The mother of the winner of Eurovision 2016, Susanna Jamaladinova, who performs under the pseudonym Jamal, said that she had no doubts about her daughter's victory in the international song contest.

Galina Tumasova, like the rest of the singer’s relatives, whom the Ukrainian media are trying to position as an “icon of the fight against the invaders”, after the return of Crimea to the Russian Federation, received Russian citizenship and all the necessary benefits.

According to the mother of the singer, she "did not doubt a single gram" that Jamala would take first place.

“Even yesterday, when the votes were being counted and preliminary forecasts were made - either she had the second or third place, her husband could not stand it, jumped out: everything, he says, that’s all, it won’t work out ... Even then I had no doubt that she would win ", - she told the Crimean edition "Your newspaper".

Tumasova also said that her daughter consulted with her parents about the song with which she represented Ukraine at Eurovision. However, Jamala herself practically does not appear in the Crimea, as she is “always busy with some projects.”

However, according to her, "in the days of preparation for Eurovision" they were nearby.

Susanna Alimovna Jamaladinova was born on August 27, 1983 in Kyrgyzstan, in the city of Osh. Jamala's father's family ended up in Osh after the Tatars were deported from Crimea. Jamala's mother is half Armenian, whose ancestors are from Nagorno-Karabakh.

By religion, Galina Tumasova is a Christian, in her family there were also Russians, Ukrainians and Poles. However, Jamala herself, like her father, are Muslims.

In Osh, Jamala's father worked as a choir leader, and her mother was a pianist.

The childhood of the future star was spent in the Crimea, in the village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta, where she and her family returned in 1989 from the places of the former deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. At the same time, in order to move, the parents of the future Eurovision winner had to get a divorce, since according to the laws, the Crimean deportees could not buy real estate on the territory of the peninsula.

Now Galina Tumasova, like other relatives of the singer, lives in the Crimea and has Russian citizenship. After the 2014 referendum, Jamala's parents flatly refused to move to Kyiv, not wanting to leave the house they built with their own hands and the orchard they planted.

After Jamala's parents received Russian citizenship, they were given fifty percent benefits on utility bills: water, gas, and electricity. In addition, relatives of the Ukrainian singer receive free holidays.

However, Jamala's family lost their diner on the coast due to its non-compliance with sanitary standards and non-payment of taxes.

As the Crimean singer stated, it was the income from the restaurant business of her parents that allowed her and her sister to receive a higher musical education at the conservatory. Moreover, both girls worked with their parents in a diner.

Jamala started singing at the age of three, and at nine she recorded her first album. The Armenian environment had a great influence on Jamala in her childhood. In an interview, the singer said that because of the different social circles, she was always more considered an Armenian, and her older sister was a Tatar.

The elder sister of the singer Evelina now lives in Turkey with her husband, a citizen of this country, and children.

Jamala left her parental home at the age of 14, going to study in Simferopol, then to Kyiv. She took part in dozens of vocal competitions in Ukraine, Russia and Europe and received a number of prestigious awards.

In 2009, at the international competition for young pop singers "New Wave" in Jurmala, she received the Grand Prix, sharing first place with an Indonesian performer and earning a standing ovation from jury member Alla Pugacheva, who gave a standing ovation to a Ukrainian woman.

After Jamala's performance at Eurovision 2016, Tatars living next door to her parents ask them about the reasons that prompted their daughter to perform this song.

In addition, the government of the Republic of Crimea recommended that the singer change her citizenship from Ukrainian to Russian and return to her historical homeland.

Georgy Muradov, Deputy Prime Minister of the government of the republic, told TASS that he considers Crimea to be Jamala's homeland.

“I emphasize that Crimea will always be happy with Jamala’s performance, this is her homeland,” he said, suggesting that she “hold small events related to the change of citizenship, come to her homeland and perform at home.”

“We are always glad to see her, we congratulate her and think that among the Russian votes she received, there are many people from among the Crimean Tatars who live in Crimea,” Muradov added.

Galina Mikhailovna Tumasova, the mother of the recent Eurovision winner, Ukrainian (!) singer Jamala, explained why they are not going to leave Crimea, groaning under a forged Russian boot.

It's simple - the singer's parents received Russian passports, built a house on a dedicated plot, moreover, with great pleasure they issued the so-called * Putin's certificates *, which give 50% discounts on electricity, water, gas, utility bills and, even, on a free resort - sanatorium service!

Ukrainian singer Jamala is from Kyrgyzstan, from the city of Osh. In a strange way, her parents, whom the singer presents as victims of repression, received higher education in the totalitarian USSR. Dad is a conductor, mom is a music school teacher. The singer's brother, who naturally lives in Moscow (well, where else would the oppressed Crimean Tatars live!) claims that they are relatives of the composer Aram Khachaturian.

Although no matter what the *Ukrainian* daughter of the Crimean Tatar Alim Ayarovich Dzhamaladinov sings, no one throws grenades and Molotov cocktails into the yard of her parents. Normal people live here. This is not Maidan Ukraine, the Crimeans do not suffer from “embroidery of the brain”.

With dad at a concert in Simferopol.

A few months ago, the Bandera blockade hit the singer's family hard. So, according to Jamala herself, her father was ready to independently heat the house with firewood, just not to leave his native Crimea. But now, having remained in the "Muscovite occupation", Jamaladinov Sr. is spared from such a prospect.

Now the singer's parents are engaged in home gardening, selling the fruits of their labor in Alushta and Simferopol.

They send part of the products to their beloved daughter in Kyiv. But here's the problem! Jamala told about her with tears:

My dad sends fruit from our garden to me in Kyiv every autumn and winter. Persimmon, figs, pomegranates. Now, on the so-called border with Crimea, he has to pay a bribe to let these fruits pass - he leaves a box of persimmons or figs for the border guards. He always tells me about it with tears in his eyes, because he collected these boxes for me with such love! I answer him: “Baba, this is such a trifle! The main thing is that they were allowed to transport at least that way. ” We rejoice in trifles that should be the norm for everyone.

Here is just one small nuance that the singer did not reveal: the Ukrainian border guards are robbing the old Tatar man. One box for yourself - and a whole container ahead, to Kyiv, spitting on the "Poroshenko-Islamist" blockade. Well, such a small, small nuance!

Smiling Ukrainian singer at the Russian festival *New Wave*

For the third day, the controversy around the Eurovision 2016 final has not subsided. Jamala's victory with the song "1944" caused heated debate on the Internet. Part of the audience believes that the victory of the Ukrainian singer is well-deserved. The other part is sure that Jamala has become a political tool in the hands of the Eurovision organizers. In any case, the winner of the competition has become one of the most popular people in the media space in recent days.

Jamala's family: why the singer's parents divorced

Jamala is the stage name of the Ukrainian singer, taken as a derivative of her last name: Jamaladinova. In fact, the 32-year-old performer's name is Susanna.

Despite the fact that Jamala considers Crimea her homeland, the future star was born in the Kyrgyz city of Osh, where her great-grandmother was sent during the deportation of the Tatars from Crimea.

Susanna's family is multinational - her mother is an Armenian from Nagorno-Karabakh, and her father is a Crimean Tatar. The singer's older sister is married to a Turkish citizen, where she currently lives with her children.

When the future star was 6 years old, her parents decided to move to the Crimea. At that time, the Tatars, whose families were evicted from the peninsula, could not buy real estate there. To buy a house in the Crimea, Jamala's parents divorced, and Susanna's mother bought the house.

As the singer later recalled, they became the first returning Tatars who bought a house on the South Coast:

We were the first Crimean Tatars who bought a house in Malorechensky. When the Tatars began to return, they were given plots in the most disadvantageous places, in the mountains. I remember exactly the day we came to our future yard. The owner of the house, who had already signed the documents, suddenly realized that she had sold the farm to the Crimean Tatars. How she screamed then!

Jamala's personal life: she has never been married and still has not met her love

The singer does not advertise her personal life, on her Instagram page you can find mostly the latest news about the star's work. It is known that Jamala has neither a husband, nor children, nor a loved one. So far, the heart of the 32-year-old Eurovision winner is free.

Jamal- Ukrainian opera and jazz singer (lyric-dramatic soprano), performing original music at the intersection of jazz, soul, world music and rhythm and blues, electronic music and gospel. Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Fame Jamal brought performance at the International Competition for Young Performers "New Wave 2009" in Jurmala, where she received the Grand Prix. Winner from Ukraine at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm with the song "1944".

Jamal
Full name - Susana Alimovna Jamaladinova
Date of birth - August 27, 1983
Place of birth Osh, Kirghiz SSR, USSR
Active years 2005 - present
Country Ukraine
Profession Singer, actress
Singing voice lyric-dramatic soprano
Genres jazz, soul, blues, opera
Nicknames Jamala (Jamala)

The early years of the singer Jamala

Born in the city of Osh (KyrSSR, USSR). Father - Alim Aiyarovich Jamaladinov, Crimean Tatar, mother - Galina Mikhailovna Tumasova, Armenian. She spent her childhood in the Crimea, in the village of Malorechenskoye near Alushta, where she and her family returned from the places of the former deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. Play music Jamal started from early childhood. She made her first professional recording at the age of 9, performing 12 Crimean Tatar children's and folk songs in the studio. After graduating from music school number 1 in piano in the city of Alushta, she entered the Simferopol Musical College. P. I. Tchaikovsky, and after - to the National Musical Academy. P. I. Tchaikovsky (Kyiv) in the class of opera vocals, which she graduated with honors. Being the best graduate of the course, Jamala planned to devote herself to classical music and leave to work as a soloist of the famous Milan Opera La Scala, but a serious passion for jazz and experiments with soul and oriental music changed her plans, determining the direction of her future career. Alias ​​"Jamala"” was formed from the first syllable of her last name.
Jamal speaks Ukrainian, Russian, Crimean Tatar and English.

I was brought up by the arranger of Zarema-khanum - Gennady Astsaturyan. He taught me jazz since childhood. Literally forced to listen to jazz. It started with the fact that Fitzgerald played one song for me, and I got tired of it. This is fine. I was 11 years old. Difficult music, you have to get to it. Then the second, third and further, I myself began to ask him. Then he gave me the Fitzgerald cassette and said: “For a week everything is in the same version.” I answered: “How? I don't know English." Answer: "As you wish, as gibberish." I took everything off by ear, approached it responsibly, came to him to sing, and he: “Have you studied it? Well done. Here's another tape for you." He didn't even listen. It's just psychology, he knew he'd do it. I remember how offended: “How is it? I taught, but he does not want to listen to me"

Participation of the singer Jamala in music competitions, "New Wave"

On the big stage Jamal performed for the first time at fifteen. Over the next few years, she took part in dozens of vocal competitions in Ukraine, Russia and Europe and received a number of prestigious awards, including at the international competition "1st European Competition" Friends of Music "" (Italian 1 Concorso Europeo Amici della musica ) in Italy. After her performance at the jazz festival of young performers Do#Dj junior 2006, where she received a special award, the famous choreographer Elena Kolyadenko invited her to perform the main part in the multi-genre musical "Pa". This role was an important milestone the creative path of the singer Jamala.

The turning point in her career was her performance at the New Wave International Competition for Young Performers in the summer of 2009. Contrary to the statements of the chief director of the contest about the “unformatted” participant, she not only made it to the final, but also received the grand prix, sharing first place with an Indonesian performer.
Jamal- History repeating - First day of competition (Contestants perform a world hit)
Jamala - Top, my top - Second day of competition (Contestants perform a hit from their country)
Jamala - Mama's Son - Third day of competition (Contestants perform original song)

Singer Jamala's next step to success

With victory in Jurmala Jamal moved into the category of top performers, performing at a variety of venues from Moscow to Berlin. Two large solo concerts of Jamal The Revue Show are held in Kyiv, during which the singer demonstrates the full range of her vocal abilities and the variety of musical material. For several months, she takes part in almost all the main TV shows in Ukraine, from the Teletriumph-2009 award and One Night Only (Michael Jackson tribute to Ukrainian top artists) to Alla Pugacheva's Christmas Meetings.

Cosmopolitan magazine calls her the "Discovery of the Year", she receives the ELLE Style Award in the "Singer of the Year" nomination and the "Person of the Year 2009" award in the "Idol of Ukrainians" nomination. Despite a busy touring schedule, Jamala continues to study classical music. In the summer of 2009, she sang the title role in Maurice Ravel's opera The Spanish Hour, and in February 2010, she took part in Vasily Barkhatov's opera production based on Bondiana, where her performance was noted by the famous British actor Jude Law.

Clips of the singer Jamala

history repeating (2009)
In November 2009, Jamala's debut video clip appeared on Ukrainian TV air, a cover version of the Propellerheads History Repeating song (Watch Jamala - History repeating)

You're Made of Love (2010)
In February 2010, it was followed by a second video for the author's composition You're Made of Love (Watch Jamala - You're Made of Love).

It's me, Jamala (2010)
On October 18, 2010, the singer's third video for the song It's Me, Jamala! started airing on the music channels of Ukraine and Russia! (Watch Jamala - It's me, Jamala). The video was directed by German director Charlie Stadler, known for his film Dead Fish with Harry Oldman in the title role, and the cameraman was Briton Fraser Taggart, who shot such Hollywood blockbusters as Troy, The Da Vinci Code, Treasures of the Nation and etc.

smile (2011)
On February 8, 2011, a new video by singer Jamala for the song "Smile" (Watch Jamala - Smile) appeared on television screens. The video was directed by Max Xenda, and the cameraman was Sergey Mikhalchuk, one of the creators of such sensational films as "Lover", "My half-brother Frankenstein", "Mamai", "Law". The clip is made on the basis of puppet animation. According to the plot of the clip, Jamala travels around the world in a toy car and a helicopter, followed by a huge cartoon smile that helps her in all situations to establish contact with people of different faiths and nationalities.

Find Me (2011)
The video was directed by young American documentary filmmaker John X Carrey, known for his work for Disney-ABC and successful commercials for Google and Firefox. The filming of the video lasted three days. The plot is based on a romantic story, which, according to the director of the video, is most reminiscent of Sofia Coppola's famous film "Lost in Translation" with its mood. (Watch Jamala - Find me)

I Love You (2012)
Directed by Sergei Sarakhanov. (Watch Jamal - I Love You)

Cactus (2013)
Directed by Denis Zakharov. (Watch Jamala - Cactus)

All These Simple Things (2013)
Director Alexander Melov (Watch Jamal - All These Simple Things)

Autumn has your eyes (2013)
Directed by Viktor Vilks (Watch Jamala - Autumn has your eyes)

Lost (feat. Apache Crew) (2015)
Director and choreographer - Anatoly Sachivko (Watch Jamal - Lost)

Others (2015)
Director Mikhail Emelyanov (Watch Jamal- Others)

Solo album For Every Heart
In the spring of 2011, the singer's debut album "For Every Heart" was released, almost entirely consisting of the author's compositions by Jamala. The record was sound-produced by the famous Ukrainian musician Evgeny Filatov (The Maneken).

For Every Heart
One More Try
You Are Made Of Love
It's Me, Jamala
Alas
in my shoes
without you
Sing It Out
Find Me
I See You Every Night
Pengereden
smile
Bonus tracks:

history repeating
Sissy
Higher, my higher
Stars at the opera
In January 2012, on the 1 + 1 TV channel, the Stars in the Opera show was aired, in which Jamala performed in tandem with Vlad Pavlyuk. On March 4, at the gala concert of the show participants, the jury awarded the victory to Jamala and Vlad Pavlyuk.

New album All or Nothing
On March 19, Jamala's second author's album ALL OR NOTHING was released. The release took place simultaneously on more than 60 digital platforms, including the recently opened iTunes Ukraine and Russia. The album includes 12 compositions: eleven author's and the Crimean Tatar folk song Unutmasan. (Jamala album on iTunes)

All or Nothing
How to Explain
Cactus
What's worth
All These Simple Things
your love
Autumn has your eyes
I love you
Why Is That?
Like a Bird
Hurt
Unutmasan
Singles
history repeating
It's me, Jamala! (radio single)
smile
I love you
Hurt
Cactus
Autumn has your eyes

Participation of the singer Jamala in the Eurovision music contest

A few days before the launch of the new video, it became known that Jamala went to the final of the qualifying round of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, presenting the jury with a new song Smile, but Mika Newton won the qualifying tournament. There was public outrage on suspicion of dishonest selection of the finalist, but Jamala said that she was refusing to participate in the re-selection.

Jamal participated in the song contest Eurovision 2016 with the song "1944", dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars after the occupation of Crimea by Soviet troops in 1944. According to Jamals, the plot of the song is based on the stories of her ancestors. Despite controversy over possible political context, the song was not withdrawn from the competition. Jamal won the semi-final of the competition and then won the final. This victory was the second for Ukraine at Eurovision in the history of its participation.

Discography of the singer Jamala

For Every Heart (2011) (on iTunes)
Live At Arena Concert Plaza (concert DVD, 2011) (on iTunes)
All or Nothing (2013) (on iTunes)
Thank You (2014) (on iTunes)
Podyh (2015) (https://soundcloud.com/jamala/sets/podyh)

Filmography of the singer Jamala

Year Russian title Original title Role
2010 True story about Scarlet Sails True story about Chervoni vitrila Cuban singer
2013 Guide Guide Guide Olga Levitskaya, singer of the Kharkiv Drama Theater named after Les Kurbas

Awards for singer Jamala for participation in competitions, festivals

1992 - winner of the musical children's competition "Star Rain"
1993 - laureate of the children's competition "Living Springs"
2000 - Grand Prix of the international competition "Voices of the Future" (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
2001 - winner of the 3rd prize of the vocal competition "Crimean Spring"
2001 - Winner of a special award "Dodge 2001"
2004 - laureate of the international competition 1 Concorso Europeo Amici della musica (Italy)
2006 - laureate of the festival of young performers "DO # DJ junior 2006" (second prize - for the vocal quintet "Beauty Band"), special diploma "Best vocal" of the same festival.
2009 - first place at the international competition for young performers "New Wave" (Jurmala, Latvia)
2009 - ELLE Style Award "Singer of the Year"
2009 - "Person of the Year 2009" award in the nomination "Ukrainian Idol"
2012 - 1st place on the television show "Stars at the Opera"
2012 - a special award from the Best Fashion Awards "Inspiration"
2013 - "Singer of the Year" award from ELLE Style Awards.
2014 - Turkic peoples' award "Red Apple Awards" in the Art nomination for contribution to the development of culture and strengthening of peace.
2016 - Marcel Besancon Award - Audience Award
2016 - winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Facts from the creative biography of the singer Jamala

In 2001-2007 she was a soloist of the vocal quintet "Beauty Band"
October 5, 2013 before the boxing match - Alexander Povetkin sang the anthem of Ukraine.

Susana Jamaladinova was born in Kyrgyzstan, and over time, her family moved to the Crimea. The childhood of the future singer passed near the city of Alushta in the village of Malorechenskoye.

Grade

Profession: singer
Date of Birth: August 27, 1983
Height and weight: 173 cm. 61 kg.
Place of Birth: Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Best works: smile
Awards: Concorso Europeo Amici della musica, First place in the "New Wave" competition
Social network: Facebook , Instagram , Twitter

Susanna grew up in a family of professional musicians. Her mother is a wonderful singer and teacher of a music school, and her father, a conductor by education, began to teach her daughter from an early age everything they know about music. Now the parents run a small boarding house in the Crimea.

Jamaladinova showed her outstanding vocal abilities at the age of three, and at the age of nine she recorded an album of 12 children's songs. To the amazement of the sound engineer, she showed real professionalism, spending only an hour in the studio recording.

Susana went to the Alushta music school, where she studied piano. Later, she became a student at the Simferopol Music College, where she already studied opera vocals.

Having moved to Kyiv full of opportunities, Jamaladinvoa continued her musical education by entering the National Academy of Music. While studying there, she actively attended various festivals and competitions. Her first notable victory was the third prize at the Crimean Spring.

Over time, Jamala caught the eye of the famous Ukrainian choreographer Elena Kolyadenko, who eventually became the singer's producer and made her the main soloist in her musical Pa, which premiered in 2007. The singer became known to a wide audience of listeners thanks to the New Wave competition, where she not only won first place, but also showed herself as a bright and memorable singer.

In 2009, Jamala took part in the production of the opera "Spanish Hour", and a year later she played in an opera performance based on Bondiana. In 2011, the artist's debut album For Every Heart was released on iTunes, and in 2012 she won the Stars at the Opera show on the 1 + 1 channel.

In the spring of 2013, Jamala's second album All or Nothing was released. In the same year, she broke her contract with producer Elena Kolyadenko, wanting to be not just a popular performer performing songs in Russian, but to experiment with different musical genres. She is interested in expressing herself in soul, jazz, classical and blues.

Personal life

Unmarried. No kids. He carefully hides the details of his personal life from prying eyes and the media.

Interesting Facts

Real name - Susana Jamaladinova

In 2012, she took part in the show of the channel "1 + 1" - "Stars in the Opera", paired with Vlad Pavlyuk. As a result, the duo won

Learned to swim at nine months through the "Swim Before You Walk" program

From 2001 to 2007 she was the soloist of the vocal quintet Beauty Band

Being a Crimean, she does not publicly recognize the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula, the Republic of Crimea to Russia

In 2010, she starred in the film "The True Story of Scarlet Sails", and in 2013, the singer in the film "The Guide, or Flowers Have Eyes"

In 2010, she took part in an opera production by Vasily Barkhatov based on Bondiana, where her performance was noted by the famous British actor Jude Law.

Her father is Crimean Tatar and her mother is Armenian

Discography

2011 - For Every Heart (on iTunes)