Verka Serduchka

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Andriy Danylko

Background information
Birth name	Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko
Also known as	Verka Serduchka
Born	October 2, 1973 (age 33)
Origin	Poltava, Ukraine
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instrument(s)	Singing
Years active	1998 – present
Label(s)	CD Land
Website	http://www.serduchka.com

Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko (Ukrainian: Андрій Михайлович Данилко; Russian: Андрей Михайлович Данилко) (born October 2, 1973 in Poltava, Ukraine), better known by his stage name Verka Serduchka (Ukrainian: Вєрка Сердючка, Verka Serdyuchka; Russian: Верка Сердючка), is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer.

His stage personality of Verka Serduchka is a rather extravagant and flamboyant woman. Under this disguise Andriy has been performing since the early 1990s. This stage name was invented by Andriy for the KVN student humor contest, combining the randomly picked first name Verka with the real last name of his former school classmate Anya Serduk.^[1]^[2] Apart from pop and dance numbers Andriy lately began to appear under his real name performing ambient musical compositions. His popularity, however, is firmly established in his stage personality of Verka Serduchka and most of his performances are done under this stage name.

He has been chosen to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" in Helsinki, Finland.^[3]

Ukraine will be automatically put in the final thanks to last years Ukrainian representative Tina Karol with the song Show Me Your Love. The song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" will be sung in 4 languages: German, English, Ukrainian and Mongolian.