Mélovin

Mélovin (born April 11, 1997 in Odessa , Ukraine ; actually Ukrainian Костянтин Миколайович Бочаров Kostjantyn Mykolajowytsch Botscharow ) is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter .

Mélovin won the sixth season of the casting show X-Factor Ukraine in 2015 .

In 2017 he took part in the Ukrainian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest , Widbir . With the English-language song "Wonder" he took third place. In 2018 Mélovin was again a candidate for Widbir and won with the English-language song "Under The Ladder". Thus he represented his home country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon . Mélovin reached there 17th place in the Grand Final.

Mélovin is a stage name formed from the word Halloween and the surname of the British fashion designer Alexander McQueen . His fans call themselves Mélovinators. He wears a dark contact lens on his left eye that has become one of his trademarks over the years. At first glance, his black clothes make him a representative of the “Gothic” style. However, he commented on this as follows: "I don't dress in Gothic style, but have discovered the real me and my own style over the years."

Discography

EP

Face to Face (2017)
Play this life (2017)
Face to face (2017)
SVIT V POLONI (2017)
Wonder (2017)
Unbroken (2017)
Hooligan (2017)
Under The Ladder (2018)
That's Your Role (2018)
З тобою, зі мною, і годі (2018)
Чудова Мить (2018)
Ты (2019)
OCTOPUS
Ти (2019)
Expectations (2019)
Want you to stay (2019)
Your Entertainment (2019)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ The winner of the "X-Factor" Kostjantyn Botscharow .. Article in fakty.ua from December 30, 2015; accessed on March 3, 2018 (Russian)
↑ Stefanie Grossmann: Mélovin climbs level by level Article on eurovision.de from May 11, 2018; accessed on September 4, 2018
↑ Who Is Ukraine's Eurovision 2018 Entry MELOVIN? Article on radiotimes.com of May 12, 2018; accessed on September 4, 2018

personal data
SURNAME	Mélovin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Бочаров, Костянтин Миколайович; Botscharow, Kostjantyn Mykolajowytsch (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ukrainian singer / songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 11, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH	Odessa , Ukraine

[1] The winner of the "X-Factor" Kostjantyn Botscharow .. Article in fakty.ua from December 30, 2015; accessed on March 3, 2018 (Russian)

[2] Stefanie Grossmann: Mélovin climbs level by level Article on eurovision.de from May 11, 2018; accessed on September 4, 2018

[3] Who Is Ukraine's Eurovision 2018 Entry MELOVIN? Article on radiotimes.com of May 12, 2018; accessed on September 4, 2018