Alyona Lanskaya

Alyona Lanskaya (Belarusian: Алена Ланская, Romanized: Alena Lanskaja; Russian: Алёна Ланская, Romanized: Alyona Lanskaya; born 7 September 1985) is a Belarusian singer.^[1] In 2011, she won the Slavianski Bazaar Contest in Vitebsk.^[2][3] Alyona represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden with the song "Solayoh", qualifying from the semi-final of the competition and placing 16th in the final by scoring 48 points.^[4]

Alyona Lanskaya
Alyona Lanskaya at a Eurovision Song Contest 2013 press conference
Background information
Also known as	Alena Lanskaya
Born	(1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 (age 37) Mogilev, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Genres	Pop
Years active	2011 (2011)–present
Labels	Spamash
Website	http://www.spamash.by/ru/alena-lanskaya

Career

Eurofest 2012

Main article: Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

After advancing to the semi-finals, held on December 21, 2011, she qualified for the Eurofest 2012 finals as one of the five chosen from the 15 entries. On February 14, 2012, she won the right to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with her song "All My Life".^[5]

However, on February 24, 2012, it was announced that she was disqualified after the Belarusian President conducted an investigation leading to her "unfair" win in Eurofest 10 days earlier after rumors circulated that the producers had rigged the televoting giving her 12 points making her the winner. In response to the allegations, the president ordered an immediate investigation and later confirmed them to be true. She was replaced by Litesound instead, who got second place in Eurofest finals.^[6]

Eurofest 2013

Main article: Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

After the disqualification from Eurofest 2012, Lanskaya entered again the following year to represent Belarus in 2013 with the song "Rhythm of Love" written by Leonid Shirin, Yuri Vashchuk and A. Shirin. On December 7, 2012, Lanskaya won the national final, gaining top marks from both the public and jury vote,^[7] and represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. On March 4, 2013, it was revealed Lanskaya's song was officially changed to the song "Solayoh."^[8] In 2013, Lanskaya released her second studio album, Solayoh.

Political views

During the 2020 Belarusian presidential elections and the protests that followed them, Alyona Lanskaya actively supported Alexander Lukashenko, accused ex-presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya of organizing a maidan, and described the peaceful actions of the opponents of the authorities in the following words, “Belarusians are simply tired of being poor, and they wanted to become beggars.”^[9] Lanskaya performed in the support of Lukashenko's regime, participated in pro-government car rallies.^[10][11]

On January 5, 2021, Alyona Lanskaya's Instagram page, where she shared, among other things, her thoughts on the situation in the country, was blocked. The singer had 22,000 subscribers. She commented on the ban, “You can block me either on VKontakte, or Instagram, or Facebook because social networks have never played such an important role for me as for other people.” At the same time, the singer also stated that if the page is not unblocked within a day, she would file a complaint to the Militsiya to “investigate this case.”^[11]

Discography

Studio albums

• Лабиринты судьбы – 2010
• Solayoh – 2013
• Я жива - 2018

Single

• "Solayoh" – 2013

Other songs

• "Everybody Get Up!"
• "Тише-тише"
• "Life is Ok!"
• "Небо знает"
• "Бумажная любовь"
• "Белая ластаўка"
• "Дави на газ"
• "Васiльковае неба"
• "Папараць-кветка"
• "На краю"
• "Солео" (Solayoh Russian vers.)
• "All My Life" - 2011
• "Rhythm of Love" - 2012
• "Сказка о любви" (You're the Lucky One, Russian vers.)
• "You're the Lucky One"
• "Speak"
• "Спит" (Speak, Russian vers.)
• "I'm Alive"
• "Я Жива" (I'm Alive, Russian vers.)

Videography

• Alyona Lanskaya - Спит
• Alyona Lanskaya - Speak
• Alyona Lanskaya - Solayoh
• Alyona Lanskaya - Одинокие сердца

References

1. Сергей Андрианов (2011-11-25). "Певица Алена Ланская стала самой молодой заслуженной артисткой //". Kp.ru. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
2. "Алена Ланская "родила" свою победу". Narodnya Naviny Vitsebska. 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
3. Наважылава, Вольга (2011). "Як "саламяная дзяўчынка" стала "белай ластаўкай"" (PDF). Byarozka (in Belarusian). 6 (1000): 57–61. ISSN 0320-7579. (PDF) from the original on 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
4. . Культура. БелТА. 2013-05-19. Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
5. "Alyona Lanskaya to represent Belarus | News | Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013". Eurovision.tv. 1985-09-07. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
6. "Litesound as new Belarusian representative in Baku". 24 February 2012. Eurovision.TV. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
7. "Alyona Lanskaya to represent Belarus in Malmö!". EBU. Retrieved 7 December 2012.
8. . Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
9. Отто Э. (2020-08-17). "Шоу-бизнес разделился: Крыжановский назвал Ермошину «врагом Беларуси», а Ланская всецело поддерживает власть". Комсомольская правда. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
10. Зайцева А. (2020-10-17). "С Ланской и жалобами на «агрессию другой стороны». Как автопробег «За Беларусь» приехал на родину Лукашенко". TUT.BY. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
11. "Instagram удалил профиль певицы Алены Ланской". TUT.BY. 2021-01-05. Retrieved 2021-01-06.

External links

• Alyona Lanskaya at IMDb

Preceded by Litesound with "We Are the Heroes"

Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Succeeded by Teo with "Cheesecake"