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Polina Gagarina in 2015
Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina
(born 27 March 1987) is a
Russian
singer and songwriter.
[1]
She became known in Russia after winning In a singing
reality TV
show named
Star Factory
in 2003.
Gagarina represented Russia in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
with the song "A Million Voices".
[2]
The song finished in second place.
[3]
Gagarina has also been a judge on the Russian version of
The Voice
. In 2019, she competed on the Chinese TV competition
Singer
and was one of the finalists.
In March 2022, Gagarina performed in
Moscow
at an event celebrating the eighth anniversary of the
annexation of Crimea
and supporting the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
. She has been banned from entering
Estonia
and
Latvia
and a concert in
Kazakhstan
was cancelled.
[4]
