Anastasiya Ihorivna "Nastya" Petryk ( uk, Анастасі́я Іго́рівна "Настя" Пе́трик; born 4 May 2002) is a Ukrainian singer. She won the

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with the song " Nebo", becoming the first Ukrainian entrant to win the competition.

Life and work

In 2009, at the age of 7, Anastasiya Petryk appeared on the second season of '' Ukraine's Got Talent'' with her older sister Viktoria "Vika" Petryk, who represented Ukraine in the

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, finishing in second place. Although Anastasiya was only supporting her sister backstage, the judges invited her to sing a song with her sister Victoria. After singing "

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", they were invited to take part in the show together, reaching the semi-finals. That year Anastasiya also won the first prize in the "Moloda Halychyna" and second prize in the "Black Sea Games 2009". In 2010, at the International Popular Music competition "New Wave Junior 2010" held in Artek, Ukraine, Anastasiya won the first prize in the younger age group (8 to 12 years old). Her sister Viktoria won in the older age group. In 2012, Petryk won the

with the song " Nebo". She set new records from both largest winning margin in Junior Eurovision with 138 points (35 points ahead of 2nd. place) and largest percentage of 12-point scores, being awarded 12 points by 8 out of 12 of the voting countries (excluding Ukraine itself). In spring 2022, Petryk moved to the

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following the

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. Since moving to the United States, she currently lives in

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Discography

Singles

References

External links

Official site
Living people 2002 births Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Ukraine Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners Ukrainian child singers English-language singers from Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian women singers Child pop musicians Ukrainian expatriates in the United States Ukrainian refugees {{Europe-singer-stub

Life and work

Discography

Singles

See also

References

External links