Zlata Ognevich
| Zlata Ognevich | |
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Ognevich in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Inna Leonidivna Bordyuh |
| Born |
January 12, 1986 Murmansk, RSFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Russia) |
| Origin | Sudak, Ukraine |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Website | zlatao |
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | ||||
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| 8th convocation | ||||
| November 27, 2014 – November 10, 2015 | ||||
| Elected as: Radical Party, No.4 | ||||
Zlata Leonidivna Ognevich (Ukrainian: Злата Леонідівна Огнєвіч, born Inna Leonidivna Bordyuh (Ukrainian: Інна Леонідівна Бордюг); 12 January 1986), is a Ukrainian singer and a former deputy of Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine). She represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with the song "Gravity". Ognevich previously attempted to represent Ukraine at the Contest in 2010 and 2011.
Ognevich was born in 1986 in Murmansk to Ukrainian parents. She grew up in the Crimean city of Sudak, in the south of Ukraine. At age 18, Ognevich moved to Kiev, where she currently resides, to pursue a higher music education. Ognevich is a graduate of Kiev's Rheingold M. Glière Music College. During her third year at Rheingold she began working with live bands and did her own promotional work.
Ognevich in interviews has claimed she has lived in "many cities and countries".
Ognevich is a soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ognevich made her first attempt to enter the Eurovision Song Contest with Ukraine. Her song was "Tiny Island" which finished fifth with 30 points.
In 2011, she made her second unsuccessful attempt to represent Ukraine in the contest. This time the song was in the Ukrainian language. Her song was "The Kukushka" which finished second.
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