Alexey Zhigalkovich | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 18 April 1996 |
| Origin | Minsk, Belarus |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Alexey Alexandrovich Zhigalkovich (Belarusian: Аляксей Аляксандравіч Жыгалковіч; born 18 April 1996 in Minsk) is a Belarusian singer. He participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won with one point more than the Armenian runner up. He sang the song "S druz'yami". It was a song with a fast tempo and energetic dancing. He wrote this song himself.[1]
He was the second winner of this contest from Belarus, after Ksenia Sitnik in 2005.[2]
Alexey is a prize-winner of several other international musical contests in Belarus, Italy and Bulgaria:
- 2005: He sang Lo zio Bé (Дзе каза рогам) at the Italian song contest Zecchino d'Oro. The song won the Zecchino d'Argento prize for the best non-Italian song.[3]
- 2006: II prize for children singers at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk[4]
