Ruslana's Charity Concert
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Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
's Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Maidan Nezalezhnosti is the central square of Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine. One of the main city squares, it is located on the Khreschatyk Street...
as part of Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
opening. It was translated live on at least two national TV channels 1+1
1+1
- History :TV channel "1+1" was founded in August 1995, headed by its original President Alexander Rodnyansky who also was its general director from 1996 to 2002...
and Inter
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Inter is the major TV channel in Ukraine. Based on it later was formed the whole new media group with variety of different other channels. Inter is among the top-rated networks in Ukraine, competing with such as 1+1 and Pershyi Natsionalnyi channels...
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Ruslana
Ruslana
Ruslana Stepanivna Lyzhychko is a World Music Award winning and MTV Europe Music Award nominated artist, and the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004....
sang the following songs:
- "Wild DancesWild DancesWild Dances is a 2004 studio album by the Ukrainian singer and winner of the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest Ruslana. The album has been certified 7x platinum in Ukraine, selling 700,000+ copies.-Track listing:Basic album...
" - "Like a Hurricane"
- "ArcanArcanArcan may refer to:*Nelly Arcan , Canadian novelist*Arcan , Romanian dance*Arçan, Azerbaijan...
" - "The Tango We Used To Dance"
- "Wild Passion"
- "Wild Dances part II"
- "Dance with the WolvesDance with the Wolves"Dance with the Wolves" is one of Ukrainian singer Ruslana's singles, released in 2005.Two music videos were made for the song. During the shootings, Ruslana had to be in a cage with wild wolves. One of the videoclips includes frames shot during the Orange revolution in which Ruslana took an active...
" - "Accordion Intro"
- "The Same StarThe Same Star"The Same Star" is a single by Ruslana, featured on her 2004 studio album Wild Dances. The arrangement and recording were done by EGO WORKS /HIT FACTORY, Miami, USA.Ruslana devoted The Same Star to her husband, the love of her life....
" - "Heart on FireHeart on FireHeart on Fire is the name of one of Ruslana's new songs.It was performed at the opening of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.-External links:*...
" - "Ja Tebe LjubluJa Tebe Ljublu"Ja Tebe Ljublu" is a popular song of Ruslana . Ruslana performed Ja Tebe Ljublu at Eurovision Song Contest 2005's Euroclub....
" - "Play for me Musician"
- "Wind SongWind Song"Wind song" is a popular song by Ruslana . Ruslana performed the song during the Orange revolution in Ukraine.-Chart performance:...
" - "KolomyjkaKolomyjkaThe kolomyjka is a Ukrainian folk dance especially popular in southwestern Ukraine. It originated in the eastern Galician town of Kolomyia...
" - "Drum 'n' Dance"
After her performance Ruslana finished the show by lighting a symbolic Heart of Europe. The same heart was lightened in all big cities of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine 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...
- Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
, Lviv
Lviv
Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
, Donetsk
Donetsk
Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region...
, Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country...
, Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
by girls called Ruslana. After this ceremony Ruslana performed the anthem of Eurovision one more time. The fireworks were being shot during this performance.
Other performers :
- Elena PaparizouElena PaparizouEleni "Elena" Paparizou , usually referred to abroad as Helena Paparizou, is a Greek-Swedish singer and occasional songwriter, who was born and raised in Sweden by Greek parents. She began her career there in 1999 as a member of the duo Antique, while she also worked briefly as a model for a...
- "My Number OneMy Number OneAs Greece had finished the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest in third place, the song was pre-qualified for the final in 2005. Thus, it was performed nineteenth on the night, following Croatia's Boris Novković and Lado with "Vukovi umiru sami" and preceding Russia's Natalia Podolskaya with "Nobody Hurt...
" - Shiri MaimonShiri MaimonShiri Maimon is an Israeli pop/R&B singer, TV show host and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the TV show Kokhav Nolad. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.-Early life:...
- "Hasheket Shenish'arHasheket Shenish'ar"HaSheket SheNish'ar" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in Hebrew and English by Shiri Maimon. The song was written by Eyal Shahar and Pini Aharonbayev and Ben Green....
" - Martin VučićMartin VucicMartin Vučić is a Macedonian Pop musician. He is the son of Macedonian-born Serb performer, Dragan Vučić.-Biography:...
- "Make My Day" - GreenJollyGreenJollyGreenJolly is a Ukrainian rap band most widely known for their song, Razom nas bahato, nas ne podolaty, which became the unofficial anthem of the Ukrainian Orange Revolution in 2004.-History:...
- "Razom nas bahato" - Gracia - "Run and Hide"
- Boris NovkovićBoris NovkovicBoris Novković is a Croatian pop singer. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia, his interest in a musical career was cultivated by his family background, with a mother who taught music, and a father, Đorđe Novković, who was a leading Croatian songwriter and music manager...
feat. LadoLadoThe word Lado can refer to;* A Haryanavi superhit Film of 2000, starring Ashutosh Rana & Rajeshwari.* The Lado Enclave of the Congo Free State, in modern South Sudan...
Members - "Vukovi Umiru Sami" - Valters & KažaValters & KažaValters and Kaža, sometimes spelt Walters and Kazha is a Latvian duo who represented their homeland in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. The slow ballad-like song, "The War Is Not Over", finished in 5th place despite having a considerably large lead at some point during the voting...
- "The War Is Not Over" - Laura & The Lovers - "Little By Little"