1. Polina Gagarina represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with "A Million Voices" where she finished second with 303 points.
22 Facts About Polina Gagarina
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Polina Gagarina was born in Moscow, but spent most of her youth in Greece.
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In 1993, Polina Gagarina's father died and her mother decided to move back to Russia, but they soon moved back to Greece and settled in Athens.
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In 2003, Polina Gagarina competed in season two of Star Factory, a Russian reality singing competition.
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Polina Gagarina performed several songs by Maxim Fadeev and went on to win the show, but refused to work with Fadeev after her victory.
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In 2012, Polina Gagarina started to collaborate with Russian-Georgian producer Konstantin Meladze.
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On 9 March 2015, it was revealed that Polina Gagarina would represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "A Million Voices".
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Polina Gagarina placed first in the first semi-final with 182 points, before coming second in the Grand Final of the contest, ending up with 303 points.
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Polina Gagarina was a coach in the Russian reality talent show The Voice in seasons four and five.
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On 1 February 2019, it was revealed that Polina Gagarina participated in Chinese' reality competition Singer 2019, known as the seventh season of I Am a Singer, entering under the substitute singer status on the fourth week.
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Polina Gagarina was the third European contestant to participate after season six's winner Jessie J and Kristian Kostov, who participated in season seven alongside her.
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Polina Gagarina achieved three top placements on the first five-week of shows before finishing last in her sixth show, which was the Challenge round; Polina Gagarina would have been eliminated per the competition rules but was instead saved after the Challenger of the week was unsuccessful in beating a majority of the seven singers.
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On 18 March 2022, Polina Gagarina sang at a pro-government rally held at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow celebrating the eighth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation from Ukraine and endorsing Russia's invasion of Ukraine that started the previous month.
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Polina Gagarina was banned from entering Estonia and Latvia, along with a list of 24 other Russian artists who had expressed their support for the Russian government's actions.
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Polina Gagarina's concert, scheduled in February 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, was cancelled after online protest in Kazakhstan over her support of Russian's war against Ukraine.
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In 2023, after taking the tenth season of The Voice off, Polina Gagarina returned for its eleventh season and became the first female coach on the show to win multiple times.
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On 3 February 2023, Polina Gagarina was placed on Canada's sanctions list as being involved in the dissemination of Russian disinformation and propaganda.
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In late June 2024, Polina Gagarina was included in a European Union sanction package along with other Russian artists who support the war.
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On 25 August 2007, Polina Gagarina married Russian actor Pyotr Kislov.
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Polina Gagarina gave birth to their son on 14 October 2007.
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Polina Gagarina married photographer Dmitry Iskhakov on 9 September 2014.
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Polina Gagarina gave birth to their daughter in April 2017.