Natalia Gordienko
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Chisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
) is a professional
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dancer and singer of Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
ancestry from Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
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Early life
Natalia Gordienco was born in 1987 to a family of architectArchitect
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s in Chişinău. She attended high school through the 12th form, majoring in mathematics
Mathematics
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, biology
Biology
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and chemistry
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. She sang in her school choir. She also graduated from her piano
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studies at music school
Music school
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and danced in the school's dance ensemble for 10 years. At the age of 15, she began participating in song competitions. She won three national and six international contests.
Career
Since 2005, Natalia Gordienco has been the singer with the band MillenniumMillennium (band)
Millennium is an Indian metal band from Bangalore. The band was formed in 1988 as one of the first metal bands.-History:The band was created during 1988 with a line-up comprising lead vocalist Verhnon Ibrahim, guitarists Rio and Cecil, bass player Stanley with Roberto on the drums. Roberto left in...
. In 2005, in the national selection for the Calea Victoriei
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, Millennium came third. Millennium with Natalia Gordienco were invited to participate in the Golden Stag international competition in Romania
Romania
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in 2005
On May 20, 2006, she performed alongside Arsenium and Connect-R
Connect-R
Stefan Mihalache , better known by his stage name Connect-R is a Romanian hip hop and pop musician, producer and occasional actor, best known for his association with Romanian hip hop group R.A.C.L.A. early in his career and the successful solo career that followed his leaving of the group...
in the song Loca (Crazy) at Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...
for Moldova. She ended up 20th out of 24, yet she managed to place ahead of internationally known Spanish act Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup
Las Ketchup is a Latin Grammy Award nominated 4-girl group composed of sisters Lola Muñoz, Pilar Muñoz, Lucía Muñoz and Rocío Muñoz from Córdoba in Andalucia, Spain. They are the daughters of Juan Muñoz, a flamenco guitarist known as Tomatito , which is not the same as famous and virtuoso flamenco...
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Competitions
Natalia has taken part in many competitions and has won many awards:- National competition - The song on the national station Radio MoldovaRadio MoldovaThe Radio Moldova is the first publicly-funded radio broadcaster in Moldova.- History :On October 8, 1939, Radio Basarabia was launched in Chişinău by the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company....
in 2003 - 2nd place - National competition – The Star Of Kishinev in 2003 - grand prize
- National competition – Miss Teenager in 2004 - grand prize
- International Festival – Rainbow Stars in JūrmalaJurmalaJūrmala is a city in Latvia, about 25 kilometers west of Riga. Jūrmala is a resort town stretching and sandwiched between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River...
, LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
in 2003 - International competition – Sevastopol-Ialta in UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
in 2004 - 1st place - International competition – Delfice Games in 2004 - 1st place
- International competition – Heart Of Two Twins in 2004 - 1st place
- International competition – Songs Of The World in 2005 - 1st place
- International competition – Our Native Edge in 2005 - grand prize
- Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - 20th place
- New WaveNew Wave (competition)New Wave is an international contest for new stars, which usually lasts for six days: 3 contest days, 2 special event days and, at the end, the day where the contest's results are announced followed by an ending concert....
2007 (Jurmala) - 1st place