Natalia Gordienko

Natalia Gordienko was born in Chișinău on 11 December 1987. Natalia sang in her school choir, studied piano and danced in her school's dance ensemble for eight years. At the age of 15, she began participating in song competitions. In 2005, Gordienko became the leed singer for the band Millennium. In 2005, in the national selection for the Calea Victoriei, Millennium came in third and was invited to participate in 2005 the Golden Stag international competition in Romania. In 2008, Gordienko received honorary title of ″Emeritus Artist″ of Moldova. She was to represent Moldova at Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Netherlands with the song "Prison". This would have been her second time in the contest and the first time as a solo singer. It was later confirmed that she would return to Eurovision in 2021. Gordienko has taken part in many competitions and has won many awards: International competition – Delfice Games in 2004 - 1st place International competition – Heart Of Two Twins in 2004 - 1st place International competition – Songs Of The World in 2005 - 1st place International competition – Our Native Edge in 2005 - grand prize International competition - Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 - 20th place International competition - Slavianski Bazaar in 2006 - grand prize International competition - New Wave in 2007 - 1st place International competition - World Championship of performing arts in 2008 in Los Angeles (Hollywood) - golden medal for voice