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"Yolanna Drageva"
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Jolanna Dragneva (Й, with whom in 2008 she represented Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "DJ, Take Me Away".
Life Story
She was born on May 23, 1986 in a family of musicians, her mother taught at a conservatory and her father is a guitarist working in the United States.
He graduated from Lyubomir Pipkov Music High School with a percussion degree (2005). She continued her education at the National Academy of Music , where she studied "percussion instruments" and "pop and jazz song". At the same time as her studies, she was a journalist for the BNT program "All in front of the screen">.
In 2011, Joanna graduated with a master's degree in percussion.
Music career
Jolanna performs "DJ, Take Me Away" during the Eurovision song competition in Belgrade, Serbia in 2008.
Jolanna participated in concerts and performances at clubs in England (London), Portugal ( Lisbon), Turkey ( Istanbul), Ukraine ( Kiev), Malta, Romania ( Bucharest), Greece ( Athens), Serbia ( Belgrade), Cyprus, United States ( Chicago, Las Vegas), China and elsewhere.
At the end of 2008, along with "Deep Zone Project", Yolanna recorded the hit "Let The Music Move Ya". The song became very popular and was included in many collections in Europe and Asia. Later, the song "Addicted To You" was released – a duet with American singer from popular band of the 90s "Two for Family" Mike Johnson.
Jolanna's first solo single was "Farewell Kiss", written by former singer of the twin KariZma - Miro, in March 2009.
In 2011 she presented her second single solo – "Nothing Random" ("Fly so high"), which became one of Bulgaria's summer hits.
Television career
Her first performances on stage were on the popular show of the 1990s on BNT "Bon-Bon", where she is the host of the show and soloist of the same name. Following is participation in another popular youth show - this time on bTV - "Hi".
He is the host of the music show of the same television - "Melo TV Mania".
As of September 2008, Joanna has been the host (including Dimitar Tsonev and Yuliana Dodsheva) of one of BNT's biggest works – the four-hour show "Sunday with...". In autumn 2009, Joanna was invited to host the TV show "Vault" on Nova TV.
In 2010 she participated in the BNT program "Call from Africa", covering the 2010 FIFA World Cup . In 2011 she hosted Bulgarian participation in two international projects – the annual Balkan awards ceremony and Eurovision 2011 for children. In 2013 he became host of the show "Eyewitness" on BNT 2.
In 2015 he hosted the opening ceremony (welcome delegations to the