FIINKA
Ukrainian singer and actress
FIЇNKA (real name Irina Yaroslavovna Vykhovanets) is a Ukrainian singer and actress.
Brief biography
Irina Vykhovanets was born on October 9, 1993 in Nadvirnyi, Ivano-Frankivsk region.
The girl from childhood was fond of singing, and also learned to play the violin.
She studied at the Pre-Carpathian National University named after Vasyl Stefanik. Later she was an actress and assistant director at the Ivano-Frankivsk Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater, also known as the Frankivsk Drama Theater.
Since 2019, Iryna has created the humor project "Lizhnik TV" on YouTube. She is its host, scriptwriter and director.
In the same year, she first debuted as a singer under the pseudonym Fiїnka, releasing the single "Gruba".
In her work, the artist uses the Hutsul language and popularizes Hutsul culture.
In 2023, the artist was a finalist of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, but did not win.
At the end of 2023, Fiїnka became "the face of Ukrainian Nazism". A military man from Mariupol handed her a poster with her photo, which Russian propaganda had put up in the occupied Ukrainian city. On the poster, the occupiers urged Ukrainians to change Halushko's surname to Glushkova in order to "purify themselves from the imposed Ukrainian Nazism."
Eurovision 2025 National Selection
In 2025, Fiїnka with the song "Culture" will again compete for a place in Eurovision 2025 from Ukraine. She will perform in the final of the National Selection, which will take place on February 8.
Personal life
Fiinka is married to Yuriy Vykhovants. The couple has a son Vladyslav, born in 2018.
