NuAngels, also known by their former name neAngely (

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

: неАнгелы), is a

duo that was formed in 2006 by Ukrainian producer Yuriy Nikitin. The duo is made up of Oksana Kuznyetsova ( uk, Оксана Кузнєцова, russian: Оксана Кузнецова), known as "Slava" (

: Слава) and Ekaterina Smeyukha ( uk, Катерина Смеюха, russian: Екатерина Смеюха), known as "Viktoriya" ( uk, Вікторія russian: Виктория). They perform in

and

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Career

The group attempted to represent

Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Ukraine participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Tick-Tock" written by Mariya Yaremchuk and Sandra Bjurman. The song was performed by Mariya Yaremchuk. The Ukrainian broadcaster National Television Company of Ukraine (NTU) orga ...

with their song "Courageous". They tied for fifth place in the Ukrainian national selection with two other competitors, earning fourth place from the jury and sixth place from the televoting. They took part in the Ukrainian national final for the

Eurovision Song Contest 2016 The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting ...

with the song "Higher", reaching 5th overall.

Members

Slava

Oksana "Slava" Kuznyetsova was born in

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

. Before the duo became a party involved in the project "People's Artist" and the reality show ''Temptation Island'' in 2005. She studied at the

Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts (KNUCA, uk, Київський національний університет культури і мистецтв) – is a university in Kyiv, Ukraine with level IV of accreditation History In ...

with a vocal coach. She is a coloratura contralto and got married in 2012.

Viktoriya

Ekaterina "Viktoriya" Smeyukha was born in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kharkiv State Academy of Culture Kharkiv State Academy of Culture ( uk, Харківська державна академія культури) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian public academy in Kharkiv. History The academy was created on September 10, 1929 as the Institute of Polit ...

, but two years later transferred to the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts.

Discography

Albums

Russian studio albums * ' (2006) * ' (2013) Compilations * ' (2015)

References

External links

Fansite of NeAngely
{{authority control Ukrainian girl groups Russian-language singers English-language singers from Ukraine Musical groups established in 2006 2006 establishments in Ukraine Ukrainian musical groups Female musical duos Pop music duos