Recently, news related to Eurovision 2017 has been receiving increased attention. We recently wrote about who will represent Russia at Eurovision in Kyiv. The participant of the main vocal competition in Europe from Russia was Yulia Samoilova, who recently experienced a difficult back surgery. And now many Eurovision fans are interested in the fate of this particular participant, as well as the details of her personal life.
So, the other day it became known that Yulia Samoilova is a relative of the famous rapper Dzhigan.
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This year Eurovision will be held in Kyiv, thanks to Jamala's victory in Stockholm. The other day it became known that in Kyiv there will be the longest red carpet in the history of the competition, and this will be another reason to talk about the music competition.
And if in Ukraine they are discussing the victory of the O.Torvald group in the National Selection, then in Russia everything related to Yulia Samoilova is in great demand. I must say that many, having heard the name of the girl, thought about the wife of rapper Dzhigan, Oksana Samoilova, who is now expecting her third child. As it turned out, Yulia and Oksana Samoilova are relatives, and not just, but cousins.
Yes, Oksana and I are relatives. More specifically, cousins. We do not hide this fact, however, we see no reason to shout about it right and left.
It should be noted that at the moment the representative of Russia at Eurovision is in Finland, where she went with her husband for rehabilitation after an operation in September.
Childhood of Yulia Samoilova. Disease
Yulia was born and raised in the city of Ukhta, Komi Republic. In Soviet times, people from all over the country came to work there, for the same reason Yulia's parents ended up there. My father worked as a miner, my mother worked in the service sector. 
The family lived a simple happy life until misfortune happened. After an unsuccessful vaccination against polio (according to the singer's relatives, in reality, vaccination cannot be the cause of this disease), little Yulia began to have health problems. She stopped walking, began to melt before our eyes. The treatment did not give positive dynamics, the doctors' forecasts were disappointing. By the age of 13, the girl was finally diagnosed with spinal amyotrophy of Werdnig-Hoffmann and was given the first group of disability.
However, little Julia turned out to be a real fighter. Ignoring the ridicule of cruel peers, she attended a regular school. In the end, offensive attacks in her direction stopped, the girl learned to “take a hit” and solve her problems herself. This was greatly helped by parents who never treated their daughter as a disabled person, as well as music lessons, which became the meaning of her whole life.
Even in early childhood, the girl showed excellent vocal abilities. She still remembers her first performance at the New Year's party, where for the performance of Tatyana Bulanova's song "Don't Cry", the young artist received a flurry of applause and received a huge doll as a gift. From that moment on, she began to study vocals: first with her mother, and then with a professional teacher from the local Palace of Pioneers.
At the age of 10, Julia performed at a big concert for the first time, feeling like a professional artist. Since then, she regularly performed at school discos, repeatedly became the laureate of regional music competitions, and worked as a singer in a local restaurant for six months. In 2008, the girl organized her own rock band, which lasted two years.
Yulia Samoilova on the show "Factor A"
The turning point in the life of the young singer was participation in the music competition "Factor A" in 2013. Julia hesitated for a long time whether she should get involved in this adventure. However, her parents supported her, and the young man Yulia volunteered to accompany her to Moscow."Factor A": Yulia Samoilova - Prayer (2013)
The talented girl immediately made an impression on the selection committee and easily passed the casting. And during the performance of the contest song “Prayer”, the jury members, headed by Alla Pugacheva, greeted Yulia standing up. As a result, Samoilova took second place and received Alla's personal Golden Star from the hands of the Prima Donna.
This competition was a powerful impetus in the future career of the singer. She remained in Moscow and continued her active creative work. Julia collaborated with many famous artists, including Olga Kormukhina, Gosha Kutsenko, Lolita; actively toured the country, took part in music festivals.
Yulia Samoilova - We are together (Paralympic Games in Sochi)
In 2014, the singer was invited to perform at the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi. The girl sang the song "We are together", the words of which touched all the audience:
Anything can happen my friend
You believe in luck, don't be sad
We can go through everything together.
Eurovision scandal
In March 2017, it became known that Yulia Samoilova would represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv. The composition Flame is Burning (“The fire is burning”) by Leonid Gutkin, who previously helped Dina Garipova and Polina Gagarina with songs for Eurovision, was chosen for the competition.When the Russians learned about the results of the selection, the majority unanimously supported the brave girl. There were also those who did not advise Yulia Samoilova to go to Eurovision, but only because the contest was to be held in Kyiv. Supporters of this point of view were worried that due to the tense political situation, the girl might be offended.
Julia Samoilova – Flame is Buning
Not without scandal. A couple of days before the announcement of the selection results on another Channel One project - the Minute of Glory show - Renata Litvinova, who was on the jury, insulted the one-legged dancer Yevgeny, advising him to "fasten the other leg." After that, some viewers considered the choice of Yulia Samoilova a kind of "curtsey towards the disabled", offended by the phrase voiced on the federal channel. Julia herself called this incident ridiculous.
But foreign Internet users did not greet the choice of Russia so warmly. It was not Yulia herself who was criticized (her performance, on the contrary, was highly appreciated), but the decision of Channel One, which many called "a forbidden reception." “Slavic countries, stop using people with disabilities in your propaganda!”, “Russia sends a girl to an embrasure as a target for booing. Hold on, Yulia! ”, - such comments were encountered in the discussion of her performance on the official website of the competition.
However, a week after the announcement of the results of the selection, the SBU banned Yulia from entering Ukraine for a three-year period. According to representatives of the department, the singer violated the legislation of Ukraine - in 2015 she visited the Crimean peninsula, which was regarded as a violation of the state border. As a result, Russia refused to participate in the competition. Moreover, all federal channels refused to broadcast Eurovision.
Personal life of Yulia Samoilova
Yulia has a civil husband Alexei Taran, whom she met at the age of 20 via the Internet. Since then, the young man has always been close to his beloved, supporting her in all endeavors. 
Now Alexey organizes her concerts and accompanies her on tour, being the administrator and tour manager of the singer.
Julia Samoilova now
After Yulia was refused to be allowed into the territory of Ukraine, Channel One prepared an official statement: in 2018, Yulia Samoilova will represent Eurovision without any castings, regardless of which country will become the winner and the next host of the contest. The disabled Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral won, and in May 2018 Julia traveled to Lisbon.Eurovision: Yulia Samoilova - I won't break
However, Yulia and her song “I won’t break” (“I won’t break”) failed to reach the final of the show. Since the organizers of the contest introduced the division into semi-finals in 2004, Russia has always reached the Eurovision final.
Russia at Eurovision 2017 will be 27-year-old Yulia Samoilova, who has been confined to a wheelchair since childhood. The singer will perform the song Flame Is Burning.
Yulia's candidacy as a participant in Eurovision has caused controversy on the Web. Some believe that the girl will succeed, while others are sure that it was not worth sending a disabled singer to Kyiv.Many celebrities, including Alla Pugacheva, stood up for the singer.
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Yulia's relatives also support her and believe that she will cope with everything. By the way, it recently turned out that among the relatives of the artist there are well-known personalities in show business. It turned out that Yulia is the cousin of the wife of rapper Dzhigan Oksana Samoilova.
On March 20, Channel One released the release of the program “Let them talk”, dedicated to Yulia. Not only the singer herself came to the studio of the show, but also her relatives, as well as friends and teachers. A surprise for Samoilova was a video message from her cousin Oksana and her husband Dzhigan.
“Julia and I are paternal cousins. Until the age of 15, we grew up together, in the same city, even in the same house. Then I left for Moscow, and she arrived a little later. Julia wanted to sing all her life, but I didn’t want anything (laughs). We were punished in the same way, scolded in the same way, that is, our parents did not make any difference between us. She grew up like a completely normal child. Perhaps because of this, what is happening now is happening. We are proud, we are happy. A person has been striving for this all his life, ”said Oksana.
Frame from the transmission
Dzhigan admitted that he himself would not have gone to Eurovision: “I think that such contests ... are a slightly different story. I don't like him, to be honest. But for Julia - this is a class! I look at the comments about this and wonder. Many are unhappy. People start talking to me about this, not knowing that Yulia is my relative. I don’t even want to listen to this, I immediately interrupt and say that this is my relative. People immediately turn pale, blush.
The couple wished Yulia good luck and victory: “Yul, we love you, we wish you good luck. Walk this path with your head held high as you go through life. We will get sick. Victory!
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Internet users are actively discussing rumors that the representative of Russia at Eurovision is a relative of 28-year-old Oksana Samoilova, the wife of rapper Dzhigan.
The other day it became known that 27-year-old Yulia Samoilova will represent Russia at Eurovision 2017. Then there were rumors that Yulia was the sister of another very famous girl, Oksana Samoilova, the woman portal writes.
Both Samoilovs were born in the city of Ukhta, with a difference of one year. Both also have a brother, although if Yulia writes that his name is Eugene, then Oksana, who walked at her brother's wedding two years ago, prefers to hide his name.
Also on the official page of the singer in the biography it is written: “In order to deal with the offender or the offender, I incited my brother and sister to “brutal reprisal”. Oksana, Zhenya and I were like three musketeers! One for all and all for one!".
Yulia Samoilova became famous in 2013 thanks to her participation in the Factor A talent show, where Alla Pugacheva appreciated her vocal abilities. The prima donna has repeatedly admitted that for her the young singer is an absolute favorite.
