Zlata Ognevich
{{Short description|Ukrainian singer and former politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Leonidivna|Bordiuh|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|native_name = Злата Оґнєвіч
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|caption = Ognevich in 2022
|background = solo_singer
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|birth_name = Inna Leonidivna Bordiuh
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|01|12|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
|origin = Sudak, Ukraine
|genre = Pop
| occupation = {{hlist|singer|actor}}
|instrument = Vocals
|years_active = 2010–present
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|website = {{URL|https://zlatao.com/}}
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|office1 = People's Deputy of Ukraine
|convocation1 = 8th convocation
|constituency1 = Radical Party, No.4{{cite web|title=People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation|url=http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/18040|website=Official portal|publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine|access-date=23 December 2014|language=uk|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330121522/http://gapp.rada.gov.ua/mps/info/page/18040|url-status=dead}}
|term_start1 = 27 November 2014
|term_end1 = 10 November 2015
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Zlata Leonidivna Ognevich ({{langx|uk|Злата Леонідівна Оґнєвіч|Zlata Leonidivna Ognievich}}; born Inna Leonidivna Bordiuh, {{lang|uk|Інна Леонідівна Бордюг}} on 12 January 1986) is a Ukrainian singer and former politician. She represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with the song "Gravity", placing third. Ognevich previously attempted to represent Ukraine at the contest in 2010 and 2011.
In 2014, Ognevich was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for the Radical Party using her birth name Inna Bordiuh.[http://utr.tv/eng/news-from-www-ukrinform-ua/327072-poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072.html Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110000000/http://utr.tv/eng/news-from-www-ukrinform-ua/327072-poroshenko_bloc_to_have_greatest_number_of_seats_in_parliament_327072.html |date=10 November 2014 }}, Ukrainian Television and Radio (8 November 2014)
[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html People's Front 0.33% ahead of Poroshenko Bloc with all ballots counted in Ukraine elections – CEC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112000000/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233404.html |date=12 November 2014}}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014)
[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233426.html Poroshenko Bloc to get 132 seats in parliament – CEC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404192732/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/233426.html |date=4 April 2019 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (8 November 2014) She resigned from parliament after one year, citing her opposition to the corruption she had witnessed.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/302666.html Radical Party MP Zlata Ohnevych renounces lawmaking powers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123135055/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/302666.html |date=23 November 2015 }}, Interfax-Ukraine (10 November 2015)
[http://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-politics/1911617-zlata-ognevich-resigns-from-parliament.html MP from the Radical Party faction, Zlata Ognevich has submitted a letter of resignation to parliament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801170041/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/302666.html |date=1 August 2017 }}, Ukrinform (10 November 2015) She has been vocal in her support for Ukrainian forces during the pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, and announced she would not accept Russian citizenship following the annexation of Crimea, where Ognevich was raised.
Early life
According to her birth certificate, Ognevich was born in 1986 in Murmansk, however, she later found Kryvyi Rih to be her actual place of birth;{{cite web | url=https://tsn.ua/glamur/zlata-ognyevich-ziznalasya-scho-naspravdi-narodilasya-ne-v-rosiyi-ya-pro-ce-diznalasya-zgodom-2110045.html | title=Злата Огнєвіч зізналася, що насправді народилася не в Росії: "Я про це дізналася згодом" | date=13 July 2022 }} she has Italian ancestors on her mother's side and Serbian on her father's side.[https://eurovision.tv/participant/zlata-ognevich Zlata Ognevich] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127005741/https://eurovision.tv/participant/zlata-ognevich |date=27 November 2020 }} eurovision.tv[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2WL4QW4CB2lfKhd0kWwKmDX/ukraine Ukraine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101063811/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2WL4QW4CB2lfKhd0kWwKmDX/ukraine |date=1 November 2020 }} bbc.co.uk She grew up in the Crimean city of Sudak.[http://archive.wz.lviv.ua/articles/92470 Злата ОГНЄВІЧ: «Я зі свічкою біля Міки Ньютон не стояла...» Zlata OHNYEVICH "I with a candle next to Mika Newton was not ..."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323015539/http://archive.wz.lviv.ua/articles/92470 |date=23 March 2013 }}, Vysoky Zamok (7 June 2011){{#tag:ref|Both Russia and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union since 1920 till Ukraine declared its independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991.[https://books.google.com/books?id=BNUtdVrw6lIC&dq=16+July+1991+Ukrainian+state+sovereignty.&pg=PA722 A History of Ukraine: The Land and Its Peoples] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407100810/https://books.google.com/books?id=BNUtdVrw6lIC&dq=16+July+1991+Ukrainian+state+sovereignty.&pg=PA722 |date=7 April 2023 }} by Paul Robert Magocsi, University of Toronto Press, 2010, {{ISBN|1442610212}} (page 563/564 & 722/723)|group=nb}} At age 18, Ognevich moved to Kyiv to pursue a higher music education.{{in lang|uk}} [http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/lounge/540071520044c/ Ohnyevich remembered as a sacrifice for her own clothing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801192851/http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/lounge/540071520044c/ |date=1 August 2017 }}, Tablo ID (29 August 2014) Ognevich is a graduate of Kyiv's Rheingold M. Glière Music College.{{in lang|uk}} [http://archive.wz.lviv.ua/articles/92470 Злата ОГНЄВІЧ: «Я зі свічкою біля Міки Ньютон не стояла...» Zlata OHNYEVICH "I with a candle next to Mika Newton was not ..."] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323015539/http://archive.wz.lviv.ua/articles/92470 |date=23 March 2013 }}, Vysoky Zamok (7 June 2011) During her third year at Rheingold, she began working with live bands and did her own promotional work.
Ognevich in interviews has claimed she has lived in "many cities and countries".{{in lang|uk}} [http://molode.com.ua/?q=node/4135 Злата Огневич: Хочу гідно виступити на "Crimea Music Fest" (інтерв'ю) Zlata Ohnevych: Want to adequately address the "Crimea Music Fest" (interview)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801192857/http://molode.com.ua/?q=node%2F4135|date=1 August 2017}}, Young Radio (27 August 2011){{in lang|uk}} [https://archive.today/20130419080507/http://anturazh.com.ua/interviu/534-zlata-ognevich-ne-vvazhayu-an-lorak-svoyim-konkurentom.html Злата Огневич: «Не вважаю Ані Лорак своїм конкурентом» Zlata Ohnevych: "I do not think Ani Lorak is my rival"], Anturazh Magazine (14 August 2011)
Musical career
Ognevich is a soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
=2010: Eurovision Song Contest 2010=
Ognevich made her first attempt to enter the Eurovision Song Contest with Ukraine. Her song was "Tiny Island", which finished fifth with 30 points.
=2010–2011: Eurovision Song Contest 2011=
In 2011, she made her second unsuccessful attempt to represent Ukraine in the contest. This time the song was in the Ukrainian language. Her song was "The Kukushka" which finished second.
Following complaints from viewers about the voting procedure in that years final, a new final was to be held on 3 March 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/16912/upd-_ukraine_national_final_on_march_3rd/|title=UPD Ukraine: National final on March 3rd|last=Busa|first=Alexandru|date=2011-02-26|publisher=ESCToday|access-date=2011-02-28|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403005426/http://esctoday.com/16912/upd-_ukraine_national_final_on_march_3rd/|url-status=live}} However, after Jamala and Ognevich withdrew from this new final in the days before it was scheduled to be held, Mika Newton became the artist to represent Ukraine.{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16920 |title=Ukraine: Jamala withdraws from national final |last=Hondal |first=Victor |date=2011-03-01 |publisher=EscToday.com |access-date=1 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303073349/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16920 |archive-date=3 March 2011 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16925 |title=Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich withdraws as well |last=Busa |first=Alexandru |date=2011-03-01 |publisher=EscToday.com |access-date=1 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304230008/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/16925 |archive-date=4 March 2011 }}
=2012–2014: Eurovision Song Contest 2013 and Junior Eurovision hosting=
On 23 December 2012, Ognevich made her third attempt to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest, by entering the Ukrainian national selection Evrobachennya 2013 – Natsionalyni vidbir with the song "Gravity". After scoring maximum points from both the jury and televote, Ognevich won the right to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden.{{cite web|last=Omelyanchuk|first=Olena|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=zlata_ognevich_is_a_happy_winner_in_ukraine|title=Zlata Ognevich is a happy winner in Ukraine|date=23 December 2012|publisher=Eurovision.tv|access-date=20 May 2013|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203013254/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=zlata_ognevich_is_a_happy_winner_in_ukraine|url-status=live}}
At the competition, Ukraine qualified from the first semi-final on 14 May 2013, placing third in a field of 16 songs and scoring 140 points. In the final, Ognevich and "Gravity" placed third, scoring 214 points and receiving 12 points from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia and Moldova.{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Grand Final|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1773|work=Eurovision.tv|date=18 May 2013|access-date=18 May 2013|archive-date=30 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151230214132/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1773|url-status=live}}
File:Zlata Ognevich and Timur Miroshnychenko at JESC 2013 2nd general rehearsal.jpg hosting the 2013 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv]]
Ognevich hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 on 30 November along with Timur Miroshnychenko.{{Cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/68688/ukraine-zlata-ognevich-host-2013-junior-eurovision/ |title=Eurovision Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich to host 2013 Junior Eurovision |access-date=2 October 2013 |archive-date=22 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022225241/http://www.esctoday.com/68688/ukraine-zlata-ognevich-host-2013-junior-eurovision/ |url-status=live }} Ognevich announced the voting results from Ukraine during the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.{{Cite web |url=http://eurovoix.com/2014/05/07/ukraine-zlata-ognevich-to-announce-the-ukrainian-vote/ |title=Ukraine: Zlata Ognevich To Announce The Ukrainian Vote – Eurovoix |date=7 May 2014 |access-date=17 May 2014 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517020643/http://eurovoix.com/2014/05/07/ukraine-zlata-ognevich-to-announce-the-ukrainian-vote/ |url-status=live }} In August 2014, Ognevich released her own version of Ukraine's national anthem "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina".{{in lang|uk}} [http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/news/53fde5c4c3d36/ Ohnyevich recorded his own version of the anthem of Ukraine. AUDIO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903110904/http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/news/53fde5c4c3d36/ |date=3 September 2014 }}, Tablo ID (27 August 2014)
= 2023: Eurovision Song Contest 2023 =
At the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on 13 May 2023, Ognevich was the spokesperson for the Ukrainian national jury, announcing that its twelve points had been awarded to Sweden.{{Cite web |last=Stella |first=Nathan |date=29 April 2023 |title=Zlata Ognevich will be the Ukrainian Spokesperson for Eurovision 2023! |url=https://escbubble.com/2023/04/zlata-ognevich-will-be-the-ukrainian-spokesperson-for-eurovision-2023/ |access-date=14 May 2023 |website=ESC Bubble}}
Political career
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election on 26 October, Ognevich was a candidate (as a non-partisan candidate she placed 4th on the party list) of Radical Party.[http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/225872.html CEC registers lists of another 16 parties, a total of 29 parties to take part in election] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110173846/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/225872.html |date=10 November 2014 }}, Interfax Ukraine (27.09.2014)
{{in lang|uk}} [http://galinfo.com.ua/news/172504.html Party list of Radical Party – CEC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019111303/http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/225872.html |date=19 October 2017 }}, galinfo (27 September 2014) According to Radical Party leader Oleh Lyashko, Ognevich was on the party list because "I understand that in the imagination of people a parliamentarian is jowly, paunchy, old, sick and stupid. I want in Parliament young, smart, beautiful".{{in lang|uk}} [http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/focus/541d3e1aaca1c/ Radical Party leader Oleg Lyashko explained why in his electoral lists was the name of the singer Zlata Ohnyevich.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807125400/http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/focus/541d3e1aaca1c/ |date=7 August 2016 }}, Tablo ID (20.09.2014) In the election, her party won twenty two seats and thus Ognevich was elected into parliament. In parliament, she focused on cultural and copyright issues.{{in lang|uk}} [http://tsn.ua/glamur/zlata-ognevich-pro-sviy-pershiy-den-u-radi-poki-ya-ne-zrozumila-yak-ce-395980.html Zlata Ognevich on her first day in the Rada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807155257/http://tsn.ua/glamur/zlata-ognevich-pro-sviy-pershiy-den-u-radi-poki-ya-ne-zrozumila-yak-ce-395980.html |date=7 August 2016 }}, Televiziyna Sluzhba Novyn (9 September 2014)[http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/people/singer-from-crimea-combines-music-career-with-lawmaking-394687.html Singer from Crimea combines music career with lawmaking] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151111030731/http://www.kyivpost.com/guide/people/singer-from-crimea-combines-music-career-with-lawmaking-394687.html |date=11 November 2015 }}, Kyiv Post (31 July 2015) Ognevich was present at 57% of all parliamentary sessions during her tenure in parliament.
On 10 November 2015, Ognevich submitted a letter of resignation to parliament. In her resignation speech to parliament on the same day, she stated; "Now I see that when there is no culture it’s easier to rule and manipulate people. That’s why in these circumstances, as cultural activist, I’m not helpful to this parliament…". In the speech, she also accused her former colleagues of serving lobbyist interests and not the general public.[http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/singer-ognevich-resigns-as-mp-alleges-colleagues-serve-clans-not-public-401955.html Singer Ognevich resigns as MP; alleges colleagues serve clans, not public] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215201003/http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/singer-ognevich-resigns-as-mp-alleges-colleagues-serve-clans-not-public-401955.html |date=15 December 2015 }}, Kyiv Post (12 November 2015)
Personal life
Five months after the March 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia,{{#tag:ref|Crimea is currently under dispute by Russia and Ukraine.{{cite news |last=Gutterman |first=Steve |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318 |title=Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions |date=18 March 2014 |agency=Reuters.com |access-date=2014-03-26 |archive-date=18 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318020359/https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/18/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318 |url-status=live }}|group=nb}} Ognevich called the annexation "a very painful tragedy" and stated that her parents, who continue to live in Crimea, would not obtain Russian citizenship.{{in lang|uk}} [http://svitske.1plus1.ua/video/personaji/zlata-ognevich-361117.html Zlata sang in Odesa for sailors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081136/http://svitske.1plus1.ua/video/personaji/zlata-ognevich-361117.html |date=4 March 2016 }}, 1+1 (29 July 2014)
During the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine Ognevich and fellow Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko raised money for the 72nd Guards Mechanized Brigade.{{in lang|uk}} [http://tsn.ua/glamur/zlata-ognevich-vpershe-zagovorila-pro-svoye-deputatstvo-369000.html Zlata Ognevich first talked about becoming an MP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212004913/https://tsn.ua/glamur/zlata-ognevich-vpershe-zagovorila-pro-svoye-deputatstvo-369000.html |date=12 December 2018 }}, TSN (17 September 2014)
Discography
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of EPs, with selected details ! Title ! Details |
| scope="row" | Тиха ніч / Silent Night
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=Singles=
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| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
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| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UKR
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NL |
| scope="row"| "Tiny Island"
| 2010 | — || — | rowspan="11"| Non-album singles |
| scope="row"| "Pristrast'"
| 2010 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "The Kukushka"
| 2011 | 1 || — |
| scope="row"| "Gravity"
| 2013 | 1 || 50 |
| scope="row"| "Za Lisami Gorami"
| 2013 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Ice and Fire" (with Eldar Gasimov) | 2014 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Za litom, za vesnoyu"
| 2016 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Tantsiuvati"
| 2017 | 3 || — |
| scope="row"| "Do Mene"
| 2018 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Янгол" ("Angel"){{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/05/28/new-music-from-reiley-sam-ryder-elena-tsagrinou-and-more/277519/ |title= New music this week (part 1): Songs from Reiley, Sam Ryder, Elena Tsagrinou and more |website=Wiwibloggs|date=28 May 2023|access-date=31 May 2023}}
| 2023 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Кохаю"
| 2024 | — || — |
| scope="row"| "Birdie"{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2024/10/06/new-music-nemo-joost-lara-fabian-and-more/282198/|title=New music this week: Songs from Nemo, Joost, Lara Fabian and more |website=wiwibloggs|date=6 October 2024|access-date=10 October 2024}}
| 2024 | — || — |
| colspan="18" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes release that did not chart or was not released. |
Notes
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References
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External links
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- [http://zlatao.com/ Official website]
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