Alexey Zhigalkovich
Alexey Alexandrovich Zhigalkovich (Belarusian: Аляксей Аляксандравіч Жыгалковіч; born 18 April 1996 in Minsk) is a Belarusian singer. He participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won with one point more than the Armenian runner up. He sang the song "S druz'yami". It was a song with a fast tempo and energetic dancing. He wrote this song himself.[1]
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| Born | 18 April 1996 |
| Origin | Minsk, Belarus |
| Instruments | Vocals |
He was the second winner of this contest from Belarus, after Ksenia Sitnik in 2005.[2]
Alexey is a prize-winner of several other international musical contests in Belarus, Italy and Bulgaria:
- 2005: He sang Lo zio Bé (Дзе каза рогам) at the Italian song contest Zecchino d'Oro. The song won the Zecchino d'Argento prize for the best non-Italian song.[3] Award not provided to Alexey, but to the author.
- 2006: II prize for children singers at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk [4]
References
- Илона Галицкая заняла девятое место на международном детском конкурсе Евровидение-2007 (in Russian)
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest: History of the Contest
- "Archived copy" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-05-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” of 2006 Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
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| Preceded by Andrey Kunets with "Novyi den" |
Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 |
Succeeded by Dasha, Alina & Karyna with "Serdtse Belarusi" |
Preceded by with "Vesenniy Jazz" |
Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 |
Succeeded by with "Bzz.." |
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