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Garipova presenting herself at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

Dina Fagimovna Garipova (, ; born 25 March 1991) is a Russian singer. In 2012, Garipova won the Russian version of singing competition The Voice, Golos. In 2015, Garipova was one of five jurors for Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

Biography Garipova was born on 25 March 1991, in Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, Russia, to a family of physicians. From the age of six, Garipova studied singing at the "Zolotoy mikrofon" (Golden Microphone) Theatre, with Elena Antonova as her vocal coach. Garipova studied journalism (correspondence department) at the Kazan (Volga region) Federal University. When Garipova graduated from "Zolotoy mikrofon", she toured with the Tatarstan singer Gabdelfat Safin.

Dina's vocal range is 2.4 octaves.

Dina is of ethnic Tatar descent and is Sunni Muslim.

The Voice

Dina auditioned in 2012 to compete in season 1 of The Voice. In the blind auditions, broadcast on 26 October 2012 on Channel One, she sang "А напоследок я скажу". Only Alexander Gradsky turned his chair for her at the last few seconds of the performance.

The Voice performances

+ Non competition performances Order Collaborator(s) Song Original Artist 11.4 Alexander Gradsky, Evgeniy Kungurov, and Polina Zizak "Hey Jude" The Beatles 12.1 Joseph Kobzon and Evgeniy Kungurov "Надежда" Joseph Kobzon 13.1 Margarita Pozoyan, Elmira Kalimullina, and Anastasia Spiridonova "С Новым Годом!" - 13.3 Top 48 artists of the season "Happy New Year" ABBA

Discography

Studio albums Title Details Два шага до любви (Two Steps to Love) Released: 28 October 2014 Label: Universal Music Russia Format: CD, digital download

Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album GER NL SWI UK "What If" 2013 78 51 75 161 Два шага до любви