Polyus Prityazheniya and wrote a fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...

, Pautinka, a story about a caterpillar
Caterpillar
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, portraying the show business as Tina has experienced it. Philipp Kirkorov
Philipp Kirkorov
Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov is a Bulgarian-born Russian singer and producer living and working in Moscow.-Biography:Philipp Kirkorov was born on April 30, 1967 in Varna, Bulgaria. His father is Bulgarian singer of Armenian and Belarusian ethnicity Bedros Kirkorov. His mother, Victoria, is...

, Alla Pugacheva
Alla Pugacheva
Alla Borisovna Pugacheva or Pugachova , born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day...

 and Verka Serduchka
Verka Serduchka
Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko , better known as his drag character Verka Serduchka , is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer. In the role of Serduchka, he represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and finished in second place...

 all have "parts" in the story.

On 15 June 2008, she married her producer
Record producer
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, Eugene Ogira. On 18 November 2008, Karol gave birth to her first child, called Benjamin. She received flowers and messages from Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Ukraine
The Prime Minister of Ukraine is Ukraine's head of government presiding over the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, which is the highest body of the executive branch of the Ukrainian government....

 Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko , née Grigyan , born 27 November 1960, is a Ukrainian politician. She was the Prime Minister of Ukraine from 24 January to 8 September 2005, and again from 18 December 2007 to 4 March 2010. She placed third in Forbes Magazine's List of The World's 100 Most Powerful...

 the wife of 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 Yushchenko
Viktor Yushchenko
Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko is a former President of Ukraine. He took office on January 23, 2005, following a period of popular unrest known as the Orange Revolution...

, Kateryna Yushchenko, and the mayor of Kiev
Mayor of Kiev
Mayor of Kiev is the elected mayor of the municipality of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, who is also normally automatically appointed as Head of the City's State Administration and Chair of the City Council....

 Leonid Chernovetskyi
Leonid Chernovetskyi
Leonid Mykhaylovych Chernovetskyi is the incumbent Mayor of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Before his political career, he was a successful businessman, founder and controlling stakeholder of the Pravex Group and Pravex Bank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine.-Biography:Chernovetskyi quit school...

.

On 16 January 2009, Viktor Yushchenko awarded Karol the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Since September 2009 Karol actively supported the candidature of Yulia Tymoshenko for the Ukrainian presidential election, 2010
Ukrainian presidential election, 2010
The Ukrainian presidential election of 2010 is Ukraine's fifth presidential election since declaring independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The first round was held on January 17, 2010...

.
In October 2009 she was ranked 92nd in a top 100 of "most influential women in Ukraine" compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus
Focus (Ukrainian magazine)
Focus is a national Ukrainian weekly news magazine in Russian language published in Kiev and distributed throughout the country. The base auditory of the magazine are the people of high and above high level of income between 25 to 45 years of age that live in the 40 biggest metropolises of Ukraine...

.

Show Me Your Love - 2006

  • 1. "Money Doesn't Matter"
  • 2. "Russian Boy"
  • 3. "Life Is Not Enough"
  • 4. "Honey"
  • 5. "Love of My Live"
  • 6. "Show Me Your Love
    Show Me Your Love (Tina Karol song)
    Show Me Your Love was the Ukrainian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, sung by Tina Karol. The song was composed by Mikhail Nekrasov and Karol herself, with lyrics by 2005 host Pavlo Shyklo ....

    "
  • 7. "Silent Night" (Ukrainian version)
  • 8. "Honey" (Fiesta edit)
  • 9. "Money Doesn't Matter" (Remake)
  • 10. "Show Me Your Love" (REMIX radio edit)
  • 11. "Show Me Your Love" (REMIX club edit)
  • 12. "Vyshe Oblakov" (Выше облаков)
  • 13. "Vyshe Oblakov" (video)

Nochenka (Sweet Night) - 2006

  • 1. "Nochenka" (Ноченька)
  • 2. "Vyshe Oblakov" (Выше облаков)
  • 3. "Namaluyu Tobi" (Намалюю тоби)
  • 4. "Pupsik" (Пупсик)
  • 5. "Ty Otpusti" (Ты отпусти)
  • 6. "Vyshe Oblakov" (Remix)
  • 7. "Nochenka" (Karaoke)
  • 8. "Vyshe" Oblakov (Karaoke)
  • 9. "Pupsik" (Karaoke)
  • 10. "Nochenka" (video)
  • 11. "Vyshe Oblakov" (video)
  • 12. "Pupsik" (video)

Polyus Prityazheniya (Attraction Pole) - 2007

  • 1. "Polyus Prityazheniya" (Полюс притяжения)
  • 2. "Beloe Nebo" (Белое небо)
  • 3. "Lyublyu Ego" (Люблю его)
  • 4. "Ny K Chemu" (Ни к чему)
  • 5. "Klyuchik" (Ключик)
  • 6. "U Neba Poprosim" (У неба попросим)
  • 7. "Vremya Kak Voda" (Время как вода)
  • 8. "Loosing My Way"
  • 9. "Come On"
  • 10. "Vremya Kak Voda" (remix)
  • 11. "Lyublyu Eho" (video)
  • 12. "Polyus Prityazheniya" (video)

9 zhyzney (9 Lives) - 2010

  • 1.Zachem ja znaju (Зачем я знаю)
  • 2.Nykohda (Никогда)
  • 3.9 zhyzney (Mykrovolnovka) (9 жизней (Микроволновка))
  • 4.Ja ne beru trubku (Я не беру трубку)
  • 5.Ne boysja, mal‘chyk (Не бойся, мальчик)
  • 6.Perezhyvem yzmeny (Переживем измены)
  • 7.RadyoBaby (Радио Baby)
  • 8.Ljubol‘ (Люболь)
  • 9.Shynshylla (Шиншилла)
  • 10.Ja skazhu "Da (Я скажу Да)
  • 11.Shukay mene (Шукай мене)
  • 12.Ne doshch (Не дощ)
  • 13.Nizhno ( Ніжно)

Singles

  • "Vyshe Oblakov" (2005)
  • "Show Me Your Love
    Show Me Your Love (Tina Karol song)
    Show Me Your Love was the Ukrainian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, sung by Tina Karol. The song was composed by Mikhail Nekrasov and Karol herself, with lyrics by 2005 host Pavlo Shyklo ....

    " (2006) #1
  • "Nochenka" (2006)
  • "Pupsik" (2006)
  • "Lyublyu Ego" (2007)
  • "Polyus Prityazheniya" (2007) #2
  • "Klyuchik" (Ключик) (2008) #6
  • "U Neba Poprosim" (У неба попросим) (2008) #2
  • Ne Bojsia (Не бойся) ( 2009) #3
  • Radio Baby (2009)#7
  • Shinshilla (ШИНШИЛЛА) (2010) #3
  • Не Дощ (2010) #6
  • Ja skazhu "Da (Я скажу Да) (2011) #5

Other songs

  • "Ya Budu Tebya Tselovat" (with B.Stone)
  • "Posvyashchenie v Albom"
  • "Misyats'"
  • "Letniy Roman" (with B.Stone)
  • "Dusha" (with О.Gavriluk)
  • "Heal the world
    Heal the World
    "Heal the World" is a song from Michael Jackson's hit album, Dangerous, released in 1991. The music video features children living in countries suffering from unrest, especially Burundi. It is also one of only a handful of Michael Jackson's videos not to feature Jackson himself, the others being...

    " (Ukrainian Stars, in memory of Michael Jackson
    Michael Jackson
    Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

    )

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