Andrey Mikhailovich Danilko became popular thanks to the bright image of Verka Serduchka created by him. He is also a composer, director, producer, has the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. Purposefulness, industriousness, faith in one's own forces helped him become famous.
Biography
Andrey Danilko was born in October 1973. in Poltava (Ukraine). Father was a driver, he died early when the boy was 7 years old. Mother had to work hard to feed her children.
Andrei studied at secondary school No. 27, sat at one desk with a pretty excellent pupil Anya Serdyuk, whom he fell in love with. Once he told the girl that he would glorify her name. But she did not take it seriously. Later their paths diverged, Anna became a teacher, got married, gave birth to a daughter.
Danilko studied poorly, but took part in amateur performances. He also studied at an art school, became part of the local KVN team, and later became its captain. In 1991 Danilko graduated from high school and entered the local vocational school, continuing to participate in amateur performances.
Verka Serdiuchka
Danilko first introduced Verka Serduchka to “Humorin” in 1993. He endowed the heroine with a sense of humor, sarcasm, she completely lacks modesty and restraint. For this image, a vocational school student took 2nd place. The following year he became the main prize winner. Later, he received offers to participate in television shows, concerts, advertising campaigns.
Verka Serduchka won the hearts of the public. In 1997 the actor was invited to star in the SV-show (on Ukrainian TV), where Verka was a train conductor. At that time, Andrei dreamed of improving his professional level and went to study at the circus variety school. However, due to poor performance, he was expelled. There was simply not enough time to study, the program began to appear on Russian TV.
The career of the artist began to grow rapidly, Danilko becomes in demand. His Verka Serduchka takes part in the filming of musicals, writes songs that instantly become hits. In 2005 Danilko released the experimental album "After You", but he did not become successful. The popularity of Verka Serduchka forced him to return to the image. In 2007 Danilko goes to Eurovision to Finland, where his Verka took the 2nd place.
Political activity
Andrei Danilko decided on a bold step, having tried himself in politics. In the Verkhovna Rada, he created the party "Against All." Subsequently, he had to face threats, blackmail.
In 2014, Danilko was declared persona non grata, an attempt was made on the artist. Learning about this, Andrew moved to Europe for permanent residence. Now Danilko does not speak at official events, he gives private concerts, mainly in the Russian Federation for the Ukrainian diaspora.
