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Who is Ukraine’s Eurovision 2018 entry MELOVIN?

Who is Ukraine’s Eurovision 2018 entry MELOVIN?

The former X Factor Ukraine winner tried to represent his country last year

Huw Fullerton

Published: Saturday, 12 May 2018 at 10:47 pm

Ukraine’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is Kostyantyn Mykolayovych Bocharov, a singer-songwriter better known by his stage name MELOVIN. He first came to prominence after winning Ukraine’s version of The X Factor in 2015.

Meet Mélovin below.

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Who is Mélovin?

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Kostyantyn was born in Odessa in 1997, and had an interest in music from a young age, performing at concerts in school and attending a theatre school.

After auditioning unsuccessfully for X Factor Ukraine three times, he managed to qualify for the broadcast series in 2015 and won aged just 18. He released his debut single Ne odinokaya in 2016.

Last year Kostyantyn entered Vidbir 2017, the Ukrainian selection process for the Ukraine-hosted 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, but despite receiving the most votes from the public he was placed second-to-last by the jury and came third overall. In the end Ukraine’s entry that year was Jamala, who sang a song called 1944.

He takes his stage name from a combination of the word Halloween and the name of Alexander McQueen, the British fashion designer. His distinctive stage look of wearing one pale contact lens is also taken from McQueen's style.

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MELOVIN is performing Under the Ladder, an Electropop song he wrote with Mike Ryals and Anton Karskyi. As noted in Thursday’s semi-final, ladders are actually prohibited items at Eurovision, but it seems like metaphorical ladders are allowed.

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MELOVIN's fiery and piano coffin-based performance was a hit of the second Eurovision semi-final, giving viewers a sneak peek of what to expect in the Grand Final.

The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 12th 2018, and airs at 8.00pm on BBC1

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Radio Times commissioning editor Huw Fullerton. He sits in front of a shelving unit, looking at the camera and smiling. He wears glasses and has a moustache

Huw FullertonCommissioning editor

Huw Fullerton is a commissioning editor for Radio Times magazine handling comedy, entertainment and specialist drama. In a previous regeneration, he covered all things sci-fi and fantasy for RadioTimes.com.

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