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Verka Serduchka

Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko (Template:Lang-uk) (born 2 October 1973 in Poltava, Ukraine), better known as his drag queen character Verka Serduchka (Template:Lang-uk), a flamboyant middle aged woman, is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer.

Biography

Early life

In 1990, he started to create the character Verka Serduchka, a flamboyant middle aged woman and conductor. At a humor contest in Poltava on April 1 in 1991, Verka Serduchka was officially presented. This stage name was invented by combining the randomly picked first name Verka and the real last name of his former school classmate Anya Serduk.[1][2] Apart from pop and dance numbers, Andriy has lately begun 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.

Following Verka Serduchka, Andriy Danylko created other characters, such as a policeman, a soldier and a female ballet dancer. In such a fashion, the Danilko Theater was established, touring the cities of Russia and Ukraine. In 2002, Andriy Danylko, along with his group, toured in the CIS and Baltic countries, showing the program “I am a Revolution” for the whole year. The next year, soon after the Danylko Theater’s concert tour “I Am Born for Love,” Andriy Danylko received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s he hosted a talk show called "SV-show" ("SV" is an acronym for Template:Lang-ru, which means a sleeping car) on different Ukrainian television channels.[3]

Eurovision Song Contest

Verka Serduchka with her ensemble in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.

Verka was chosen to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" in Helsinki, Finland,[4] finishing in second place.

Ukraine was automatically put in the final thanks to the top-ten finish of last year's Ukrainian representative Tina Karol with the song "Show Me Your Love". The song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" is sung in 5 languages: German, English, Ukrainian, Russian and Mongolian. However, several Mongols on a talk show by Channel One (Russia), which was shown just before the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 claimed that there is no phrase "Lasha Tumbai" in their language and one of them pronounced the correct Mongolian phrase for "whipped cream".[5] The Mongolian embassy in Moscow also said that "lasha tumbai" was total gibberish.[6]

Participation of Andriy Danylko in Eurovision was not without controversy in Ukraine. One of the all-nation FM radio stations organized in February an action of protest to express their disapproval with the selection of Serduchka to represent the country [7]. Some Ukrainians and even members of the Ukrainian Parliament expressed their disapproval with Serduchka's participation in the contest, which they see as a "grotesque and vulgar."[8][9]

The single for Dancing Lasha Tumbai reached #6 in the French charts and went on to be #28 on The Official UK Singles Chart on 20 May 2007. This was the first time a non-UK non-winning Eurovision entry charted in the UK since 1974. He then made a brief phone-in appearance on the BBCs The Graham Norton Show, in which his comments made no sense whatsoever. Another call was made, but with a translator in the audience, who told guest Andrew Lloyd Webber he was "rubbish". However, in an interview with Andrew Williams in the 60Seconds column of metro.uk.co (30 July 2007):

AW: Why did you call Andrew Lloyd Webber ‘rubbish’ on The Graham Norton Show? AD: Someone interpreted Serduchka wrongly. I meant I watched Cats the musical on TV. It was boring. You should watch a musical on the stage. Don’t watch Cats on TV.

In the same interview, he admitted that "lasha tumbai" was a somewhat made-up phrase that sounds like the Mongolian phrase for "milkshake" and that many Russians nevertheless managed to interpret it as saying "Russia goodbye!" and caused something of a controversy in Russia as well.

Personal life

Danylko is known to be not too talkative about his personal life, but he stated that he has lived with a woman for 8 years, though that it was a hard experience for him, and after the breakup he became more creative again.[10]

Political life

Danylko announced in 2007 that he would front a new political party, "For Ours!", to compete in that year's Ukrainian parliamentary election, but later abandoned the idea. A public opinion poll in July 2007 placed 'For Ours! Verka Serduchka' at 2% overall support. [11][12]

Discography

Albums

  • Я рождена для любви (Ya rozhdena dlya lyubvi, I was born for love) (1998)
  • Гоп-гоп (Gop-pop) (2002)
  • Чита дрита (Chita drita) (2003)
  • Ха-ра-шо (Kha-ra-sho - Good) (2003)
  • Жениха хотела (Zhenija jotela - I want a boyfriend) (2004)
  • После тебя (Posle tebya - After you) (2005) (released under the name Danilko: instrumental music)
  • Новые песни Верки Сердючки (Novye pesni Verki Serdyuchki - The new songs of Verka Serduchka) (2006)
  • Tralli-Valli (2006)
  • Dancing Europe (2007)
  • TBA (2008-09)

Singles

  • Всё будет хорошо (Vse budet horosho, Everything will be fine) (2003)
  • Гоп гоп (Hop hop[13], Jump jump) (2003)
  • Пирожок (Pyrozhok, Pie) (2003)
  • горилка (Horilka) (2003)
  • Контролер (Kontroler, Ticket collector) (2003)
  • Чита Дрита (Chyta-dryta) (2004)
  • Попала На Любовь (Ya popala na lubov, Loving hurts me) (2004)
  • Тук тук тук (Tuk tuk tuk, Bang bang bang) (2004)
  • Horosho krasavycam (2006)
  • Traly-valy (2006)
  • A ja smejus' (2006)
  • Dancing Lasha Tumbai (2007)
  • Kiss please (2007)
  • I am Evro Vision Queen (2008)
  • До-ре-ми (Do Re Mi) (2008)

Dancing Lasha Tumbai Chart position

Year Single Chart positions Album
SWE FI UK IE FR GER AUT CH PL EU
2007 "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" 6 2 28 31 6 74 49 53 48 45 Dancing Europe

Other Songs

  • Kafeshka (Café) with Philip Kirkorov
  • Kerubino (As Andry Danylko)
  • Новогодняя (Novogodnyaya, (happy) new year. As Andriy Daylko) with Alla Pugacheva and various artists
  • Daylko Tango (As Verka Serduchka & Andriy Danylko)

References

  1. ^ "Danylko become Serduchka because of school girlfriend" (in Russian). kp.ru. 2003-12-04. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Ryzancheva, Elena. "Interview with Verka Serduchka-Danylko" (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Danylko's biogrpahy" (in Russian).
  4. ^ "Verka Serduchka went to the Eurovision-2007 song contest". Podrobnosti.ua (in Russian). {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Russian Channel One Takes Offence at Verka Serduchka". Ukrainian Newspaper (in Ukrainian). {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Ukrainian drag queen a front-runner at Eurovision" Retrieved on May 21, 2007.
  7. ^ "«No to Euroserduchka!» - protest action of an FM radio station" (in Ukrainian). {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Eurovision act angers Ukrainians". BBC News. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Eurovision: Verka Serduchka will disgrace Ukraine" (in Ukrainian). Korrespondent. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Andriy Danylko: "I had a difficult experience living together with a woman..."" (in Russian). Gay.ru. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Socialists Lose Their Rating". Ukrayinska Pravda. 2007-07-31. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Ukraine's election campaign: mired in scandal". Russia Today. 2007-08-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Also spelled Gop gop

See also

Preceded by Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest
2007 		Succeeded by
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