A live performance by Ukrainian pop singer and songwriter Gaitana (1979) during at a concert at Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine


Gaita-Lurdes Klaverivna Essami (born 24 March 1979), known professionally as Gaitana, is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. Essami's style of pop music has been described as containing elements of jazz, funk, soul, and folk. She represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, performing the song "Be My Guest" and placing 15th in the final. Gaitana is a second Eurovision contestant of African origin ever to be born in the former USSR, after Lithuanian singer and guitarist, Viktoras "Victor" Diawara of LT United were being the first.


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Location: Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Independence Square, Kiev, Ukraine, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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