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{{Short description|Russian-Moldovan singer (born 1999)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2023}}
{{family name hatnote|Andreyevna|Engalycheva|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name         = Lerika
| image        = Valeriya Engalycheva (Russia, JESC 2012).jpg
| caption      = Lerika in 2012
| image_size   =
| alias        = {{hlist|Lerika Engalycheva|Valeria Engalîceva}}
| birth_name   = Valeriya Andreyevna Engalycheva
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1999|04|07|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Olomouc]], Czech Republic
| death_date   =
| origin       = [[Bălți]], Moldova
| instrument   = Vocals
| genre        = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| occupation   = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| years_active = 2004–present
| website      = {{url|lerika.ru}}
}}
'''Valeriya Andreyevna Engalycheva''' ({{langx|ru|Валерия Андреевна Енгалычева}}; {{langx|ro|Valeria Engalîceva}};<ref>{{Citation |title=Valeria Engalîceva: "Mamma Do" {{!}} Vocea României 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzziINIZD4M |language=en |access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> born 7 April 1999), known professionally as '''Lerika''' ({{langx|ru|Лерика}}), is a [[Russians in Moldova|Moldovan-Russian]] singer and songwriter. She represented Moldova in the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] with the song "No-No", and Russia in the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012|2012 contest]] with "Sensatsiya". This made her the second Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant to compete twice (the first being Russia in 2009 and 2011 with [[Ekaterina Ryabova (singer)|Ekaterina Ryabova]]), and the first to represent two different countries.
==Life and work==
Engalycheva was born in [[Olomouc]], in the Czech Republic, to a [[Russian diaspora|Russian family]]. She first began singing at the age of four. She moved to [[Moldova]] at a young age, where her grandmother lived, and then moved to Russia with her family at age 13, settling in [[Moscow]]. Throughout her childhood, Engalycheva participated in a number of European singing competitions, including [[Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk]], Orpheus in Italy, New Wave Junior, and Kinotavrik.
At age 12, Engalycheva was selected to represent Moldova at the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011]] in [[Yerevan]], with the song "No-No". She ultimately placed sixth, earning 78 points; this became Moldova's most successful participation in the contest to date. After moving to Russia in 2012, Engalycheva competed in the [[Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012|Russian national final]] for the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012]] in [[Amsterdam]], with the song "Sensatsiya". She went on to win the competition, earning the right to represent Russia; this made Engalycheva the second artist to compete at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest twice, and the first to represent two different countries. She ultimately placed fourth, receiving 88 points.<ref>{{cite web|title=Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012|url=http://www.junioreurovision.tv/page/year-page?event=1603}}</ref>
Engalycheva studied at [[Moscow Art Theatre School]], where she graduated in 2023. She speaks [[Russian language|Russian]], [[English language|English]], [[Romanian language|Romanian]], and [[French language|French]], and has released music in Russian, English, and Romanian.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vk.com/lerika_official|title=Lerika Engalycheva|accessdate=20 January 2020|publisher=Lerika Engalycheva|website=VKontakte}}</ref>
In 2022 Engalycheva was a contestant on the tenth season of ''[[Vocea României]]'' (The Voice of Romania). As part of [[Irina Rimes]]'s team, she got to the Battles round, before being eliminated.<ref>{{Citation |title=Rianna Rusu VS Valeria Engalîceva: "Mamma Knows Best" {{!}} Confruntări {{!}} Vocea României {{!}} Sezonul 10 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o596DjKilBY |language=en |access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Year
! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="1"| English Translation
! scope="col" rowspan="1"| Album
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
! scope="row"| "Pogoda razgulyalasy" <small>(Погода разгулялась)</small>
! scope="row"| Weather cleared up
| rowspan="7"| ''Non-album singles''
|-
! scope="row"| "Enigma lumini"
! scope="row"| Enigma lights
|-
| 2011
! scope="row"| "No-No"
! scope="row"| —
|-
| 2012
! scope="row"| "Sensatsiya" <small>(Сенсация)</small>
! scope="row"| Sensation
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2013
! scope="row"| "Lyubov" <small>(Любовь)</small>
! scope="row"| Love
|-
! scope="row"| "Moy okean" <small>(Мой океан)</small>
! scope="row"| My ocean
|-
| rowspan| 2014
! scope="row"| "Serdtse znayet" <small>(Сердце знает)</small>
! scope="row"| The heart knows
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.lerikaengaliceva.jimdo.com/ Unofficial website] {{s-start}}
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{{succession box
| before=Ștefan Roșcovan<br/>with "Ali Baba"
| title=[[Moldova in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest]]
| years=[[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011|2011]]
| after=Denis Midone<br/>with "Toate vor fi"}}
{{succession box
| before=[[Ekaterina Ryabova (singer)|Ekaterina Ryabova]]<br />with "Romeo and Juliet"
| title=[[Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest]]
| years=[[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012|2012]]
| after=[[Dayana Kirillova]]<br />with "Dream On"
}}
{{s-end}}
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[[Category:1999 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Russian women singers]]
[[Category:Child pop musicians]]
[[Category:Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Russia]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Moldovan child singers]]
[[Category:Moldovan emigrants to Russia]]
[[Category:Moldovan expatriates in the Czech Republic]]
[[Category:21st-century Moldovan women singers]]
[[Category:Moldovan people of Russian descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from Moscow]]
[[Category:Musicians from Olomouc]]
[[Category:Russian child singers]]
[[Category:Russian expatriates in the Czech Republic]]
[[Category:Russian pop singers]]