Mika Newton

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Mika Newton (2010)

Mika Newton ( Ukrainian Міка Ньютон ; born March 5, 1986 in Burschtyn as Оксана Стефанівна Грицай, Oksana Stefaniwna Hryzaj ) is a Ukrainian singer.

Live and act

Mika, who sang when she was nine, was influenced by the rock singer Avril Lavigne . Together with her band, she released an album in 2005 and took part in the national preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 . In 2011, she represented her country at the Euro Vision Song Contest 2011 with the ballad Angel (dt .: Angels ) and finished fourth.

First, she won the Ukrainian preliminary decision on February 26, 2011. Subsequently, there were discussions in the Ukrainian media as to whether everything was right in the preliminary round. Mika Newton's contribution has been withdrawn until further notice. A new final should take place on March 3rd. There she should compete with Angel against Zlata Ohnewitsch with The Kukushka and Jamala with Smile . The latter, however, withdrew on March 1st because it did not want to be associated with manipulation and corruption. On March 2nd, Ohnewitsch also withdrew, so that Mika Newton was sure to take part in the international competition.

On May 12, 2011 she interpreted the English-language title in the second ESC semi-final in Düsseldorf, whereupon she made it into the final two days later. Newton was accompanied by Ksenija Symonowa , who “painted” sand paintings in the background. The Ukrainian won the casting show Ukraine Got Talent with her sand paintings . In the final on May 14th, Newton finished fourth in the victory of the Azerbaijani duo Ell and Nikki .

Web links

Commons : Mika Newton  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=26383&_t=ukraine_a_new_final
  2. ↑ Victor Hondal: Ukraine: Jamala withdraws from national final ( English ) In: esctoday . March 1, 2011. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved on March 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ Alexandru Busa: Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich withdraws as well ( English ) In: esctoday . March 2, 2011. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ cf. Ukraine's got talent on stage in Düsseldorf at eurovision.tv, May 6, 2011 (accessed on May 13, 2011).
personal data
SURNAME Newton, Mika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ньютон, Міка (stage name, Ukrainian); Оксана Стефанівна Грицай (real name, Ukrainian); Hryzaj, Oksana Stefaniwna (real name, transcribed)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ukrainian singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Burschtyn