Anastasia Prikhodko

Anastasia Kostyantynivna Prikhodko is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter, activist, and former politician. Known for her deep contralto singing voice and blend of folk rock and pop music, Prikhodko made herself a major figure during Euromaidan and the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, expressing support for Ukrainian forces and vowing to never perform in Russia again. Prikhodko first received mainstream attention in 2007, after winning series seven of the Russian music competition Fabrika Zvyozd. Her win led her to collaborate with Ukrainian-Russian producer Konstantin Meladze. In 2009, she represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow with the song "Mamo", written by Meladze. Her participation in the competition came with a number of controversies following her disqualification from the Ukrainian national final and subsequent queries regarding the integrity of the judges and validity of the competition. Afterwards, she took part in the Russian national final and won; she went on to place 11th in the Eurovision final. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastas...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)