Ruslana Lyzhichko performing "Dyki tantsi" Wild Dances at the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest

Ruslana Lyzhichko (born May 24, 1973 Ukrainian: Руслана Лижичко) is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Eurovision Song Contest 2004 - Ruslana Lyzhichko (screenshot, deemed fair use) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Eurovision Song Contest 2004 logo. ...

Born in 1973, she is a Ukrainian singer, dancer, producer, composer, conducter, and piano player. She writes, composes and produces her own songs and music videos. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

In Ukraine she had her first hit in 1998 with the song Svitanok (Sunrise) and the album Myt' Vesny - Dzvinkyj Viter Live. In 1999 she worked on the Christmas musical Ostanne rizdvo 90th (The Last Christmas of the 90's), which won the Ukrainian Movie of the Year award. Her album Diki Tanci (Wild Dances) which was issued in 2003 went double platinum in Ukraine, selling over 200,000 copies. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song Wild Dances, which earned 280 points, receiving points from 34 of the 35 other countries participating in the contest (the exception being Switzerland whose own entry was eliminated after scoring no points in the semi-final). Eurovision Song Contest 2004 logo. ... Dyki tantsi (English: Wild Dances) is a song by Ukrainian pop-star Ruslana. ...

In 2004's disputed Ukrainian presidential elections, she declared her support for Viktor Yushchenko. She was one of the scores of prominent figures that addressed the mass crowds rallying in support of Yushchenko's demand that his original defeat be declared fraudulent, and at one stage she was even quoted as saying she was ready to go on hunger strike for the cause. Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the president of Ukraine. ...

External links

• Ruslana's homepage
• Ruslana.org - Official Ruslana Fanclub

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