BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

26/12/2007

Minsk gets ready for the final; meet the participants

GUNESH - I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU (G.A.Abasova, M.Hadbadeva & G.Galushko)

Gunesh is a professional singer since 8. She has recorded 3 albums and received numerous awards of the national and domestic contests including the grand prix of a prestigious Bulgarian contest "Discovery-2003".

RUSLAN ALEKHNO - HASTA LA VISTA (music by T.Demchuk, lyrics by E.Melnik)

Alekhno started his singing career in the Academic band of song and dance of the Belarusian Armed Forces. He was a soloist of the band for 4 years. Ruslan Alekno was laureate and prize winner of many vocal contests, but his greatest achievement is a victory in the Russian TV projects "National performer 2", which gave him a green light to the world pf big showbiz.

LITESOUND - DO YOU BELIEVE (music D.Karyakin, lyrics by V.Karyakin)

"Litesound" is a professional rock project, popular not only in Belarus. The band's songs don't leave the highest positions in national hit-parades. And a song "Solo Per Te", recorded together with the Italian star Jacopo Massa in spring of 2007, was a leader of the Italian hit-parades for 20 weeks. The band took part in the Eurovision selection rounds two times. The 3rd attempt turned out to be more successful.

BY THE EYES - A GIRL FOR THE 3RD MILLENNIUM (music and lyrics by Stasya)

"By the Eyes" appeared in winter 2000. In 2003 the band released an album "The Sun is Spreading Over" at Russian label Real Records. In 2003 the band became the Rock Newcomer of the Year in Russia. For some time the musicians lived in Moscow, performed in clubs and took part in festivals ("Invasion", "Rock Yurmala", "Sound Record"). At the moment "By the Eyes" is working in Minsk.

Source:

http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=1919