Youddiph

Masha Katz (Russian: Маша Кац, also known as Youddiph, Russian: Юдифь, literally Judith, full name Maria Lvovna Katz, Russian: Мария Львовна Кац; 23 January 1973, Moscow) is a Russian singer. She is most known for representing Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 held in Dublin. It was the first Russian performance in this contest ever.

Biography

Maria or Masha was born on 23 January 1973 in Moscow. At the age of 13 she formed her first group performing heavy metal songs. In 1989 she met with the famous poet Karen Kavaleryan who helped her to launch a professional career. For the next 5 years Maria worked as a backing vocalist for numerous Russian artists and groups.

In 1994 she represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Vyechniy stranik" (Вечный странник).^[1] Maria performed 23rd at the final night and ranked 9th with 70 points. Later that year she released her first album entitled "Magic Word".

Maria continued to work with various musicians and formed a duo with a Russian drummer under the name "Beauty and the Beast". In 1997 she created a new group, called "Maryland". The group made an album in 1998 entitled Ryzhiy blues (Russian: Рыжий Блюз - Ginger Blues). In 2000 she was presented with two important music awards while creating her own music company.

Maria also dubbed musicals and films for the Russian television and cinema, including Anastasia, for which she was presented with a special prize of 20th Century Fox for the best native language performance. Nowadays Maria continues to sing in clubs, doing backing vocals for famous singers and works as a vocal coach.

References

External links

• Official website
• Вечный странник
• www.esckaz.com/russia/1994e.htm
• www.eurovision.tv
• Youddiph at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest   Participation 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 to 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014   Artists 1990s Youddiph Philipp Kirkorov 1996 Alla Pugacheva 1998 1999 2000s Alsou Mumiy Troll Prime Minister t.A.T.u. Julia Savicheva Natalia Podolskaya Dima Bilan Serebro Dima Bilan Anastasiya Prikhodko 2010s Peter Nalitch Alexey Vorobyov Buranovskiye Babushki Dina Garipova   Songs 1990s "Vyechniy stranik" "Kolibelnaya dlya vulkana" 1996 "Primadonna" 1998 1999 2000s "Solo" "Lady Alpine Blue" "Northern Girl" "Ne ver', ne boysia" "Believe Me" "Nobody Hurt No One" "Never Let You Go" "Song #1" "Believe" "Mamo" 2010s "Lost and Forgotten" "Get You" "Party for Everybody" "What If" (Note: Entries scored out are when Russia did not compete)

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 1994   Countries Final Sweden Finland Ireland (winner) Cyprus Iceland United Kingdom Croatia Portugal Switzerland Estonia Romania Malta Netherlands Germany Slovakia Lithuania Norway Bosnia and Herzegovina Greece Austria Spain Hungary Russia Poland France   Artists Final Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare CatCat Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan Evridiki Sigga Frances Ruffelle Tony Cetinski Sara Tavares Duilio Silvi Vrait Dan Bittman Chris and Moira Willeke Alberti MeKaDo Tublatanka Ovidijus Vyšniauskas Elisabeth Andreassen and Jan Werner Danielsen Alma and Dejan Kostas Bigalis and The Sea Lovers Petra Frey Alejandro Abad Friderika Bayer Youddiph Edyta Górniak Nina Morato   Songs Final "Stjärnorna" "Bye Bye Baby" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego" "Nætur" "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)" "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" "Chamar a música" "Sto pregando" "Nagu merelaine" "Dincolo de nori" "More than Love" "Waar is de zon?" "Wir geben 'ne Party" "Nekonečná pieseň" "Lopšinė mylimai" "Duett" "Ostani kraj mene" "To Trehandiri" "Für den Frieden der Welt" "Ella no es ella" "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" "Vyechniy stranik" "To nie ja!" "Je suis un vrai garçon" (Note: All information are in order of appearance)