Ruslan Alekhno

Ruslan Alekhno (, ) (born October 14, 1981 in Babruysk, Belarussian SSR, USSR) is a Belarussian singer who rose to popularity after winning Narodniy Artist 2 (in Russian Народный Артист 2), the Russian version of Pop Idol.

Career

In 2001, Ruslan Alekhno was the winner of Belarussian TV project Hit-Moment, and in 2003 he was the winner in "Clear Voice" nomination at the "Crossroads of Europe Festival" in Belarus and was also the laureate of "Molodechno-2003" vocal contest in Belarus. In 2004, he also won the second prize in the International Malvy Festival in Poland. In 2005, together with Aleksey Goman (in Russian Алексей Гоман), winner of Narodni Artist-1, he was the prize winner of Festival of Patriotic songs with "This is my Homeland" devoted to Victory anniversary.

Winning People's Artist-2 (Russian Pop Idol 2004)

Ruslan Alekhno won the Russian TV-project Narodni Artist-2 (in Russian Народны артыст-2, translated as People's Artist-2, the Russian version of Pop Idol). It gave him the possibility to access a wider audience. Upon his victory, he released his first studio album Rano Ili Pozdno (Sooner or Later) in 2005.

Representing Belarus in Eurovision 2008

In 2008, Ruslan Alekhno became the winner of National Television Musical project EuroFest, the Belarussian annual competition to decide who would sing for the Republic of Belarus at the Eurovision Song...
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