Natalia Gordienko

Life and career

Early life

Gordienko was born in Chișinău on 11 December 1987. She is of Ukrainian descent. Gordienko sang in her school choir, studied piano at music school, and danced in her school's dance ensemble for ten years. At the age of 15, she began participating in song competitions.

Music career and Eurovision

In 2005, Gordienko became the singer of the band Millennium. In 2005, in the national selection for the Calea Victoriei, Millennium came third. Millennium was invited to participate in the Golden Stag international competition in Romania in 2005.

On 20 May 2006, she represented Moldova alongside Arsenium and Connect-R with the song "Loca" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The song placed 20th in the field of 24 and scored 22 points.

In 2009 Gordienko started a project called DJ Star, in which she tried herself as a DJ; she won the prize despite having no prior experience as a DJ.

In 2010, Gordienko released her first album Time and in 2011 the album Cununa de flori. However neither album was released for purchase digitally or physically. The only release it received was on Gordienko’s SoundCloud account.

In 2015, Gordienko signed her new single "Summertime" with Fly Records, the label of Tudor and Dan from Fly Project.

In 2008, Gordienko received honorary title of ″Emeritus Artist″ of Moldova.

She was to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 held in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the song "Prison". This would have been her second time in the contest and the first time as a solo singer, however, the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was again selected as the Moldovan representative for the 2021 contest where she finished in 13th place with 115 points with the song “Sugar”. Her 17 second note at the end of "Sugar" was reported to be the longest note in Eurovision history.

Competitions

Gordienko has taken part in many competitions and has won many awards:

• National competition - The song on the national station Radio Moldova in 2003 - 2nd place
• National competition – The Star Of Kishinev in 2003 - grand prize
• National competition – Miss Teenager in 2004 - grand prize
• International Festival – Rainbow Stars in Jūrmala, Latvia in 2003
• International competition – Sevastopol-Ialta in Ukraine in 2004 - 1st place
• International competition – Delfice Games in 2004 - 1st place
• International competition – Heart Of Two Twins in 2004 - 1st place
• International competition – Songs Of The World in 2005 - 1st place
• International competition – Our Native Edge in 2005 - grand prize
• International competition - Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 - 20th place
• International competition - Slavianski Bazaar in 2006 - grand prize
• International competition - New Wave in 2007 - 1st place
• International competition - World Championship of performing arts in 2008 - golden medal for voice

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Notes

References

References

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12. (2012-01-10). "Dar-ar naiba dragoste in tine {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
13. (2015-06-03). "Natalia Gordienko – Summertime (Official Video)".
14. (2016-08-24). "Habibi (feat. Mohombi) {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
15. (2016-11-13). "Blizko (feat. Irakli) {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
16. (2017-02-14). "Пьяная {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
17. (2017-03-21). "Cheia {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
18. (2018-04-02). "Dus Cu Apa Rece {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
19. (2018-11-30). "Аривидерчи {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
20. (2020-01-30). "Prison {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
21. (2020-11-08). "In Ochii Tai {{ndash}} song and lyrics by Natalia Gordienko {{!}} Spotify".
22. (2021-03-04). "Sugar {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
23. (2021-04-09). "Туз буби {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
24. (2021-09-10). "High Heels {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
25. (2022-07-15). "Я счастливая {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
26. (2022-12-16). "Любимый {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
27. (2023-08-04). "На синих озёрах {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
28. (2024-04-25). "Разговоры {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko, Yuliya Kovalchuk, Анна Хилькевич on Apple Music".
29. (2024-07-19). "Телефонный звонок {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
30. (2024-11-01). "Minte-mă (feat. Jorge) {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
31. (2025-05-16). "Salty Caramel {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
32. (2025-11-26). "Noi Doi {{ndash}} Single by Natalia Gordienko on Apple Music".
33. "Top Radio Hits Ukraine Weekly Chart: Jul 6, 2006". [[TopHit]].