Viktoria Ihorivna "Vika" Petryk ( uk, Вікто́рія Іго́рівна "Віка" Пе́трик; born 21 May 1997) is a

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singer and songwriter who represented Ukraine at the

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, held in

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, with the song "Matrosy" ("Sailors"). She finished in second place. She has been singing since she was four years old. Petryk was a finalist in the Ukrainian national selection to find the Ukrainian representative in the

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and came second in the national final with her song "Love Is Lord" behind only

Mariya Yaremchuk Mariya Nazarivna Yaremchuk ( uk, Марія Назарівна Яремчук; born 2 March 1993), also transliterated as Maria Yaremchuk, is a Ukrainian singer and actress. Yaremchuk represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 held ...

. She participated in the Ukrainian national selection to find the Ukrainian representative in the

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with the song "Overload", coming 7th in the semifinal. In 2012, her young sister Anastasiya won that year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine.

Life and work

Viktoria Petryk was born on 21 May 1997 in Nerubaiske Village,

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. She represented Ukraine at the

, held in

, with the song "Matrosy" ("Sailors") she finished in second place. Petryk has entered many children’s singing competitions and won many awards and diplomas, the first being a Second Rank Diploma at the International Venok Chornomorya Art Festival in Odesa. In 2010, at age 13, she was a contestant on the TV show ''Ukraine’s Got Talent 2'' (

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) where she made it to the semi-final stage singing with her eight-year-old sister,

Anastasiya Petryk Anastasiya Ihorivna "Nastya" Petryk ( uk, Анастасі́я Іго́рівна "Настя" Пе́трик; born 4 May 2002) is a Ukrainian singer. She won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song " Nebo", becoming the first Ukra ...

. She also won the 13–15 years age group at the "New Wave Junior" international competition, where her sister, Anastasiya, won the younger 8-12 age group. In 2014 Petryk competed in the

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n festival " New Wave".Ukrainian participants of "New Wave 2014" put on the Russian tricolor

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(18 July 2014)Ukrainians of "New Wave" are in the second place and posing with their flag

(24 July 2014).

Marriage

She married in December 2016 while she was pregnant with her son David (born March 2017).

References

External links

Official site

Facebook account
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Life and work

Marriage

See also

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