Alyosha, the Ukrainian representative in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, speaks to esctoday.com after her first rehearsal and sings some favourite tunes for our readers.

Alyosha speaks about how proud she feel about representing Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest and how she was able to produce a new song in just two day to meet the deadline for Eurovision Song Contest participation. As well as singing her entry Sweet people, Alyosha sings a song from her new album which will be released after the contest.

The Alyosha interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd_oC_NDOT0

• Read all about the Ukraine entry here.

The Ukrainian rehearsal:

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