"Wild Dances" is a single by Ukrainian singer-songwriter Ruslana. The song won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Turkey with an amount of 280 points. A Ukrainian version called "Dyki tantsi" was released in Russia and Ukraine.
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest, often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong, is a song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003 and is open exclusively to broadcasters that are members of the EBU. It is held in a different European city each year, however the same city can host the contest more than once.
Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 15 times since making its debut in 2003. They first won the contest in 2004 with "Wild Dances" by Ruslana, and won again in 2016 with the song "1944" by Jamala, to become the first Eastern European country to win the contest twice. Ukraine hosted the 2005 and 2017 contests in Kiev.
"The Same Star" is a single by Ruslana, featured on her 2004 studio album Wild Dances. The arrangement and recording were done by EGO WORKS /HIT FACTORY, Miami, United States.
Good Evening, Europe! is a national final song for the Eurovision Song Contest. It was performed by musical theatre singer Birgitte Einarsen in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix 2003, where it ended third, placing after Jostein Hasselgård and Alfie. Birgitte performed the song at a concert during EuroPride 2005 in Oslo.
"Ja Tebe Ljublu" is a popular song of Ruslana. Ruslana performed Ja Tebe Ljublu at Eurovision Song Contest 2005's Euroclub.
"Wind song" is a popular song by Ruslana. Ruslana performed the song during the Orange revolution in Ukraine.
The Best of Eurovision was a unique one-off contest, held in Hamburg, Germany, on 20 May 2006. Its aim was to determine the best song from the Eurovision Song Contest, by means of an opinion poll. Eurovision winners and German Eurovision entries competed. Only entries from 1960 to 2005 were included in the contest.
Oleksandr Ksenofontov is a Ukrainian record producer and lyricist. He is the husband of the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, Ruslana. Ksenofontov wrote the lyrics to the winning song, "Wild Dances". They have been married since December 28, 1995. He is also a lead singer of legendary Ukrainian rock group Tea Fan Club. Together with Ruslana, he is the owner of the Luxen Company.
"The Image of You" was the debut entry for Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest, being performed in English by Anjeza Shahini in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest.
The Heart Of Europe Concert was a concert held on May 18, 2005 in Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti as part of Eurovision Song Contest 2005 opening. It was translated live on at least two national TV channels 1+1 and Inter -
The Albanian Final was held on December 18 at the Palace of Congress in Tirana, hosted by Huejda El Sajed & Leon Menkshi. Before the final there were 2 semi-finals. The winner was chosen by televoting (50%) and an "expert" jury (50%), but only the top 3 were announced. Ledina Çelo was chosen to represent Albania at Eurovision with the song "Nesër shkoj". The song a mixed modern World Music style with traditional Balkan influence. The song is written by Pandi Laco and composed by Adrian Hila.
Ukraine was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 by Ruslana and "Wild Dances", performed in English. The Ukrainian broadcaster, Natsionalna Telekompaniya Ukrayiny (NTU) internally selected Ruslana to compete for Ukraine at the contest.
Forogj, világ! was the Hungarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in Hungarian by NOX. The song is folk-inspired, in which the singer asks the world to continue spinning in order that she may discover more about herself. She sings "I want to be somewhere else for a long time", implying that she is impatient for the world to spin in order to leave her old life behind.
What's Happened To Your Love? was the Lithuanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Linas and Simona.
"Hasta la Vista" was the Ukrainian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, their debut entry, composed by Svika Pick and Mirit Shem Or and sung by Oleksandr Ponomaryov in English.
Stefan Örn (Gällstads församling, Älvsborgs län, January 9, 1975 is a Swedish music composer, guitarist and street fighter. He is a member of the band Apollo Drive.
My Boo (Together!) is the title of the third English-language studio album of the Ukrainian singer Ruslana. The Ukrainian version was released on 25 April 2012 under the title Ey-fory-ya (Eu-phori-a). and then it has been re-released in Ukraine in July 2013 under the title Miy brat (Razom!).
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