Birth name Diana Gurtskaya Name Diana Gurtskaya Role Singer | Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter Children Konstantin Kucherenko Years active 2000–present Siblings Robert Gurtskaya | |
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Spouse Pyotr Kucherenko (m. 2005) Parents Guda Adamurovich Gurtskaya, Zaira Gurtskaya Similar People Andrey Kovalev, Mark Tishman, Diana Arbenina, Toto Cutugno, Igor Nikolayev | ||
Diana gurtskaya singing a song in georgian language
Diana Gudaevna Gurtskaya (Georgian: დიანა ღურწკაია, Russian: Диана Гудаевна Гурцкая, born 2 July 1978 in Sukhumi, Georgia) is a blind Russian singer of Georgian origin who resides in Moscow, Russia. Following a failed attempt in Belarus the previous year Diana, on 1 March 2008, won the Georgian national final with 39.4% of the vote, therefore she represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia. She won a place in the final at the second semi-final on 22 May and finished 11th.
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Gurtskaya has a number of awards to her credit. Most notably, a 2007 Russian Honorable Artist award given to her by president Vladimir Putin, a Medal of Honor given to her by Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, and the Award of Saint Barbara in Ukraine amongst others.
She has recorded duets with various well-known foreign singers including Ray Charles, Toto Cutugno, and Demis Roussos.
In 2009, Gurtskaya received significant media attention after failing to obtain a visa from the British embassy due to her blindness. However, after a much publicised campaign, a visa was granted and the rules were changed.
Gurtskaya is married to Pyotr Kucherenko, who is a sighted lawyer in Moscow, and they have one son, Konstantin (b. June 2007).
Diana Gurtskaya signed the petition of support of Putin's actions in Ukraine and Crimea in 2014.