| Name |
Mika Newton |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
Ukrainian |
| Date of Birth |
5-March-1986 |
| Place of Birth |
Burshtyn, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Mika Newton is a Ukrainian singer from the city of Burshtyn. Born and raised in Ukraine, the singer currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Newton released two albums, and, thanks to performing theme songs for many Ukrainian and Russian television shows and films, became known in her country as the "Queen of Soundtracks."
After winning 4th place in Eurovision Song Contest 2011,Mika Newton signed a contract with JK Music Group and Randy Jackson's Friendship Collective. In June 2011 she moved to Los Angeles, where she started developing her music career as a pop-rock singer in the USA. On February 21, 2012, she made her American debut with the single, "Don't Dumb Me Down". A music video was created for the single and Directed by Marc Klasfeld. A series of Electronic Remixes were released on March 27, 2012.. Her second single "Come Out and Play" written by Rune Westberg, and Catarina Torres was released October 2, 2012.
Mika is very active on social networking sites, always answering fans on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
Newton was originally chosen on February 26, 2011 to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany, with her entry "Angel". Following complaints from viewers about the voting procedure in this final, a further final was held on March 3, 2011, even though Newton had sent a letter to President Viktor Yanukovich and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov requesting their involvement in order to prove that the voting was fair and no fraud was intended. After Jamala and Zlata Ognevich withdrew from this new final in the days before it was scheduled to be held, Newton became the artist to represent Ukraine, but it remained unknown which song she would perform on Eurovision. On March 4 Newton and the competition's organizer NTU declared that "Angel" would be sent to the Eurovision Song Contest "with better arrangements".
In the Eurovision final on 14 May 2011 Newton finished fourth with 159 points, behind the entries from Azerbaijan (the winner with 221 points), Italy and Sweden. During her performance, she was accompanied by sand-artist Kseniya Simonova who was the 2009 winner of Ukraine’s got Talent.
