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Tetiana Hryhorivna Liberman (born 25 January 1985), better known by her stage name Tina Karol, is a Ukrainian singer and founder of the
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. In 2006, she was chosen to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest, with the entry " Show Me Your Love", which finished in seventh place in the final. In 2017, Karol was given the honor of "
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". Tina Karol won more than 25 Grand Prix and first prizes at various international music competitions and festivals. Her voice range is more than 4 octaves (from the F of the small octave to the Fis of the fifth octave). Karol is the mentor on ''
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'' (2013, 2015–2021) and also a star coach on The Voice. Kids (2012, 2015, 2016). She hosted the TV shows “Hochu buty Zirkoyu” ("I Want to be a Star") and “
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” on
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(2005–2007, 2017–2019). In 2020, she was a judge at
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, Ukraine's national selection for the
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. In 2013, Tina Karol became “The most popular Woman in Ukraine” according to
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ratings. She is a three times title holder "Singer of the Year" on the YUNA Music Award (2014, 2015, 2018) and three times title holder "Singer of the Year" on the M1 Music Awards (2015, 2017, 2018). Tina Karol also is three times the title holder of “The most beautiful Woman of Ukraine” ("VIVA!" magazine “The most beautiful people” award; 2008, 2009, 2017). In 2021 Tina Karol entered the Ukrainian national rating “Top 100 most influential women in Ukraine” according to the magazine "Focus". On June 1, 2014, on Children's Day, Tina Karol founded the
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. It is a charity initiative of the singer, which aims to help children's oncology departments of city and regional hospitals in all cities of Ukraine. As a public figure and philanthropist Tina Karol also cooperates with the
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on various social programs. She conducted two peacekeeping missions in the hot spots of the planetIraq and Kosovo (2005). Tina Karol toured almost all of Ukraine with the Great Tour of Schools as part of her social program. She developed the social project “Znaty ta chuty!” ("Know and Hear!"), which she presented at the UNFPA Forum in
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in April 2007. In the autumn of 2017, Karol became the first Ukrainian artist who performed seven concerts in a row at the
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the main concert venue of the country. The seventh show was charitable. Children and doctors, who are helped by the Tina Karol Foundation, were invited to it. In the summer of 2018, Tina Karol set an absolute record in the history of Ukrainian pop musicshe gave 77 concerts during her nationwide tour “Intonations”. Throughout her career, Tina has recorded nine studio albums, three mini-albums, six live albums, seven soundtracks, forty singles, one audiobook, and three hits collections. The May 2023, videography of the Ukrainian singer Tina Karol includes forty-eight music videos, nine documentaries, four mood videos, and one lyric video.


Biography

Tina Karol was born on 25 January 1985 to a Ukrainian mother and a
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father in
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.Тіна Кароль. Біографія
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Across the Former Soviet Union Ukrainian Singer with Jewish Roots and New Name Takes Country by Stor
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(23 March 2006)
Karol moved to
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,
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at the age of six. Her father, Hryhoriy Liberman was from
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,
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. Karol confessed in 2006 she often felt discriminated against in school because of her Jewish last name. She is fluent in both Ukrainian and
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. As a teenager Karol (under her real name Tetiana Liberman) performed for four years with the dancing ensemble at the
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branch of the Jewish Agency, and her repertoire included songs in Hebrew and in Yiddish. In 2000, she with this ensemble traveled to the United States, where the group's appearances raised money for
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programs in Ukraine. In her fourth year, she was awarded a scholarship by Ukraine's parliament. Karol has participated in numerous youth, regional, international, and Jewish singing contests as well as
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and
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shows. Karol became the soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the
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as well as a television personality. In 2005, she took a less Jewish stage name after producers of '' New Wave'' had suggested that to her. In 2006, she commented on this "It was a part of my agreement with the producers, but, to be honest, I am glad I changed my name. I felt like it hindered me in my life." In 2005, Tina Karol gave a performance at the live televised broadcast of the
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, which was partially responsible for her consideration in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. She returned to perform once again at the Teletriumph 2006, and was also awarded the Teletriumph for her work on the talent show ''I Want to Be a Star'', which aired on ICTV. In 2006, Karol won at the casting for the
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with the song "I Am Your Queen" and therefore represented Ukraine at the event finishing 7th, scoring 145 points, with a revised version of the song entitled " Show Me Your Love". In 2006, Tina Karol released her debut album '' Show Me Your Love'', and another album entitled '' Nochenka'', with some of the songs of the first album in Russian and Ukrainian. Also in 2006, she started studying by correspondence at the
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in Kyiv. In 2006, she also participated in the
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campaign against
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. In 2007, she released her new album '' Polyus prityazheniya'' and wrote a
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"Pautinka", a story about a
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, portraying the show business as Tina has experienced it.
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,
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, and
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all have "parts" in the story. On 16 January 2009, President of Ukraine
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awarded Karol the title of
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. In October 2009, she was ranked 92nd in a Top 100 Most Successful Women in Ukraine compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine
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. In February 2009, she received the Most Beautiful Singer of Ukraine of 2008 award from the organizers of the beauty contest
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-2009. In February 2009, for the second time, she received the title The Most Beautiful Woman of Ukraine according to the readers of the glossy edition ''Viva!'' The premiere of a new song "Ne boysya, malchik" was also held there. In March 2009, two songs – "U neba poprosim" from the album '' Polyus prityazheniya'' and a new composition "Lyubol" – became soundtracks for two television series. In the spring of 2011, together with
Sergey Lazarev Sergey Vyacheslavovich Lazarev ( rus, Серге́й Вячесла́вович Ла́зарев, , sʲɪrˈɡʲej vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ˈlazərʲɪf; born 1 April 1983) is a Russian singer. He is most famous for his singing career, when ...
and the duo
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, she became the host of the music TV show '' Maidan's''. In the fall of 2012, she served as a contestant coach on the Ukrainian reality talent show ''
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'', and in the spring of 2013, she went on the 3rd season of ''
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'' as a coach. On November 24, 2013, Tina Karol's nationwide tour kicked off in Ukraine with the solo tour ''Sila lyubvi i Golosa'', which ended in late February 2014. On February 6, 2014, the fifth album '' Pomnyu'' was released. On February 14 the premiere of the film ''The Power of Love and the Voice'' was held, based on the show of the same name On March 26, 2014, she won the Yuna Music Award in the nomination for ''Best Singer Of The Year''. June 1, 2014, opened a charity foundation " The Pole of Attraction" to help cancer patients. In 2014, the release of the single "#MNOD" was released, and in the same year, a music video for this song was released. In 2015, a video for the song "Ya vse yesche lyublyu" appeared on the screens, in the same year she went on a tour with her team in the cities of Ukraine with the performance "Ya vse yesche lyublyu." In the winter of 2015, Karol came back as a coach on the second season of ''
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'' the winner of that season was on her team. On the show, she released "Ukraina – tse ty", which she wrote inspired by children on her team. Latter a video with contestants from the show was released. In spring 2015, she came back as a coach on the fifth season of ''
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''. March 25, 2015, won Yuna Music Award in the nomination ''Best Performer''. April 28, 2015, on the anniversary of the death of her husband Yevhen Ohir, released a single "Spasibo" November 26, 2015, won the M1 Music Awards in the category ''Best Singer''. In winter 2015, she became a star coach in the 6th season of ''
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''. In autumn 2016 she became a star coach in the 3rd season of ''
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''. January 22, 2017, President of Ukraine
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awarded Tina Karol the title of ''
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''. In winter 2017 she became the star coach in the 7th season of ''
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''.


2018

Tina Karol became the face of
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(UIA) March 8, 2018 released a musical film ''The Intonations of Tina Karol''. April 26, Tina Karol performed a special performance on the air of ''
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''. The Ukrainian pop diva performed songs from its platinum plate '' Intonatsii''. On July 5 she presented a new concert program in
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,
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. On July 27 the Viber company released personal stickers of Tina Karol. On August 26 the 1+1 TV channel released the premiere of the TV version of Tina Karol's musical concert ''Intonatsii''. August 27, the premiere of the album '' Intonatsii (Live)''. In the fall of 2018, Tina Karol again took part in the project ''Shchyrі-2018'' from Elle Ukraine. On November 13, Tina Karol's ''Big European Tour'' began (Israel, Italy, Czech Republic, Moldova). In winter 2018 she became the star coach in the 9th season of ''
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''. On December 7, the premiere of the new song "Sila vysoty" ("The Power of Heights"). On December 14, ''The Crashes'' won at the Best Shorts Competition International Film Festival in the nomination ''Best Short Film 2018''.


2019

April 4, Tina Karol and
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released "Bezodnya" ("The Abyss"), which became their first joint work. The idea of a sudden creative tandem belongs to the leader of the band Andriy Khlyvniuk. On August 22, Tina Karol is back with a brand new single and video clip. The song is entitled ''"Vabyty"'' (Attract). On August 24, Tina Karol took part in the "Procession of Dignity" on the
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. The singer performed a fragment of the national anthem of Ukraine on the roof of the
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. In the same month she was the host of “Dancing with the stars”
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. In October, together with the Moldovan singer
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, she presented the single “Domoy” (Home) at
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. In November, Tina Karol became the face and Ambassador of the Ukrainian jewelry brand Ukrzoloto. In the same month she presented a new video for the song " Idi na zhizn " ("Go to the life"). On November 30 Tina Karol and
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performed the single “Domoy” at the M1 Music Awards. On December 12, Tina Karol and soloist of The Hardkiss band
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presented a duet song “Vilna” (Free) and music video(clip) for it. This single became the soundtrack to the film “
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”. In December 2019, Tina Karol was included in the list of the 100 most influential Ukrainians by
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, taking the 85th place.


2020–2021

In winter 2020, she came back as a coach on
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. On February 8, Tina Karol became a judge at
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, Ukraine's National Selection for the
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.
''"I am glad to become a member of the jury of the national selection of the Eurovision Song Contest, to be part of a large team of a historical event. Definitely we are a singing nation, we can make world-class music. I'm definitely against setting sports standards for creative people and erasing their personality with the desire of a gold medal. As a result of a long creative journey, music always wins. Together we write history today."'' ''
''
On April 26 Tina Karol and
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on
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. presented the song "Pomnish" ( Remember) . As a coach of Roman Sasanchin, she won
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10 season On July 7,
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awarded Tina Karol with the
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III degree on the occasion of the
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of Ukraine. On August 24, Tina, together with
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,
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, Oleh Vinnik,
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and others, took part in the show dedicated to the
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on Sofia Square In the same month, together with Yuri Gorbunov, she again became the host of the show
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(Dancing with the Stars). In September, Karol released the album "Nayti svoikh" (Find Your Own) and the trilogy-clip of the same name In the same month, Tina Karol was awarded her star plate at the "Star Square" near the Gulliver shopping center in
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. In November, Tina Karol appeared on the cover of the exclusive edition of the "Ukrainian Women in Vogue" book, published by
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and dedicated to successful Ukrainian businesswomen. In December, she released her first shoe collection. It was a collaboration with a Ukrainian brand " Kachorovska", which included three items - open toe shoes, clogs and micro bags On February 12, 2021, she released a music video for the song "Scandal" introducing a whole new repertoire. Later, in winter, she acted as a star coach in a vocal TV-show "
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" (Season 11)" on 1+1. In March 2021, together with
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she became the host at the Lipsync Battle show. On April 25, during the finale of "
The Voice of Ukraine ''Holos Krainy'' (in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian Голос країни; meaning ''The Voice of the Country'') is a Ukraine, Ukrainian reality television, reality talent show that premiered on the 1+1 (TV channel), 1+1 network on 22 May 2011. ...
(Season 11)", Tina Karol declared that she did not plan to be a mentor in the 12th season of the show. On April 2, she released her eighth album "Krasivo", which included 7 new songs. That same month she presented the live-session "Krasivo" both on her YouTube channel and on 1+1. On May 12, at the national music awards "YUNA" she was presented a "Special Achievements in Music" award as well as won in two nominations: "Best Movie Soundtrack" (together with
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) and "Best Duet/Collaboration". On June 16, Tina Karol visited
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(
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) as part of her promotional tour for the album "Krasivo". There the singer gave several interviews and visited various radio stations. On June 29, according to Focus magazine Tina Karol was included in "Ukraine's 100 most influential women" list. On July 1, there was the music video premiere for the song "Krasivo", which is the lead-single of Tina's new album "Krasivo" On July 5 and 6, 2021, Tina Karol was the headliner of the Atlas Weekend 2021 music festival. She presented a cyber-show in support of her new album "Krasivo". The total number of people in the audience exceeded 250 thousand . On July 30, the live album "Tina Karol - Cyber   Show Atlas Weekend 2021 Live" was released. Musicians both from the US and Ukraine worked on the music and arrangements in the album On August 13, Tina Karol released the duet song "Zirochka" with the Ukrainian group
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. This was the first track from her Ukrainian-language duet album "Moloda Krov", the release of which is dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the
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. On August 20, Tina released the album "Moloda Krov" featuring 7 duet songs. On August 22, Tina Karol together with
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,
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, Sergey Babkin, Olga Polyakova and others performed at the award ceremony of the Presidential Prize "National Legend of Ukraine", established for the Independence Day of Ukraine. The ceremony took place in the
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. On August 24, 2021, Tina Karol together with
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performed the song "
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" at Constitution Square. On the same evening, a large-scale musical show "Independence is in our DNA" took place at the NSC Olympiyskiy stadium, where Tina performed a medley of her hits. Tina Karol also performed the song "Ukraina ce ty" at the ceremony dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the NOC. On October 28, Tina Karol released a music video for the song "Dvoinoy Rai" on her
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channel. The single was included in the singer's new album that was released on October 29. On November 9, 2021, Tina Karol went to
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to promote her new mini-album "Dvoinoy Rai". There she gave a number of interviews to central TV channels and radio stations. On November 16, Tina Karol performed her Ukrainian-language hit “Namaluu Tobiі” on "Dancing with the Stars" in
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. On November 23, 2021, together with Kamila Zhusupova, she became the host of the first screenlife singing contest in Kazakhstan called "Double Dauys" On December 31, 2021, Tina Karol was hiding under the mask of the Snow Queen  in a TV-show "New Year's Mask" on "Ukraina" channel. She performed the song "Snezhinka" from the movie "Charodei".


2022

On January 14, in the final of the show "Dancing with the Stars" in
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, she sang in a duet with the Georgian performer
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. The duo surprised with a new version of Tina's hit "Krasivo". On January 17, 2022, Karol released the concert film “Krasivo. Begu na svet" In February, she became the host of the Talent Games entertainment show along with Mikhailo Khoma and
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. In February, she became a judge of the National
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for Eurovision On February 16, together with Mikhailo Poplavsky, she became the host of the "Ukrainian Song of the Year " National music award. Tina received an award in the nomination "Legend of Ukrainian Song". After the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, on February 24, Tina decided to leave the country and go to
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, after the first explosions thundered at her house in the suburbs of Kyiv. Together with like-minded people, she created the International Center for Information Resistance, headquartered in
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, to cover the events that are taking place in Ukraine, with a focus on the Russian-speaking audience from
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,
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,
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and
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On March 30, a charity concert in support of Ukraine was held in
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, where Tina Karol performed the Anthem of Ukraine. All collected money for tickets was donated to
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for the needs of Ukrainian children. The event was held with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Poland at the ROMA theater in
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. On April 12, a charity match "Match For Peace" was held in
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at the Legia stadium in support of Ukraine.
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(Kyiv) and Legia (Warsaw) met at the stadium. During the break, Ukrainian singers Tina Karol,
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,
Kateryna Pavlenko Kateryna Anatoliivna Pavlenko (, ; born August 10, 1988), also known as Monokate (), is a Ukrainian singer, composer, and folklorist. She is the lead vocalist of the Ukrainian electro-folk band Go_A, who would have represented Ukraine at Eurov ...
(
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) and
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( The Hardkiss) sang on the football field. Karol sang the song "Ukrainatse ty", and also, the singers jointly performed the compositions "Vilna" and "Chervona Kalina" On April 22, Tina Karol performed at the opening of the exhibition "This is Ukraine: Defending Freedom", which is part of the official program of the
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, where the singer sang the National Anthem of Ukraine. On May 8, in Berlin, Tina Karol and Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk took part in a commemorative flower-laying ceremony at the memorial in the Tiergarten on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation, as well as the 77th anniversary of the liberation of Europe from National Socialism. The singer also sang the Ukrainian Anthem together with the Ukrainian community On May 10, Tina Karol arrived in
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) on the mission of a public ambassador, at the invitation of the Japanese businessman and philanthropist
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. Karol performed as a special guest at a concert in support of Ukraine, which took place on May 14, as part of the Rakuten Girls Awards 2022 On May 15, the singer visited
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, where she met with the mayor of the city
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, as well as with officials and diplomats of the country On May 19, within the framework of the
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, a charity evening was organized by the
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in support of the Ukrainian film industry Tina Karol became a special guest of the charity evening, the singer performed her Ukrainian-language song "Namalyuyu tobi zori". On August 24, for the
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, Tina Karol surprised Ukrainians by performing the
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in a rather unusual format. As part of the VOGUE VOICES OF NATION project, the artist arranged a 4D performance and appeared in the form of a hologram. In August Tina Karol became the voice of the collection of the Ukrainian brand Lever Couture, which was worked on by designer Lesya Verlinghieri and creative director of
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singer
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. Especially for the show, the performer created an electronic mini-album LELEKA, imbued with Ukrainian ethnicity and folklore. Tina Karol worked on new songs in collaboration with the American DJ Macro/Micro. On September 16, Karol presented a new Ukrainian-language single “VILNI.NESKORENI” On September 23, at a charity evening within the framework of the 77th
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, which was held at the
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in
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, which brought together many world political and business leaders, the presentation of the
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Foundation took place. During the event, Tina Karol and
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performed "Vilna" On September 30, Tina Karol presented the English-language album "Scandal". In September–October 2022, a North American tour was held in the cities of
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and
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. In October, Tina Karol presented the English-language album "Scandal" at a concert in
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,
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December 31, 2022 Tina Karol took part in the main New Year's concert, which took place in
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,
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at the foot of the
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. Karol took the stage with the legendary German band Alphaville. Together they performed the group's famous hit " Forever Young". The concert took place in the open air and was broadcast live on German television.


Philanthropy

The Tina Karol Charity Foundation « The Pole of Attraction» was founded on June 1, 2014, on
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. It is a charity initiative of the singer, which aims to help children
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departments of city and regional hospitals in all cities of
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. The Charitable Foundation «The Pole of Attraction» is not a fundraising organization and operates solely through funding from the singer herself: Tina Karol donates funds to the Foundation from solo concerts in the music halls. Assistance is provided directly to the oncology department of the hospital in purchasing and providing the necessary equipment or medicines. The list of cities is constantly expanding. Each new city that will be assisted and is currently awaiting the foundation's mission will be listed on the page of the foundation on the singer's website. The list of assistance already provided is also being complemented and updated. Tina Karol says:
''“There is only one and the most important motivation in my idea to create such a Foundation - it is care. Having experienced this, I understand how lonely parents and children who suffer from this terrible plague of the 21st century feel. I want to bring a little joy, warmth and care to their lives. The overriding goal of my initiative is to inspire people to do good deeds."''
On June 7, 2015, in the end of the song project "
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- 5", Tina Karol presented an apartment in
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to the winner - her student Anton Kopytin, who was forced to leave
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with his family due to the war in the East of
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. In 2016 and 2018, she took part in the photo shooting for the charity photo project "Sincerely", dedicated to the Ukrainian national costume and its popularization. All revenue from the sale of calendars was donated to cultural projects, including the Mykhailo Strutynsky Museum of Folk Art, the Novoaidar Museum of Local History and the National Center of Folk Culture "
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". On March 20, 2022, Tina Karol took part in a large-scale campaign in support of
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(
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, Poland), where she sang the songs “Закрили твої очі” ("Closed your eyes") and “Україна – це ти” ("Ukraine is you"). The performance of the latter was joined by Amelia Anisovich, who has become famous throughout the world thanks to the video in which she performs the song from the cartoon "Heart of Ice" in a bomb shelter. On April 5, 2022, Tina Karol's charity foundation "The Pole of Attraction", in partnership with the Israeli Foundation “Israeli Friends of Ukraine”, purchased the necessary medicines for two hospitals in Ukraine, which specialize in the treatment of children with cancer. On July 31, 2022, she took part in the anti-war concert - "Voice of Peace" (
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,
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). Revenue from the concert in the amount of 50,000 dollars was donated to the Tina Karol's charity foundation "The Pole of Attraction", for humanitarian aid to Ukrainian children, as well as to support children's oncology hospitals in Ukraine. In August 2022, Tina Karol donated an apartment to the family of a 9-year-old boy, Yehor Kravtsov, who in the spring 2022 touched the whole of Ukraine with his diary describing life in occupied
Mariupol Mariupol is a city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. It is situated on the northern coast (Pryazovia) of the Sea of Azov, at the mouth of the Kalmius, Kalmius River. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was the tenth-largest city in the coun ...
. The family's new home is now located in the
Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk (, ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast as well as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion within the oblast. Ivano-Frankivsk also host ...
region. During 2022, the Tina Karol Foundation provided assistance to oncology hospitals in
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,
Chernivtsi Chernivtsi (, ; , ;, , see also #Names, other names) is a city in southwestern Ukraine on the upper course of the Prut River. Formerly the capital of the historic region of Bukovina, which is now divided between Romania and Ukraine, Chernivt ...
,
Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi (, ) is a city in western Ukraine. Located on the Southern Bug, it serves as the administrative centre of Khmelnytskyi Oblast as well as Khmelnytskyi Raion within the oblast. With a population of Khmelnytskyi is the second-larges ...
,
Mukachevo Mukachevo (, ; , ; see name section) is a city in Zakarpattia Oblast, western Ukraine. It is situated in the valley of the Latorica River and serves as the administrative center of Mukachevo Raion. The city is a rail terminus and highway junct ...
,
Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.
,
Lutsk Lutsk (, ; see #Names and etymology, below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a populati ...
,
Odesa Odesa, also spelled Odessa, is the third most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern ...
,
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, and
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for a total amount of over 1.5 million hryvnas. In January 2023, the Tina Karol Foundation, in cooperation with the head of
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Group and
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messenger
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, handed over 500 generators from Japan to Ukraine.


Personal life

Tina Karol is an Orthodox Christian. She married her beloved Yevhen Ogir in the church, and taught her son to
Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...
from an early age. In search of solace, Tina Karol turned to faith. She began to attend church, pray, read the
Bible The Bible is a collection of religious texts that are central to Christianity and Judaism, and esteemed in other Abrahamic religions such as Islam. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally writt ...
. Over time, faith became a source of strength and inspiration for her. According to Tina Karol, her faith in
God In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...
helped her get through the most difficult times in her life. It gave her the strength to move on, despite the pain and loss. On 15 June 2008 Tina married her producer Yevhen Ohir (1980–2013). On 18 November 2008 Karol gave birth to their only child, a son named Veniamin Ohir. Tina's husband Ohir died on 28 April 2013 from
stomach cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a malignant tumor of the stomach. It is a cancer that develops in the Gastric mucosa, lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a numb ...
at the age of 32.15 июня Тина Кароль и Евгений Огир отпраздновали бы 5-летие брака ''June 15 Tina Karol and Yevhen Ohir celibated 5th anniversary marriage''
TSN.ua (30 April 2013)У Києві поховали чоловіка Тіни Кароль ''In Kyiv is buried the husband of Tina Karol''
,
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(30 April 2013)
When asked by the
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in 2006 whether she identifies as a Jew she replied "I don't like talking about self-identifications, I feel simply a human being, who came to this world to make a change. There was a period in my life when I was deciding on my religious beliefs, but now I think I've found my stand on this. I believe in
God In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...
, but I don't identify with any particular religion."


Discography


Studio albums


Extended plays


Live albums


Compilation albums


Singles


Other songs

* "Ya Budu Tebya Tselovat" (with B.Stone) * "Posvyashchenie v Albom" * "Misyats'" * "Letniy Roman" (with B.Stone) * "Dusha" (with О.Gavriluk) * "
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" (Ukrainian Stars, in memory of
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) * "Kartina Lubvi" ("New Wave" festival 2005, Latvia)


Filmography


Music videos


Television


Films and series


Documentaries


Concert tours


Theatre


Books


Honours and awards


Music and television awards


State and church honors


Media awards


See also

*
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Ukraine was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Show Me Your Love", written by Mikhail Nekrasov, Tina Karol, and DJ Pasha, Pavlo Shylko, and performed by Karol herself. The Ukrainian participating broadcaster, the Nati ...


Notes


References


External links

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Tina Karol Foundation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karol, Tina 1985 births Living people People from Yagodninsky District 21st-century Ukrainian women singers Jewish women singers Ukrainian pop singers Ukrainian women pop singers Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine Ukrainian sopranos English-language singers from Ukraine Jewish Ukrainian musicians R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music alumni Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class Founders of charities Eurovision Song Contest entrants