Subscribe RSSSvetlana Loboda attended a music junior high school when she was a teenager and she graduated as a jazz singer and conductor. At that time, she founded her first band Cappuccino, which managed to get hold of a record contract. She left the band in 2002 and performed as a soloist in Ukraine under the name Alisiya Gorn. After she had performed in a melodic for a while, she founded the music project Ketch. In 2004, she successfully took part in an audition for the replacement of one of the members of the gal group VIA Gra (known as Nu Virgos outside the country). However, she left the band again shortly after. After some cntroversy caused by her condemnation regarding the record company, she kicked off her solo career in 2004 and founded her own production company with Alexander Shirkov.
The Ukrainian presentation was one of the most complex ones in 2009, probably most notably for the use of the especially created "Hell machine" on put on. Svetlana Loboda was accompanied by three male dancers dressed as futuristic Romans and the choreography was always described as "appealing and powerful". The lead singer also played the drums at one point during the performance. She was supported by backing choir girl Irina Krestinina.
