Russia

Date of Birth: 21/04/1987

Residence: Kiev, Ukraine

Education: National University of Fine Arts in Kiev

A kind, smart and friendly girl from Kiev, Nastya has an interesting and unusually deep singing voice. Nastya studied folk singing at a music academy. She specialises in singing minor songs and folk songs in Russian and Ukranian. She writes music herself and took third place at an international music festival in Bulgaria. Before choosing to be a singer, Nastya learnt to play flute, guitar and piano. Nastya is very independent and has been working since she was 15. She pays great attention to criticism, always trying to do the best she can.

Anastasiya Prykhodko

Singing is the most important thing in Nastya's life, but in her spare time she also enjoys chess, horse riding and good clothes, especially black-coloured garments. In July 2006 Nastya successfully passed all national selections to the "Star Factory" directed by the Meladze brothers, and in December became the winner of the project. After Konstantin Meladze had presented the song "Bezotvetno" ("Unrepliable") to her she sang it with the famous Russian artist Valeriy Meladze. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Nastya will perform the song "Mamo", written in Russian and Ukranian by Konstantin Meladze, Nastya's producer and "music father".