Polina Gagarina
Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina (Russian: Поли́на Серге́евна Гага́рина, IPA: [pɐˈlʲinə sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvnə ɡɐˈɡarʲɪnə], born 27 March 1987) is a Russian songwriter and actress. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with "A Million Voices" where she finished second with 303 points. In doing so, she became the first second placed finisher to exceed 300 points. Gagarina also participated in the Chinese reality-competition Singer in 2019, where she was one of the finalists.
Polina Gagarina Полина Гагарина | |
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Gagarina in 2015 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina |
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR | 27 March 1987
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) |
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Instruments | Clarinet |
Years active | 2003–present |
Labels | АРС Records. NovaMusic, Velvet Music, First Music Publishing[1] |
Website | www |
Early life
Gagarina was born in Moscow, but spent most of her youth in Greece. Her mother was a ballet dancer. In 1993, Gagarina's father died and her mother decided to move the family back to Russia, but they soon moved back to Greece and settled in Athens. After completing her education, she moved to Saratov to live with her grandmother. She is fluent in Russian, Greek and English.
Career
2003–07: Poprosi u oblakov
In 2003, Gagarina competed in season two of Star Factory, a Russian reality singing competition. She performed several songs by Maxim Fadeev and went on to win the show, but refused to work with Fadeev after her victory. After winning Star Factory, Gagarina was invited to perform in the group Playgirls. The group received a recording contract with ARS Records, but ultimately disbanded. In 2005, she performed at the New Wave competition held in Jūrmala, Latvia and placed third. She later released the singles "Kolybelnaya", "Morning", "Ya tvoya", "Pomnyu", and "Ya tebya ne proshchu nikogda". Her debut album Poprosi u oblakov was released in 2007.
2008–12: O sebe
In 2008, Gagarina released the single "Komu, zachem?", a duet with Russian singer Irina Dubtsova. In March 2010, her second studio album О себе was released. In 2012, Gagarina started to collaborate with Russian-Georgian producer Konstantin Meladze. With Meladze she recorded four singles: "Spektakl okonchen" ("The Play Is Over"), "Net" ("No"), "Navek" ("Forever") and "Shagay" ("Stride").
2015–16: Eurovision Song Contest and 9
On 9 March 2015, it was revealed that Gagarina would represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "A Million Voices".[2] Gagarina placed first in the first semi-final with 182 points, before coming second in the Grand Final of the contest, ending up with 303 points.[3] This was the fourth highest overall points total of all time and she became the first non-winning participant to exceed 300 points.[4] On 25 July 2015, she performed "A Million Voices" as the closing song of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw in Saint Petersburg, shown on television worldwide.[5] On 9 August 2015, she performed at the closing ceremony of the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan.[6] She was a coach in the Russian reality talent show The Voice in seasons four and five.[7] In September 2016, her third studio album 9 was released.[8]
2019–present: Singer 2019
On 1 February 2019, it was revealed that Gagarina participated in Chinese' reality competition Singer 2019, also known as the seventh season of I Am a Singer, entering under the substitute singer status on the fourth week. Gagarina was the third European contestant to participate after season six's winner Jessie J (United Kingdom) and Kristian Kostov (Bulgaria), who participated in season seven alongside her. Gagarina achieved three top placements on the first five-week of shows before finishing last in her sixth show, which was the Challenge round; Gagarina would have been eliminated per the competition rules but was instead saved after the Challenger of the week was unsuccessful in beating a majority (4) of the seven singers. On 22 March, she was temporarily given a bye after reporting to the media that she sustained a muscle injury during rehearsals. Despite her injury, she eventually ranked in the top three during the following week's round, called the Breakout round (a round featured previously eliminated contestants, substitute singers, except withdrawn and non-competing singers), where she became one of the seven finalists eligible for the title of Singer 2019 winner. In the Finals Rush Hour, she performed a duet with Chinese singer Geng Sihan, singing the song "Shallow". In the first round of the final, she sung "We Are the World" alongside Kazakhstan's Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 participant Daneliya Tuleshova, Filipino-Canadian singer Darren Espanto and Chinese rapper Air Ari. She was, however, was knocked out that round.[9]
Singer 2019 performances and results | |||||
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Episode | Song | Original Singer | Percentage | Rank | Result |
Round 2 Qualifier | "Кукушка" | Kino | 20.395% | 1st | Safe (2nd overall, with 18.10% combined) |
Round 2 Knockout | "Katyusha" | Soviet Song | 15.810% | 2nd | |
Round 2 Challenge | "A Million Voices" | Polina Gagarina | 19.395% | 1st | Safe |
Round 3 Qualifier | "Hurt" | Christina Aguilera | 10.695% | 6th | Safe (3rd overall, with 15.732% combined) |
Round 3 Knockout | "Спектакль окончен" | Polina Gagarina | 20.770% | 1st | |
Round 3 Challenge | "Lake Baikal" | Li Jian | 8.750% | 7th | Safe |
Round 4 Qualifier | "Forbidden Love" | Polina Gagarina | 15.235% | 3rd | Safe |
Breakout | "Cтороною дождь" / "Колыбельная" | Russian Folk Song / Polina Gagarina | 21.93% | 2nd | Safe |
Finals Rush Hour | "Shallow" | Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper | N/A (Guest performance) | ||
Grand Final Round 1 | "We Are the World" | USA for Africa | Eliminated |
For season eight of the Voice in 2019, she rejoined as a coach.[10] Also, for the first time on The Voice Kids, she was a coach for season seven.[11]
Personal life
On 25 August 2007, Gagarina married Russian actor Pyotr Kislov.[12] She gave birth to their son, Andrey, on 14 October 2007.[13] They divorced on 31 March 2010.[14] She married photographer Dmitry Iskhakov on 9 September 2014.[15] In April 2017, she gave birth to their daughter, Mia.[16]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details |
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Попроси у облаков (Ask the Clouds) |
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О себе (About Me) |
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9 |
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Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
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RUS [17] |
RUS Airplay [18] |
BEL (VL) [19] |
BEL (WA) [20] |
GER [21] |
IRE [22] |
NLD [23] |
SWE [24] |
SWI [25] |
UK [26] |
UKR Airplay [27] | |||||||
"Колыбельная" ("Lullaby") | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Попроси у облаков | ||||
"Я твоя" ("I'm Yours") | 2006 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Morning" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Я тебя не прощу никогда" ("I'll Never Forgive You") | 2007 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Любовь под солнцем" ("Love Under the Sun") | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | О себе | |||||
"Где-то живёт любовь" ("Love Lives Somewhere") | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Кому, зачем?" ("To Whom, for What?") (duet with Irina Dubtsova) |
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"Пропади всё" ("Damn It All") | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Я обещаю" ("I Promise") | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||||
"Осколки" ("Fragments") | 2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Спектакль окончен" ("The Play is Over") | 2012 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |||||
"Нет" ("No") | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||
"Навек" ("Forever") | 2013 | 5 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | |||||
"Шагай" ("Stride") | 2014 | — | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | |||||
"A Million Voices" | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 46 | 86 | 99 | 26 | 39 | 97 | 152 | |||||
"Кукушка" ("Cuckoo") | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Battle for Sevastopol OST | |||||
"Я не буду" ("I Will Not") | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |||||
"Не пара" ("Not a Couple") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hotel Transylvania 2 OST (Russian dub) | |||||
"Day" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | ||||
"Танцуй со мной" ("Dance With Me") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Стану солнцем" ("I will become the sun") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Драмы больше нет" ("Drama is gone") | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | ||||
"Обезоружена" ("Disarmed") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Я обещаю" ("I promise") (new version) | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||||
"Выше головы" ("Above your head") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | TBA | |||||
"Камень на сердце" ("Heart stone") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Меланхолия" ("Melancholy") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Ангелы в танце" ("Angels in dance") | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Смотри" ("Look") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Ты не целуй" ("You don't kiss") | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
"Небо в глазах" ("Sky in the eyes") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Music videos
Year | Song | Director |
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2005 | Колыбельная ("Lullaby") | Vlad Opelyants |
2006 | Я твоя ("I'm Yours") | Georgy Toidze |
Morning | Irina Mironova | |
2007 | Я тебя не прощу никогда ("I'll Never Forgive You") | Semion Gorov |
2009 | Кому? Зачем? ("To Whom, for What?") (duet with Irina Dubtsova) |
Alexey Golubev |
2011 | Осколки ("Fragments") | Natalia Merkulova |
2012 | Спектакль окончен ("The Play is Over") | Sergei Solodskiy |
Нет ("No") | Alan Badoev | |
2013 | Навек ("Forever") | |
2014 | Immortal Feeling (from ballet "The Great Gatsby") | |
Шагай ("Stride") | Sergei Solodskiy | |
2015 | A Million Voices | Alexey Golubev |
Больше снов ("More Dreams") | ||
Любовь тебя найдёт ("Love Will Find You") | Alexey Golubev | |
Я не буду ("I Will Not") | ||
Не пара ("Not a couple") | ||
2016 | Day | |
Голос ("Voice") (featuring Basta) |
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Танцуй со мной ("Dance with Me") | Alexey Satolin | |
2017 | Стану солнцем ("I will become the sun") | |
Ангел веры ("Angel of faith") (with Basta) |
Timofey Kolesnikov | |
Команда ("Team") (with Egor and DJ SMASH) |
Alexey Golubev | |
Драмы больше нет ("Drama is gone") | Leonid Kolosovskiy | |
Обезоружена ("Disarmed") | Alexsey Kupriyanov | |
2018 | В невесомости ("In zero gravity") (with Emin) |
Serghey Grey |
Путеводная звезда ("Guiding star") (Putin Team anthem) |
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Камень на сердце ("Heart stone") | Leonid Kolosovskiy | |
Выше головы ("Above your head") | Alan Badoev | |
2019 | Меланхолия ("Melancholy") | Zaur Zaseev |
Смотри ("Look") |
Filmography
Year | Title | Role |
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2007 | Дочки-матери ("Mother and daughter") | Performed title song |
2012 | Катина любовь ("Katina love") | |
Hotel Transylvania | Mavis (Russian dub) | |
2013 | Саша Белый ("Sasha Bely") | Herself |
2014 | Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Dorothy Gale (Russian dub) |
2015 | Одной левой ("One left") | Sofi |
Hotel Transylvania 2 | Mavis (Russian dub) | |
Battle for Sevastopol | Performed main theme | |
2016 | The Good Boy | Performed end song |
2017 | Richard the Stork | Olga (Russian dub) |
My Little Pony: The Movie | Storm (Russian dub) | |
2018 | Duck Duck Goose | Lily (Russian dub) |
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Mavis (Russian dub) | |
Заповедник ("Nature reserve") | Herself | |
References
- "Полина Гагарина | Discography".
- Brey, Marco (11 March 2015). "Polina Gagarina to represent Russia!". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
- "Eurovision 2015 Results: Voting & Points". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- "Eurovision 2015 Russia: Polina Gagarina - "A Million Voices"". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- News, Eurovision; News, Participants; Participants, Eurovision; Fans (27 July 2015). "Eurovision Russia: Polina Gagarina at the World Cup Qualifier Draw - ESCToday.com". Eurovision News, Polls and Information by ESCToday. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- "В Казани завершился чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта". www.wday.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- "The Voice of Russia: Dina Garipova, Dima Bilan and Polina Gagarina open first episode". wiwibloggs. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- "'9' at #1: Polina Gagarina tops iTunes Russia with new album". wiwibloggs. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- "Polina Gagarina reaches the final of China's Singer 2019". wiwibloggs. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- "The Voice, season 8: Polina Gagarina returned as the coach after a break, Valery Syutkin replaced Basta". Комсомольская правда. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- "Представляем Наставников нового сезона шоу «Голос.Дети»" (in Russian). Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- "Беременная Полина Гагарина вышла замуж" [Pregnant Polina Gagarina married]. ural.ru (in Russian). 27 August 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- "Polina Gagarina – Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- "Полина Гагарина развелась с мужем" [Polina Gagarina divorced with her husband]. dni.ru (in Russian). 13 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- Tuboltseva, Natalya (9 September 2014). "Полина Гагарина вышла замуж" [Polina Gagarina married]. kp.ru (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- "Полина Гагарина подтвердила рождение дочери" [Polina Gagarina confirmed the birth of her daughter].
- Peak positions for singles in Russia:
- For "Спектакль окончен": Lenta.ru: Музыка: Кончится лето
- For "Нет": Lenta.ru: Тарантино возглавил российский чарт iTunes
- For "Навек": Lenta.ru: Ани Лорак оккупировала российские чарты iTunes
- For "A Million Voices": Lenta.ru: Песня Гагариной на «Евровидении»
- For "Кукушка": Lenta.ru: Песня из фильма «Битва за Севастополь»
- "Исполнитель – Полина Гагарина". tophit.ru.
- Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Polina Gagarina". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Polina Gagarina". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- Hung, Steffen. "Polina Gagarina". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- Hung, Steffen. "Discography Polina Gagarina". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Polina Gagarina". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- Hung, Steffen. "Discography Polina Gagarina". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Polina Gagarina". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- "Discography Polina Gagarina". Officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
- Peak positions for singles on the Ukrainian Airplay Chart:
- For "Спектакль окончен": Спектакль_окончен – Полина Гагарина
- For "Нет": Нет – Полина Гагарина
- For "Навек": Навек – Полина Гагарина
- For "Шагай": Шагай – Полина Гагарина
- For "A Million Voices": A Million Voices – Полина Гагарина
External links
- Official website
- Polina Gagarina Facebook
- Polina Gagarina VKontakte
- Polina Gagarina YouTube
- Polina Gagarina Forbes
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Korni |
Star Factory (Russia) winner 2003 |
Succeeded by Nikita Malinin |
Preceded by Tolmachevy Sisters with "Shine" |
Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 |
Succeeded by Sergey Lazarev with "You Are the Only One" |