Olena Oleksandrivna Kucher-Topolya ( uk, Олена Олександрівна Кучер-Тополя; born 14 May 1986), better known by her stage name Alyosha ( uk, Aльоша), is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

singer.

Career

Early life

Alyosha was born on 14 May 1986 in

Zaporizhia Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a populatio ...

. She studied vocals at the

Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUCA, uk, Київський національний університет культури і мистецтв) – is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine with level IV of accreditation History I ...

and signed with the Catapult Music record label in 2008.

2010: Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

On 20 March 2010, Alyosha won the Ukrainian National Final and thus represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She replaced Vasyl Lazarovych who was originally picked on December 29, 2009, to represent Ukraine. After some political changes that took place in Ukraine his candidacy was withdrawn on March 15 under suspicion that he was picked with the help of the current director of the State National Television ( 1st National) Vasyl Ilashchuk. The petition to organize another concourse and to cancel the current results was signed by several Ukrainian performers such as

Taisia Povaliy Taisia Mykolaivna Povaliy; russian: Таи́сия Никола́евна Повали́й, Taisiya Nikolaevna Povaliy; née Hiriavets ( uk, Гиряве́ць, russian: Гиряве́ц, Giryavets) (born 10 December 1964) is a Ukrainian singer ...

Ruslana Pysanka Ruslana Igorivna Pysanka ( uk, Руслана Писанка; born ''Ruslana Ihorivna Pysanka''; 17 November 1965 – 19 July 2022) was a Ukrainian actress and cinematographer. She hosted several television shows, and appeared in international f ...

, and Kostyantyn Meladze. Originally, she was due to participate in the contest with the song " To Be Free". Later on, it came to the light that the winning song has been available for purchase (under the name of Alonya) at Amazon.de since 12 April 2008. This would break the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest. A new song, "

Sweet People "Sweet People" is a song by Ukrainian singer Alyosha. It was the Ukrainian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway. At first, a song performed by Vasyl Lazarovich was intended to represent Ukraine at Eurovision, but a new nat ...

", was chosen, two days after the 22 March deadline had passed, so NTU was fined by the EBU. Alyosha performed in the second semi-final on 27 May 2010, where she progressed to the final. In the final Alyosha finished 10th with 108 points.

Charts

References

External links

Official page
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