Ksenia Sitnik

Ksenia Mikhailovna Sitnik (Belarusian: Ксенія Міхайлаўна Сітнік, translit. Ksienija Michajlaŭna Sitnik; Russian: Ксения Михайловна Ситник, translit. Kseniya Mikhaylovna Sitnik; born 15 May 1995), sometimes also transliterated as Kseniya Sitnik or Xenia Sitnik, is a Belarusian singer. She represented Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005, which she won with the self-penned song "My vmeste" (We Are Together).

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Mikhailovna and the family name is Sitnik.
Ksenia Sitnik
Background information
Birth nameKsenia Mikhailovna Sitnik
Born (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995
Mazyr, Belarus
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2005–present

Biography

Ksenia Sitnik was born on 15 May 1995 in the city of Mazyr, Belarus.[1][2] Ksenia won first prize at the international children's contest at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus in July 2005.

Ksenia Sitnik performing My Vmeste in 2005

Ksenia Sitnik won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, where she represented her home country, Belarus, with the song My Vmeste. Despite the song not being particularly popular in pre-contest polls: for example, in the Europrediction poll, Ksenia came last with no points.[3] Ksenia won, albeit narrowly - she had only three points more than the runner-up, Antonio José Sánchez Mazuecos from Spain.

In November, 2006 Ksenia released a CD with accompanying music book called My Vmeste ("We Are Together"). She has released three music videos: Malenkiy Korablik ("Little Ship") in 2006, Prostaya Pesenka ("Simple Song") in 2007 and Non-stop in 2009.

Discography
  • My vmeste (2006)
  • Respublika Kseniya (2010)

See also

References
  1. Ksenia Sitnik Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/5020ESC Today Retrieved 3 November 2009. Archived 24 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. http://www.oikotimes.com Oikotimes.com

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