Aida Nikolaychuk

Aida Nikolaychuk
Nikolaychuk at the meeting with her fans.
Background information
Birth name	Ніколайчук Аіда Юріївна
Born	(1982-03-03) 3 March 1982 Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Pop, pop rock, electronic
Occupation(s)	Singer.
Instruments	Vocals.
Years active	2011–present

Aida Yurievna Nikolaychuk,^[1] sometimes spelled Nikolaichuk, (Ukrainian: Аіда Юріївна Николайчук, Аіда Юріївна Ніколайчук) is a Ukrainian pop singer-songwriter and model. She became notable after winning the third season of the X-factor in Ukraine in 2012, from among 30,000 applicants. She drew attention for her rendition of the song Lullaby (Колыбельная, Kalybelnaya) by Polina Gagarina, during a broadcast in the second season, and for her general vocal ability.^[2][3] During her performance, she was interrupted by two judges who suspected that her voice was being augmented by a "phonogram" in her musical accompaniment. They challenged her to sing the song a capella. Nikolaychuk was visibly shocked but she complied, dispelling suspicion. The interruption of her performance by the two X-factor judges Seryoga, a Belarusian rapper, and Ihor Kondratiuk, has been questioned.^[4]

Personal life

Nikolaychuk was born on 3 March 1982 in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. She started singing in the first grade, when she became the school choir soloist, and later on performed at school as a hip hop backup singer until 2002, and in her school choir in the fifth and eighth grades. [Click footnote #5 for transcript of video at X-Factor Head Judge's home] ^[5]

Music career

In 2011, Nikolaychuk participated in the casting show for the second season of the Ukrainian television show X-Factor, quitting her job as a teller to enable her participation in the show.^[6] After a unanimous decision by the show's judges to accept her, she proceeded to the training portion of the show.

After Nikolaychuk's retirement from X-Factor, the video of her performance at the casting show reached a record number of views through the Web video company YouTube. Nikolaychuk then decided to proceed with her participation in X-Factor. She participated in the second season of X-Factor Online. In November 2011, she was announced a weekly winner of X-Factor Online, and on 31 December 2011, she was announced the winner of the X-Factor Online second season.^[7] By winning X-Factor Online,^[7] Nikolaychuk gained entry to the training section of the show for the third season, bypassing the audition and pre-screening stages.

In 2012, Nikolaychuk was invited to performances in Moscow and Berlin.^[8] On 10 October 2012, she was interviewed by imka TV.^[9]

Participating in the third season of X-Factor,^[10] Nikolaychuk got to twenty-fourth place in the training section of the show in the 25-years and older category. Her category mentor was Igor Kondratyuk. Nikolaychuk then sang for judges including German singer Thomas Anders.^[11] After the visiting judges performance, Nikolaychuk was placed in the top rankings for her category, and as one of the twelve top finalists.^[12] Also in her category were Evgeny Litvinkovych and James Golovko. She then entered the direct elimination rounds, in which a contestant on the show is eliminated weekly, by vote by the judges. Nikolaychuk was never selected for elimination. On 22 December 2012, she participated in the final show.^[13] Her rivals were Aleksey Smirnov and Evgeny Litvinkovych. On 29 December 2012, she was chosen as a superfinalist,^[14] and Alexey Smirnov was eliminated from the show. On 5 January 2013, at the Gala concert, Nikolaychuk was announced the winner of the third season of X-Factor.^[15][16]

On 6 March 2013, the news website Segodnya listed the most viewed videos of Ukrainian female singers. Nikolaychuk's video, with millions of views,^[17] took 5th place.^[18]

In May 2013, Nikolaychuk visited Berlin. While there, she had photo shoots and spoke at a restaurant, "Peterhof".^[19]

After winning the third season of X-Factor, Nikolaychuk started working with artists in the CIS countries, and signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment.^[20][21] At the end of May 2013, she presented her debut single and music video,^[22] "On Your Planet", released 27 May. On 31 May 2013, she held her first solo concert in her hometown, Odessa.

On 8 June 2013, Nikolaychuk acted as a visiting judge for Mini-Miss Ukraine 2013.

Aida Nikolaychuk — "Female singer of the Year" on the awarding ceremony of peoples rating «Favorites of Success – 2013»^[23]

Nikolaychuk currently performs in concerts and appearances in the Ukraine.

On 4 September 2013, Nikolaychuk participated in the competition "Promotion", organized by the Russian television channel Music Box, presenting her debut video, and was selected as a winner.^[24]

On 4 October 2013, Nikolaychuk performed at Little Miss World 2013 in Bulgaria.^[25]

On 24 October 2013, she had her second solo concert in Dnepropetrovsk and visited "Komsomolskaya Pravda".^[26]

On 14 December 2013, was presented a first Aida solo album "My Pod Odnim Nebom", which contains various singles in music.^[27]

On 16 December 2013, it became known the names of nominees for the annual music award YUNA-2013. Aida hit the category "Discovery of the Year".^[28]

By results of national rating «Favorites of Success – 2013» has been recognized as the "Female singer of the Year" due to the amazing support of her fans in the poll.^[29]

X-Factor

Singles

Videos

• "Na tvoey planete" (2013)
• "Ne obeschay" (2013)

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