1. Mika Newton's stage name comes from Mika, a derivative of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger's first name, and Newton is an abbreviation of the words "new tone".
12 Facts About Mika Newton
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Mika Newton began entering regional voice competitions at the age of nine.
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At the age of 16, Mika Newton moved from her hometown of Burshtyn to Kyiv, where she enrolled in the College of Circus and Variety Arts, studying voice, piano, acting, dance and pantomime.
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Mika Newton was chosen to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany, singing Ruslan Kvinta and Maryna Skomorohova's "Angel".
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Mika Newton received the most points, with Zlata Ognevich in second place and Jamala in third.
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Mika Newton released two albums and provided theme songs for a number of Ukrainian and Russian films and television shows prior to Eurovision 2011, which led JK Music Group to invite her to Los Angeles to record for two weeks with songwriter Walter Afanasieff.
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Mika Newton made a guest appearance on Maoren Queen, a Chinese reality show similar to The Hills in March 2012.
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Mika Newton released her new single "Come Out and Play" in 2012, remixed by Paul Oakenfold.
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Mika Newton was featured in the October 2013 issue of Maxim.
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Mika Newton was featured in the January 2014 issue of Chulo Magazine.
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Mika Newton sang at the 2022 Grammy Awards with John Legend and fellow Ukrainian artists Siuzanna Iglidan and Lyuba Yakimchuk in a performance that paid tribute to the lives lost during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, following a message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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In December 2018, Mika Newton married talent agent Chris Saavedra in the United States.