This year, the winner of the Golden Lifon award, which is chosen by online voting from among the most attractive cultural figures in Ukraine, was actor Oleksiy Hnatkovsky.
The 38-year-old star of the film “Dovbush” was recognized as the sexiest artist in Ukraine.
Last year, the award was renamed the “Kevlar Lifon,” as it was awarded only to cultural figures who went to war. It was received by poet Artem Polezhaka.
This year, the competition organizers left the “Kevlar Liphone” for a special award.
It was awarded collectively to Ukrainian military women, volunteers, and combat medics associated with art.
Talent for improvisation and a sense of humor
38-year-old actor and director Oleksiy Hnatkovskyi was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, became an Honored Artist of Ukraine in 2014, and currently works at the Ivano-Frankivsk Ivan Franko Academic Drama Theater.
Gnatkovsky became widely known after Oles Sanin's film "Dovbush." He played Ivan, the brother of the legendary oprishka Oleksa Dovbush.
The film began filming back in 2017, and it was released in the summer of 2023.
PHOTO AUTHOR, ZOLOTYY LIFON/SOCIAL NETWORKS OLEKSII GNATKOVSKY Photo caption, Oleksii Gnatkovskyi in the role of Ivan, Oleksii Dovbush's brother
The organizers of the Golden Lifon award explain Hnatkovsky's victory this way.
“He exudes strength, steel, and you want to listen and look into his eyes. His eyes are a separate world, boundless to madness. His voice is velvety… Great talent for improvisation, resourcefulness, sharp mind. And a sense of humor – because without this you won’t become a sex symbol.”.
They also jokingly add that the role of Ivan Dovbush was invented only “so that we would know how fantastic this Oleksiy Hnatkovsky is.”.
PHOTO AUTHOR, FILM UA Photo caption, The role of Ivan Dovbush brought Hnatkovsky wide popularity
The Golden Lifon Award is being presented for the fifth time.
Anyone can vote on the award page, suggesting their top ten most attractive men in Ukrainian culture.
The winners of the competition have already been writers Serhiy Zhadan, Yuriy Izdryk, and Artem Polezhaka. This year, for the first time, an actor became the main Ukrainian sex symbol.
Poet Serhiy Zhadan received the award twice. He promised to donate his “Golden Lifon” to the Kharkiv Literary Museum. But in December 2023, during a performance by the band “Zhadan and Dogs,” the organizers of the award sold the same bra embroidered with gold lace at a charity auction in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
PHOTO AUTHOR, FACEBOOK OF THE “GOLDEN LIFON”
The organizers decided to keep the special award “Kevlar Lifon” for as long as the war continues. Although this award is usually given only to men, the organizers of the competition this year made an exception.
“Yes, our award is feminist in nature... and there are enough beauty contests and objectification of women... But this Kevlar Lifon award is about your subjectivity. You took matters into your own hands and are working to win,” the organizing committee explained.
Golden Lifon Winners 2024
TOP-20 most attractive Ukrainian artists according to the award:
1. Alexey Hnatkovskyi — actor
2. Artem Chekh — writer, military man
3. Ivan Lenyo — musician, leader of the band Kozak System
4. Serhiy Zhadan — writer, volunteer, rock star
5. Artem Polezhaka — poet, military man
6. Yurko Yurkesh Yurchenko — musician, military man
7. Dmytro Zyezulin — musician, leader of the band Latexfauna
8. Pavlo Vyshebaba — poet, military man
9. Akhtem Seitabalayev — actor, director
10. Dmitry Lazutkin — poet, military man
11. Taras Tsymbalyuk — theater and film actor
12. Oleksandr Lysak — poet, military man
13. Valeriy Kharchyshyn — musician, frontman of the band "Druha Rika"
14. Vasyl Poddubny — writer, military man
15. Pavlo Kazarin — journalist, literary critic
16. Mikhail Matyukhin — musician, soloist of the Schmalgauzen band, theater actor
17. Pavlo Korobchuk — poet, volunteer
18. Igor Mitrov — poet, military man
19. Andriy Lyubka — writer, volunteer
20. Ruslan Gorovyi — writer, musician, journalist, volunteer.
