Alexey Zhigalkovich

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Alexey Zhigalkovich Аляксей Жыгалковіч

Background information
Born	(1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28)
Origin	Minsk, Belarus
Instrument	Vocals

Alexey Alexandrovich Zhigalkovich (Belarusian: Аляксей Аляксандравіч Жыгалковіч; born 18 April 1996 in Minsk) is a Belarusian singer. He participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and won with one point more than the Armenian runner up. He sang the song "S druz'yami". It was a song with a fast tempo and energetic dancing. He wrote this song himself.^[1]

He was the second winner of this contest from Belarus, after Ksenia Sitnik in 2005.^[2]

Alexey is a prize-winner of several other international musical contests in Belarus, Italy and Bulgaria:

2005: He sang Lo zio Bé (Дзе каза рогам) at the Italian song contest Zecchino d'Oro. The song won the Zecchino d'Argento prize for the best non-Italian song.^[3]
2006: II prize for children singers at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk^[4]

References

^ Илона Галицкая заняла девятое место на международном детском конкурсе Евровидение-2007 Archived 2008-10-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
^ Junior Eurovision Song Contest: History of the Contest
^ "Archived copy" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-05-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ “Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk” of 2006 Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Media related to Alexey Zhigalkovich at Wikimedia Commons

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Andrey Kunets with "Novyi den"	Belarus in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007	Succeeded by Dasha, Alina & Karyna with "Serdtse Belarusi"
Preceded by Tolmachevy Twins with "Vesenniy Jazz"	Winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007	Succeeded by Bzikebi with "Bzz.."

List of Junior Eurovision Song Contest winners

Winning countries

2000s	Croatia Spain Belarus Russia Belarus Georgia Netherlands
2010s	Armenia Georgia Ukraine Malta Italy Malta Georgia Russia Poland Poland
2020s	France Armenia France France Georgia

Winning performers

2000s	Dino Jelusić María Isabel Ksenia Sitnik Tolmachevy Sisters Alexey Zhigalkovich Bzikebi Ralf Mackenbach
2010s	Vladimir Arzumanyan Candy Anastasiya Petryk Gaia Cauchi Vincenzo Cantiello Destiny Chukunyere Mariam Mamadashvili Polina Bogusevich Roksana Węgiel Viki Gabor
2020s	Valentina Maléna Lissandro Zoé Clauzure Andria Putkaradze

Winning songs

2000s	"Ti si moja prva ljubav" "Antes muerta que sencilla" "My vmeste" "Vesenniy jazz" "S druz'yami" "Bzz.." "Click Clack"
2010s	"Mama" "Candy Music" "Nebo" "The Start" "Tu primo grande amore" "Not My Soul" "Mzeo" "Wings" "Anyone I Want to Be" "Superhero"
2020s	"J'imagine" "Qami Qami" "Oh Maman !" "Cœur" "To My Mom"

Winning songwriters

2000s	Dino Jelusić María Isabel Ksenia Sitnik Tolmachevy Sisters Alexey Zhigalkovich Giorgi Shiolashvili / Mariam Kikuashvili / Mariam Tatulashvili Ralf Mackenbach
2010s	Vladimir Arzumanyan George Kukhianidze Anastasiya Petryk Gaia Cauchi / Matt Muxu Vincenzo Cantiello Destiny Chukunyere / Elton Zarb / Matt Muxu Maka Davitaia / Giga Kukhianidze Taras Demchuk Maegan Cottone / Nathan Duvall / Cutfather / Peter Wallevik / Daniel Davidsen / Małgorzata Uściłowska / Patryk Kumór [pl] Małgorzata Uściłowska / Patryk Kumór [pl] / Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek [pl]
2020s	Igit / Barbara Pravi Tokionine / Vahram Petrosyan / Maléna / David Tserunyan Barbara Pravi / Frédéric Château [fr] / Nico Staff Julien Comblat / Jérémy Chapron / Noée Francheteau Giga Kukhianidze / Maka Davitaia

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2003 2004 2005 Ksenia Sitnik 2006 2007 Alexey Zhigalkovich 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Egor Zheshko 2013 2014 Nadezhda Misyakova 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

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