Natalia Gordienko

Moldovan singer and dancer (born 1987)

Natalia Gordienko (also spelled Gordienco; Наталія Гордієнко; born 11 December 1987) is a Moldovan singer and dancer. Alongside Arsenium and Connect R, she represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Loca" and placed 20th. She was selected to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Prison"; however, the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Instead, she represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Sugar" and placed 13th with 115 points.

Gordienko was born in Chișinău on 11 December 1987. She is of Ukrainian descent. Gordienko sang in her school choir, studied piano at music school, and danced in her school's dance ensemble for ten years. At the age of 15, she began participating in song competitions.

In 2005, Gordienko became the singer of the band Millennium. In 2005, in the national selection for the Calea Victoriei, Millennium came third. Millennium was invited to participate in the Golden Stag international competition in Romania in 2005. On 20 May 2006, she represented Moldova alongside Arsenium and Connect R with the song "Loca" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The song placed 20th in the field of 24 and scored 22 points. In 2009 Gordienko started a project called DJ Star, in which she tried herself as a DJ; she won the prize despite having no prior experience as a DJ. In 2010, Gordienko released her first album Time and in 2011 the album Cununa de flori. However neither album was released for purchase digitally or physically. The only release it received was on Gordienko’s SoundCloud account. In 2015, Gordienko signed her new single "Summertime" with Fly Records, the label of Tudor and Dan from Fly Project. In 2008, Gordienko received honorary title of ″Emeritus Artist″ of Moldova. She was to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 held in Rotterdam, Netherlands with the song "Prison". This would have been her second time in the contest and the first time as a solo singer, however, the 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic. She was again selected as the Moldovan representative for the 2021 contest where she finished in 13th place with 115 points with the song “Sugar”. Her 17 second note at the end of "Sugar" was reported to be the longest note in Eurovision history.

Title Year Peak chart positions Album CIS LTU NEDTip RUS SWEHeat. "Loca"(with Arsenium and Connect R) 2006 186 — — — — rowspan="16" "Summertime" 2015 — — — — — "Habibi"(featuring Mohombi) 2016 — — — — — "Blizko"(featuring Irakli) 245 — — — — "Pyanaya" 2017 283 — — — — "Cheia" — — — — — "Dus cu apa rece" 2018 — — — — — "Arividerči" — — — — — "Prison" 2020 — — — — — "In Ochii Tai" — — — — — "Sugar" 2021 129 49 10 81 4 "Tuz bubi" — — — — — "High Heels" — — — — — "Ya schastlivaya" 2022 65 — — 43 — "Lyubimy" 78 — — 45 — "Na sinikh ozyorakh" 2023 63 — — 44 — "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart.