Angelica Anatolyevna Yalinskaya (russian: Анжелика Анатольевна Ялиньская, translit=Anzhelika Anatol'yevna Yalin'skaya; be, Анжаліка Анатольеўна Ялінская, translit=Anzhalika Anatoĺjeŭna Jalinskaja; born 17 May 1970), better known as Angelica Agurbash (russian: Анжелика Агурбаш, link=no; be, Анжаліка Агурбаш, link=no), is a Belarusian singer and former model best known internationally for representing Belarus at the

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Biography

Agurbash was born the city of

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, during the period the city was within the

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of the

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. In 1988, she won the first Miss Belarus title when she was a student of the Belarusian Academy of Arts. Between 1990 and 1995, she was in the band ''

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''. In 1991, Angelica earned her second title "Miss Photo USSR" becoming the most photographed model in Belarus.«Женский взгляд» Оксаны Пушкиной, ПТ 08:40 , Передачи телекомпании НТВ
/ref> After Angelica left ''Verasy'', she has had numerous hit singles as well as releasing three albums – "Paper Moon", "Night Without a Dream" and "For You". In 2002, she presented her brand-new album "The Farewell Kiss of Lika Yalinskaya" the same year. Agurbash was the Belarusian

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entrant in 2005. Her original song, '' Boys and Girls'', a

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themed after the

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, was chosen by a jury after a pre-selection vote by Belarusian viewers. However, due to the song's poor reception across Europe, the Belarusian state broadcaster decided in a highly unusual move to allow Angelica to sing a different song in

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. She ordered songs from two composers with successful Eurovision records: the Israeli author of

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winner ''Diva''

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, and the author of

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's hit ''Die For You'' Nikos Terzis. After long hesitation, Agurbash picked the Greek disco anthem ''

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''. The song change succeeded in producing hype around the Belarusian entry, to which added also a transformer dress, inspired by

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's victory in

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. She entered the show amongst the pre show favourites. However, in the contest she did not fare as well as expected, failing to make it past the semi-finals. "Love Me Tonight" ended 13th out of 25.Статья WorldPodium о шоу
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Discography

*'' "You do not know me that way"'' (25 September 2012) *''"Grand Collection"'' (20 April 2010) *''"Love!Love?Love..."'' (26 February 2009) *''"I will live for you"'' (9.02.2007) *''"Belarussian girl"'' (15 July 2005) *''"Rules of love"'' (18 May 2005) *''"Best songs"'' (1 January 2002) *''"Last kiss"'' (1 January 2001) *''"For you"'' (1 January 1999) *''"Night without a dream"'' (1 January 1997) *''"Paper moon"'' (1 January 1995)

References

External links

Official website
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