TINA KAROL

Tina Karol was born on 25 January 1985 in the far North of Russia- in the town of Orotukan, Magadan to a family of ethnic Ukrainians. Tina’s parents were engineers. The day she was born it was very cold- the temperature was about 50 degrees below zero.

In 1992, the family came back to Ukraine. Tina’s parents explained their decision in a very simple way:’ We were always very disappointed by the fact that our children had never seen the usual wonders of spring-gardens in blossom, the clear blue Ukrainian sky in May… As you know, the summer id very short in Magadan and there is no spring at all. It’s almost always winter!”

When she was 12, Tina began singing professionally. Her managerial abilities and skills as a producer came to light during the years of studying at the legendary Kyiv State Glier Higher Music College. As a young student, Tina created her own band, which was totally self-supporting.

But it was Tina’s energetic nature that brought her to the world of aviation soon afterwards. She studied at the Kyiv National Aviation University and was an honoured soloist of the Armed Forces Song and Dance Ensemble.

Despite her young age, the singer has already won more than 23 international contests and festivals. But Tina is not only just a pop singer- she performs on the stage of professional theatres and takes leading roles in musicals. With such an intensive working schedule, Tina still has time to host a music-based TV show on one of Ukrainian most popular channels- a show aimed at supporting talented children.

2005 was Tina’s successful year: she participated in the Russian Charitable Ball in London, at the Royal Residence and wan the first prize at Novaya Vilna, an international contest for young pop singers. Tina received public recognition and was named “Woman of the Year” and “Finding of the Year”.

Tina opened 2006 by releasing her debut album.

Since winning the Ukrainian national selection for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, Tina Karol’ has been actively preparing for her journey to Greece. Tina’s producer Oleh Chornyi was responsible for her stage performance.

The video clip for her song “Show Me Your Love” was short in less than a week and was written by 2005 Eurovision host Pavlo Shylko, better known as DJ Pasha. During the shoot, Tina brought in new ideas of het own and improvised a lot.

The clip was shot at Kayf, a popular Kyiv restaurant, and at the Pomada night club. It was directed by Herman Hlynsky, who had successfully worked with the singer before.

Tina has four costume changes in the clop- all of the dresses were created by Ukrainian designers. In the video, she was accompanied by a ballerina.

  “Since my song is about love, we decided that the song shouldn’t just focus on relationships between men and women. We will show different representations of youth”, explained Tina.