Natalia Gordienko, sometimes spelled as Natalia Gordienco, (Ukrainian: Наталя Гордієнко born December 11, 1987 in Chişinău) is a professional dancer and singer of Ukrainian ancestry from Moldova.
Contents |
Natalia Gordienco was born in 1987 to a family of architects in Chişinău. She attended high school through the 12th form, majoring in mathematics, biology and chemistry. She sang in her school choir. She also graduated from her piano studies at music school and danced in the school's dance ensemble for 10 years. At the age of 15, she began participating in song competitions. She won three national and six international contests.
Since 2005, Natalia Gordienco has been the singer with the band Millennium. In 2005, in the national selection for the Calea Victoriei, Millennium came third. Millennium with Natalia Gordienco were invited to participate in the Golden Stag international competition in Romania in 2005
On May 20, 2006, she performed alongside Arsenium and Connect-R in the song Loca (Crazy) at Eurovision Song Contest 2006 for Moldova. She ended up 20th out of 24, yet she managed to place ahead of internationally known Spanish act Las Ketchup.
Natalia has taken part in many competitions and has won many awards:
| Preceded by Zdob şi Zdub with "Boonika bate doba" |
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 (with Arsenium, Connect-R) |
Succeeded by Natalia Barbu with "Fight" |