ILLARIA is a finalist of the Ukraine national selection 2017. Her real name is Ekaterina Prischepa. She is a Ukrainian singer, composer and poet with with Greek roots. Her style is ethnic music.

Ekaterina was in 1986 in Kiev. She loves music from childhood. The girl graduated from the Kiev Musical Institute of Glier.

In 2011 she got the main award in the famous contest in Ukraine – Chyrvona ruta, but the popularity came to her after participating in the second season of the TV-show The Voice of Ukraine, where she finished in the semi-final.

ILLARIA also has an award from Ukrainian Ministry of Culture.

On the 11 February ILLARIA took part in Ukranian national selection for Eurovision 2017 and became the next finalist with 15 points (7 from jury and 8 from televoting). Her song is Thank You For My Way.

You can see ILLARIA perform her song below.