Ukrainian took third place in the show America's Got Talent. VIDEO

Ukrainian Ksenia Simonova, famous for her sand drawings, took third place in the America's Got Talent competition. Champions. The producers invited “graduates” of this talent show from different countries to this American project.

Photo: Instagram / kseniya_simonova.official

In the final of the project, she showed the number I Love, writes the publication Buro 247.

Ksenia became the only non-American talent show finalist.

“This is an infinitely happy moment that I want to prolong. It's great to be one of the three most talented people in the world. It’s great to participate in such a project,” Simonova wrote on Facebook and thanked everyone for their support.

Let us remember that in 2009, Ksenia won the Ukrainian analogue of this show - “Ukraine’s got talent.”

In an interview with the publication "NEWS“she told how her masterpieces are created and how to sell a painting that cannot be hung on the wall.

The woman admitted that at the Ukrainian show, it was easier for her to make acquaintances, because the participants were not famous stars, as it was on America's Got Talent. Champions.

“These projects are one franchise, and many things are similar. The only difference is that on “Ukraine’s Got Talent” we were all simple guys, not famous artists at all, so we were open to each other... Here in America all the “stars”, and the party is not so casual, but I found wonderful friends. This is the amazing duo Deadly Games (circus performers performing extreme tricks with knives, crossbows and other dangerous objects) and the opera-rock singer, a wonderful person, the Spanish Cristina Ramos. We always have something to talk about, we became very good friends,” said Simonova.

She noted that initially she did not want to go to the contest in the USA at all, but her husband persuaded her to change her mind.

“I didn’t want to go at all. I am quite accomplished as an artist, and I am not interested in competitions. I’ve been performing in front of kings and presidents for so many years now that I don’t seem to be afraid of anything in terms of anxiety. Besides, I am a completely non-competitive person. That is, absolutely. At “Ukraine’s Got Talent” I had no time for victory at all - I admired every moment of this holiday with interesting people. I listened to their life stories, we enjoyed each other and the feeling of the magic of what was happening. After winning, I even felt embarrassed in front of my friends at the show. And I decided: this is my first competition and my last. But then in the summer America's Got Talent wrote to me. Champions. I wanted to answer: “No.” But my husband, and then one friend, made me think. This is the winners' show. I at least have to defend my title by accepting this challenge. Well, I accepted,” Ksenia shared.

Talent Xenia brings her good money and fame.

“I perform a lot. For example, in 2011 she performed at the Eurovision Song Contest, at the closing of the XIII Special World Olympics in Athens, was a special guest of Natalia Vodianova’s charity White Ball in Paris, and drew the life story of this top model in the sand. I performed in Bangkok, Tokyo, at the Human Rights Awards ceremony in Stockholm, at a gala concert before the UEFA Champions League final in Milan... I collaborate with various musicians, act in videos, take part in concerts, work with theaters and animators. Yes, it won’t be possible to hang my paintings on the wall, but it’s easy to record them on video or just show them to surprised viewers,” said the artist.

She admitted that she does not publish all her works.

“The 300 of my works posted on my YouTube account is something for which I am not ashamed. But if you knew how much work I don’t post. I film, edit and just leave it in the archive. Most likely forever. Because I take my content very seriously. It must carry meaning. I respect my viewers too much to feed them a surrogate. There’s already plenty of this,” Ksenia explained.

Photo: Instagram / kseniya_simonova.official

The artist also opened the curtain to the secret of creating works.

“Preparation takes from an hour to ten years. Rehearsals also take different times, because I often improvise on stage. I just draw from scratch, from my head, especially when I perform with musicians, I just follow the music. In general, the more time constraints, the more rehearsals are needed to develop speed. For example, Eurovision or America's Got Talent required a lot of rehearsal. But even in rehearsed work, you improvise every time. So I draw people, and they are different every time. At all. And the connections are different. And times are different. And they are beyond my control as an artist. This is the magic of the process,” said Simonova.

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