Show feelings everydaaaaaaaaaay!!! etc.

One of the stand-out performances of last month's Eurovision Song Contest was given by Ukraine's young songstress Tina Karol. Everyone I've talked to about Eurovision has said they didn't like the song when they heard the studio version, but come Eurovision night the sexy minx blew them away. Tina (real name Tetyana Liberman), was born in Russia's Far East to a Jewish family. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ukrainian government invited families of Ukrainian origin to return to the newly independant Ukraine, so at the age of 10 Tina and her family made the huge journey across the width of Russia and settled in Ukraine's Ivano-Frantsiv'sk region.

After Eurovision, I, like thousands of other Eurovision fans, had a look around her official site www.tinakarol.com.ua. The media section has a number of Russian mp3s to download, two of which are brilliant little pop songs. Russian Boy somewhat reminds me of that Mambo Italian song, but it is actually good. It is also quite 'saucy', littered with little moans and oohs, and despite being in Russian has an almost sing-alongable chorus. Vyshe oblakov is the best song t.A.T.u. never recorded. It also has a cheap, but effective video, which is even windier than a Carola performance. The other songs are nothing special, but Milyi is definately worth a listen, even if it has the most unimaginative chorus ever "Yes, yes, yes, I love you." And(!) she seems to call her boy a "poopsik", whatever that is. Oh, and the remix of Tina's Eurovision song Show Me Your Love is AMAZING.

Download Vyshe oblakov
Download Russian Boy
Download Milyi
Download Show Me Your Love
Download Show Me Your Love (Remix)
Download the Vyshe oblakov video

More songs can be found in the media section of Tina's official site