Ukraine In The Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Ukraine was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by GreenJolly with the song "Razom nas bahato".
The members of GreenJolly are Roman Kostyuk, Roman Kalyn, and Andriy Pisetskyi. The band was created in 1997 and frequently played in Ivano-Frankivsk and other Ukrainian cities and took part in various festivals. In 1998 they came second at "The Future of Ukraine' festival and second prize at 'The Melody' festival. In 1999 they won another second prize at ‘The Pearls of a Season’ festival. Roman Kostyuk works as a sound producer on Zakhidnyi Polyus radio station and Roman Kalyn is an announcer at the local television channel Tretya Studia, where he hosts two shows.
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