Zinaida Kupriyanovich

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovna and the family name is Kupriyanovich.

Zinaida Alexandrovna Kupriyanovich^[a] (born 17 September 2002), sometimes known professionally as Zina Kupriyanovich, Zena, and Zina Bless, is a Belarusian singer, actress, and television presenter. Kupriyanovich represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Like It", placing 24th in the final. She has additionally cohosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, and voiced the Russian dub of the eponymous character in the film Moana (2016).

Zinaida Kupriyanovich Зінаі́да Купрыяно́віч
Kupriyanovich performing at Eurovision 2019
Background information
Birth name	Zinaida Alexandrovna Kupriyanovich
Also known as	Zina Kupriyanovich Zena Zina Bless
Born	(2002-09-17) 17 September 2002 (age 22) Minsk, Belarus
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer actress television presenter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2013–present
Website	Instagram page YouTube channel

Career

Kupriyanovich began her career as a child singer in 2013, competing in New Wave Junior 2013 and 2014 Junior Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk.^[1]

Kupriyanovich competed in the Belarusian national final for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice; she placed fourth in 2015 with the song "Mir" and third in 2016 with the song "Kosmos".^[2][3] In 2017, she placed third in the tenth season of Fabrika Zvyozd, the Russian version of Operación Triunfo. Afterwards, Kupriyanovich began a career in television presenting, and co-hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk alongside Evgeny Perlin and Helena Meraai. As an actress, she has voiced the Russian dub of the character Moana in the films Moana and Ralph Breaks the Internet.^[4]

She represented Belarus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Like It". She qualified to the final, where she scored 31 points, finishing 24th out of 26 countries.^[5][6][7] Since the 2020 contest was cancelled,^[8] and Belarus was disqualified from the 2021 contest,^[9] and banned from entering future contests,^[10] Kupriyanovich remains the last Belarusian representative at the Eurovision Song Contest indefinitely (the last Belarusian at any Eurovision event was Arina Pehtereva in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020).

Discography

EPs

Title	Details
Na grani	Released: August 6, 2021 Label: Independent release Formats: Digital download, streaming
Tantsy pod Lunoy	Released: August 27, 2021 Label: Independent release Formats: Digital download, streaming
Nebezobidnyy	Released: September 17, 2021 Label: Independent release Formats: Digital download, streaming
Yunost'	Released: October 15, 2021 Label: Independent release Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Mir"	2015	Non-album singles
"Kosmos"	2016
"Like It"	2019
"Groza i Muza"	2021
"Ladies" (with Freddy Red)
"Na grani"		Na grani
"Slightly"
"Karavella"
"Tantsy pod Lunoy"		Tantsy pod Lunoy
"Blue Air"
"Odni"
"Nebezobidnyy"		Nebezobidnyy
"Ty uvolen"
"Broken Car"		Yunost'
"Koleso"	2022	Non-album singles
"Squad"
"Easy"
"Wfk"
"So What"
"Unesla"	2023
"Yad"

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Moana	Moana	Russian version
2018	Ralph Breaks the Internet
2021	Sunny Bunnies: The Cinema Express	Emilie "Emily"	Short Film

Notes

1. Belarusian: Зінаі́да Алякса́ндраўна Купрыяно́віч, romanized: Zinaída Alyaksándrawna Kupryanóvich, Łacinka: Zinaída Alaksándraŭna Kupryjanóvič; Russian: Зинаи́да Алекса́ндровна Куприяно́вич, romanized: Zinaída Aleksándrovna Kupriyanóvich.