Graduating from a high school with a gold medal (an honour roll), Efrosinina enrolled into the Department of Foreign Languages in the Kiev University to graduate as an interpreter of the English and Spanish languages.
In 19 she debuted on the Pershyi Natsionalnyi in the program the Happy Bell. In 2002 she received the Teletriumph prize in the nomination the Best TV show.
She co-presented the 50th Eurovision Song Contest alongside Pavlo Shylko, in 2005 from Kiev's Sports Palace, to a pan-European TV-audience of an estimated 150 million people. She has also co-presented the UEFA Euro 2012 draw held at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, on February 7, 2010.
She presented, alongside Andriy Domansky, Fabrika Zirok (Ukrainian: Фабрика зірок), the Ukrainian version of Star Academy, on Novyi Kanal.
On November 18, 2010 Efrosinina placed the 77th place among the most influential females in Ukraine according to the Фокус magazine.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Efrosinina
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Pavlo Shylko (DJ Pasha) is a Ukrainian radio[1] and television presenter. He co-hosted the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with Maria Efrosinina (Masha).[2] His career began around 1996 as a radio DJ for the Ukrainian radio station Gala Radio.
He is a polyglot, speaking Ukrainian, Russian, English, Polish, Spanish and French.[citation needed]
He wrote the song for Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 - Show Me Your Love performed by Tina Karol. On the UK's BBC coverage of the semi-final, Pavlo was seen celebrating after hearing this song had gone through to the final. In the final, it had received 145 points, pushing it into 7th place. In addition he arranged the 2003 Ukrainian commentary and the Fiftieth Anniversary Special. He also commentated for Ukraine at the 2007 & 2008 Dance Contest and is currently the Junior Eurovision Song Contest commentator for Ukraine.
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlo_Shylko
