Svetlana Loboda

Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda (Ukrainian: Світлана Сергіївна Лобода, Russian: Светлана Сергеевна Лобода; born 18 October 1982), also known by the stage name LOBODA, is a Ukrainian singer and composer. Loboda represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and finished in 12th place with 76 points.

Early life

As a young girl, Loboda studied the piano, conducting, variety and jazz vocal, and grew to have the experience of being a composer, a leading role actress in a musical, a TV host, a designer, a photographer, a singer in Ukraine's, Russia's and CIS most popular girl band and finally as a solo artist. From an early age Loboda showed a tendency for music and acting, making home musicals for her parents and relatives on family holidays. Therefore, it was not a difficult decision for her mother which special courses to enrol her daughter on to study. In a specialized music school, Loboda studied the piano and at the same time mastered the art of singing and conducting.

Having finished music school, Loboda continued with her music studies and entered the department of variety and jazz singing at the Kyiv Variety And Circus Academy. It was at this time that she became a member of the band "Cappuccino". In 2003 auditioned for the first ever Ukrainian professional musical "The Equator", where she received the leading role of "Mirana". On 28 December 2003, she started a new band – "Catch". Svetlana was the creator of the repertoire and stage costumes for the band. That was her first professional experience as a composer and designer.

VIA Gra/Nu Virgos

In 2004, Loboda auditioned for the casting for "VIA Gra" band, well known in Eastern Europe also having successful gigs in Japan. (VIA Gra was known as "Nu Virgos" outside Ukraine.) She beat nearly 500 rivals and became a new soloist of VIA Gra. Svetlana's first appearance as a member of the band was in a performance in the contest show "Star Factory" (the Ukrainian version of "Star Academy").

Solo career

At the end of November 2004, Loboda together with Oleksandr Shyrkov and their company "S&A;music group Ltd" started her solo career and shot a music video "Cherno-Belaya Zima" (Black-and-white Winter) and within a year, in November 2005, she released her début album "Ty Ne Zabudesh" (You Won't Forget).

In 2005, Loboda's clips have got airplay in Russia. It began with the city of Vladivostok, thanks to the fact that the company "S&A music group Ltd" signed an agreement with Koval Evgeniy, the representative of television channel "TVC in Vladivostok". Further in 2008 clips have been shown of channel "RU.TV".

Loboda's fourth single and video "Cherny Angel" (Black Angel) with Nadezhda Granovskaja (Nadezhda Meyher), Svetlana's close friend and – incidentally – ex-member of "VIA Gra". In 2006, she worked as the presenter of the TV program "ShowMania" on the air of all-Ukrainian TV channel "Novyi Kanal" and in 2007 became the host of "Miss CIS" on "TET" TV channel. At the same time, the singer started a tourist agency of her own named "Happy Vacations". On October 2007, Loboda launched an exhibition of her own photo art-works dedicated to her trip to India.

Place of Birth. Education. Was born in Kyiv. From early childhood, Sveta was sent to a music school, where she studied piano, while mastering the art of conducting and vocals. After the music school, she graduated from the Kiev Variety and Circus Academy (Vocal Department).

Career. As a freshman, Loboda became a member of the Cappuccino group. However, she soon went on a free voyage. In 2003, she came to the casting of the first Ukrainian musical "Equator", where she received the main role - the savage Mirana.

In December 2003, Svetlana organized the Ketch group. She also invents the repertoire, stage costumes. During the New Year holidays, "Ketch" performs in Kiev clubs, where the group is noticed by the producer of the already very popular at that time project "VIA Gra" Dmitry Kostyuk.

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In 2004, Loboda came to the casting for the VIA Gra group. Thanks to her vocals, choreography and external data, she bypassed several hundred competitors and became a new soloist. Interestingly, until the last rounds of the casting, Sveta did not know which group she was being selected for.

Svetlana's first appearance as part of VIA Gra was her performance in the Star Factory show competition, and the first clip with her participation was the sexy blockbuster Biology. However, after working in the group for only five months, as stated in the biography on the singer's website, Loboda realized that she did not want to continue to remain in this team. She lacked freedom, and participation in this group was associated with many prohibitions. The group mode exhausted Svetlana, and she decided to leave.

After that, the solo stage of his career began. In November 2004, Svetlana Loboda shot the video "Black and White Winter", and exactly one year later the presentation of the debut album "You Won't Forget" took place.

A notable event was the release of the fourth clip of Svetlana - "Black Angel". It starred Nadezhda Meikher, a friend of the singer and also a former soloist of VIA Gra.

In 2006, Svetlana hosted the Showmania program on the New Channel, and in 2007 she became the host of the Miss CIS project on the TET channel. In parallel, the singer acquired her own travel agency "Happy Vacations".

In October 2007, Svetlana organized an exhibition of her own photographs dedicated to India.

In 2008 she released the album "Not Macho". And then followed the release of his own clothing line under the brand "F*ck'n'macho".

In May 2009, with the song "Be My Valentine" ("Anticrisis Girl"), she took 12th place in the international Eurovision Song Contest.

In 2010, Svetlana Loboda officially renamed her musical project and registered the brand and trademark "LOBODA". In the summer of 2010, the single "Revolution" was released.

In 2012, LOBODA became a coach in the talent show "Voice. Children" on the "1 + 1" channel.

At the end of June 2013, the singer was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of Ukraine".

November 19, 2016 received the Golden Gramophone statuette in Moscow for the song "To hell with love".

In 2019, she became one of the mentors of the show "Voice. Children" on Channel One (Russia).

Albums. "You Won't Forget" (2005), "Not Ma4o" (2008), "H2LO" (2017).

Civil position. During the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine, he continues active concert activity in Russia, performs on Russian television, in particular on Channel One. In addition, he performs at private parties for Russian oligarchs both in Russia and abroad.

Ukrainian activists protest against Loboda's speeches in Ukraine. Due to constant performances in Russia, the singer's concerts in May 2016 were marked by scandals in Ivano-Frankivsk, where activists were able to disrupt the concert, as well as in Ternopil (Podolyany shopping center).

On May 28, 2017, in Odessa, near the Ibiza club, where Svetlana Loboda was supposed to perform, people gathered with posters demanding the cancellation of the concert, as well as a ban on further performances and deprivation of Svetlana Loboda of Ukrainian citizenship. As a result, the concert was cancelled.

Personal life. Former common-law husband - Andrey Petrovich Tsar (surname at birth Onishchak) (1987, Lviv) - dancer, choreographer, worked with Svetlana Loboda's ballet and Freedom ballet, DJ and singer. On October 1, 2014, the singer officially announced that she had broken up with her common-law husband. Daughter - Evangelina Andreevna Tsar (born April 9, 2011). Daughter - Tilda (born May 24, 2018). The singer does not disclose the name of the father of the child.

Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda (Ukrainian: Світлана Сергіївна Лобода, Russian: Светлана Сергеевна Лобода; born 18 October 1982), also known by the stage name LOBODA, is a Ukrainian singer and composer. Loboda represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 and finished in 12th place with 76 points.

Early life

As a young girl, Loboda studied the piano, conducting, variety and jazz vocal, and grew to have the experience of being a composer, a leading role actress in a musical, a TV host, a designer, a photographer, a singer in Ukraine's, Russia's and CIS most popular girl band and finally as a solo artist. From an early age Loboda showed a tendency for music and acting, making home musicals for her parents and relatives on family holidays. Therefore, it was not a difficult decision for her mother which special courses to enrol her daughter on to study. In a specialized music school, Loboda studied the piano and at the same time mastered the art of singing and conducting.

Having finished music school, Loboda continued with her music studies and entered the department of variety and jazz singing at the Kyiv Variety And Circus Academy. It was at this time that she became a member of the band "Cappuccino". In 2003 auditioned for the first ever Ukrainian professional musical "The Equator", where she received the leading role of "Mirana". On 28 December 2003, she started a new band – "Catch". Svetlana was the creator of the repertoire and stage costumes for the band. That was her first professional experience as a composer and designer.

VIA Gra/Nu Virgos

In 2004, Loboda auditioned for the casting for "VIA Gra" band, well known in Eastern Europe also having successful gigs in Japan. (VIA Gra was known as "Nu Virgos" outside Ukraine.) She beat nearly 500 rivals and became a new soloist of VIA Gra. Svetlana's first appearance as a member of the band was in a performance in the contest show "Star Factory" (the Ukrainian version of "Star Academy").

Solo career

At the end of November 2004, Loboda together with Oleksandr Shyrkov and their company "S&A;music group Ltd" started her solo career and shot a music video "Cherno-Belaya Zima" (Black-and-white Winter) and within a year, in November 2005, she released her début album "Ty Ne Zabudesh" (You Won't Forget).

In 2005, Loboda's clips have got airplay in Russia. It began with the city of Vladivostok, thanks to the fact that the company "S&A music group Ltd" signed an agreement with Koval Evgeniy, the representative of television channel "TVC in Vladivostok". Further in 2008 clips have been shown of channel "RU.TV".

Loboda's fourth single and video "Cherny Angel" (Black Angel) with Nadezhda Granovskaja (Nadezhda Meyher), Svetlana's close friend and – incidentally – ex-member of "VIA Gra". In 2006, she worked as the presenter of the TV program "ShowMania" on the air of all-Ukrainian TV channel "Novyi Kanal" and in 2007 became the host of "Miss CIS" on "TET" TV channel. At the same time, the singer started a tourist agency of her own named "Happy Vacations". On October 2007, Loboda launched an exhibition of her own photo art-works dedicated to her trip to India.