Monatik

Dmytro Monatyk (Ukrainian: Дмитро "Діма" Монатік; born 1 April 1986 in Lutsk), professionally known as MONATIK, is a Ukrainian singer (primarily in the Russian language) songwriter, dancer, composer.

He opened the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 9 May.

From 2000 to 2006 he was a member of the Lutsk Breakdance Group 'DBS Crew', which became the best 'B-boy' group in west Ukraine. In 2003, he went to the Law Faculty of the Inter regional Academy of Personnel Management (Міжрегіональна академія управління персоналом), where in his free time he danced and learned music. Finishing university he received the specialization of a lawyer.

In 2008 he became a finalist during the audition for the show Фабрика зірок - 2 (Star Academy), but he did not become a part of this project. This year singer Natalia Mohylevska asked Dmytro to work on her ballet, during her concert program 'Real O'. This became a true turning point for him, because he agreed and moved to Kiev.

In 2008 he got together his first music group 'Monatique', which survived through 2 live concerts in Lutsk.They played in the funk and soul genre.

In 2009 he passed the audition to join 'D'arts', where during the 2 years he went through a lot of events: in 2010 the ballet 'Girl with the Matches' was set by the director of the ballet, and is part of the cast for the ballet 'The Republic of '.

In the summer of 2011, his first solo song ТайУлетаю came out, whose music video was filmed on a mobile device. During this year many popular stars invited Dmytro to join them in their music videos: і «Выкрутасы»; гурт «Інфініті» «Ну и пусть»; INKA «Pump it». He was also the choreographer for 's music video «На большом воздушном шаре».

Eurovision Song Contest 2017 performance

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