Tina Karol


Tetyana Hryhorivna Liberman, known professionally as Tina Karol, is a Ukrainian singer, actress, and television presenter. She represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Show Me Your Love", placing seventh. Karol has since become a mentor on The Voice of Ukraine and jury for Ukrainian Eurovision National Selection.

Biography

Born on 25 January 1985 to a Ukrainian mother and Ukrainian Jewish father in Orotukan, Magadan Oblast, Russian Far East. Karol moved to Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine at the age of six. Her father, Grigoriy Liberman was from Vashkivtsi, Ukraine. Karol confessed in 2006 she often felt discriminated against in school because of her Jewish last name. She is fluent in both Ukrainian and Russian. As a teenager Karol performed for four years with the dancing ensemble at the Kiev branch of the Jewish Agency, and her repertoire included songs in Hebrew and in Yiddish. In 2000 she with this ensemble travelled to the United States, where the group’s appearances raised money for Jewish Agency for Israel programs in Ukraine.
In her fourth year, she was awarded a scholarship by the Verkhovna Rada. Karol has participated in numerous youth, regional, international and Jewish singing contests as well as musicals and theatrical shows. Karol became the soloist of the Ensemble of Song and Dance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as a television personality. In 2005 she took a less Jewish stage name after producers of "New Wave" had suggested that to her. In 2006 she commented on this "It was a part of my agreement with the producers, but, to be honest, I am glad I changed my name. I felt like it hindered me in my life”.
In 2006 Karol won at the casting for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "I Am Your Queen" and therefore represented Ukraine at the event finishing 7th, scoring 145 points, with a revised version of the song entitled "Show Me Your Love". In 2006, Tina Karol released her debut album Show Me Your Love, and another album entitled Nochenka, with some of the songs of the first album in Russian and Ukrainian. Also in 2006, she started studying by correspondence at the National Aviation University in Kiev. In 2006, she also participated in the United Nations's Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign against HIV/AIDS in Ukraine.
In 2007, she released her new album Polyus Prityazheniya and wrote a fairy tale, Pautinka, a story about a caterpillar, portraying the show business as Tina has experienced it. Philipp Kirkorov, Alla Pugacheva and Verka Serduchka all have "parts" in the story.
On 16 January 2009, Viktor Yushchenko awarded Karol the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine. In October 2009 she was ranked 92nd in a top 100 of "most influential women in Ukraine" compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine Focus.
In February 2009, she received the Most Beautiful Singer of Ukraine of 2008 award from the organizers of the beauty contest Miss Ukraine Universe-2009. In February 2009, for the second time, she received the title "The Most Beautiful Woman of Ukraine" according to the readers of the glossy edition VIVA!. The premiere of the new song "Do not be afraid, boy" was also held there. In March 2009, two songs - "U neba poprosim" from the album "Pole of Attraction" and a new composition "Lyubol" - became soundtracks for two television series.
In the spring of 2011, together with Sergei Lazarev and the duo Alibi became the host of the music project "Maidan's" on the Ukrainian TV channel Inter.
In the fall of 2012, she served as a contestan coach on Ukrainian reality talent show The Voice Kids on 1+1 TV channel, and in the spring of 2013 she went on the third season of The Voice on 1+1 TV channel as a coach.
On November 24, 2013, Tina Karol's all-Ukrainian tour kicked off with the solo tour Syla kokhannya ta holosu, which ended in late February 2014.
On February 6, 2014, the fifth album Pomnyu was released, which included 7 compositions. On February 14 the premiere of the film "The Power of Love and the voice" was held, based on the show of the same name
March 26, 2014, won the award "Yuna" in the nomination "The best singer of the year." June 1, 2014 opened a charity fund to help cancer patients Polyus prityazheniya. In 2014, the release of the single "My ne ostanemsya druzyami " was released, in the same year a music video for this song was released. In 2015, a video for the song "Ya vsyo eshhyo lyublyu" appeared on the screens, in the same year she went on a tour with her team in the cities of Ukraine with the performance "Ya vsyo eshhyo lyublyu".
In winter of 2015, Karol came back as a coach on the second season of The Voice Kids the winner of that season was on her team. On the show, she released Ukraina – ce ty , which she wrote inspired by children on her team. Latter a video with contestants from the show was released. In spring 2015, she came back as a coach on the fifth season of "The Voice. March 25, 2015, won the national award Yuna in the nomination "Best performer". April 28, 2015, on the anniversary of the death of her husband Eugene Ogir, released a single "Thank you"
November 26, 2015, won the M1 Music Awards in the category "Best singer". In winter 2015, she became a star coach in the vocal show on the 1+1 TV channel “The Voice – Season 6”. In autumn 2016 she became a star coach in the vocal show "The Voice Kids."
January 22, 2017, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko awarded Tina Karol the title of "People's Artist of Ukraine".
In winter 2017 she became the star coach in the vocal show "The Voice - Season 7" on 1+1 TV channel.

2018

Tina Karol became the face of “Ukraine International airlines” '
March 8, 2018 released a musical film "The intonation of Tina Karol."
April 26, Tina Karol performed a special performance on the air of "The Voice "''. The Ukrainian pop diva performed songs from its platinum plate "Intonation."
July 5, presented a new concert program in Minsk.
July 27, Viber company released personal stickers of Tina Karol.
On August 26 on the TV channel “1 + 1”, released the premiere of the TV version of Tina Karol’s musical concert “Intonation”.
August 27, premiere of the album "Intonation ".
In September 2018 - pre-premiere “The Crushes” starring Tina Karol
In the fall of 2018, Tina Karol again took part in the project "Shchirі-2018" from ELLE Ukraine.
On November 13, Tina Karol’s “Big European Tour” began.
In the winter of 2018, she acted as a star trainer in the vocal project of the 1 + 1 channel “Voice of Ukraine 9”
On December 7, premiere of the new song “Power of Heights”
On December 14, “The Crushes” won at the Best Shorts Competition International Film Festival in the nomination “Best Short Film 2018”.

2019

April 4, Tina Karol and the group “Boombox” released “Bezodnya”, which became their first joint work. The idea of a sudden creative tandem belongs to the leader of group Andrey Hlyvnyuk.
In December 2019, Tina Karol was included in the list of the 100 most influential Ukrainians by Focus magazine, taking the 85th place.

Personal life

On 15 June 2008 Tina married her producer Eugeny Ogir. On 18 November 2008 Karol gave birth to their only child, a son named Veniamin Ogir.
Tina's husband Ogir died on 28 April 2013 from stomach cancer at the age of 32.
When asked by Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 2006 whether she identifies as a Jew she replied “I don’t like talking about self-identifications, I feel myself simply a human being, who came to this world to make a change. There was a period in my life when I was deciding on my religious beliefs, but now I think I’ve found my stand on this. I believe in God, but I don’t identify with any particular religion".

Albums

''Show Me Your Love'' - 2006