"He drank a lot": Andrei Danilko on the death of his father from cancer. Andrey Danilko spoke about the possible return of Verka Serduchka When Verka Serduchka's funeral

National artist Ukraine Andriy Danilko sharply shamed the well-known journalist Natalya Vlashchenko in the country, accusing her of sycophancy.

The singer, who previously performed in the image of the famous Verka Serduchka, recalled Vlashchenko the moment when she offended him with her statement that Andrei would use his image “to gray hair”, while not showing himself as a separate person. Danilko spoke about this during the program "Vlast vs Vlashchenko", the release of which was published on YouTube.

So, during an interview, Danilko noted that he and Natalya had worked together for a long time, and she was always nice to him. But at the same time, one moment spoiled his impression of the journalist.

“I always liked you, only once I didn’t like you. Then you said: “How long will this Danilko perform in Serduchka? To gray hair?" But I didn’t understand why you said that. It’s in demand and popular. It was said during the program with the drag queen Monroe. You probably wanted to “lick” her. As if you wanted to please her " , - Andrey said, adding that it hurt him very much.

Natalya replied that she did not remember the incident, but she felt embarrassed and stupid because she had previously allowed herself such statements.

"God, could I say that shit to Monroe?" - Vlaschenko was indignant.

Danilko himself summed up that he was not offended by Vlaschenko, since similar situations happened to him quite often throughout his career, so he got used to it.

Ukrainian actor Andrey Danilko really "a little over thirty" - this year he will celebrate his 45th birthday. And he spent about half of his life in the image Verka Serduchka- a cheeky conductor with a terrible accent. He came up with this image at school, and earned popularity for Verka in the 90s, wandering around with concerts around the country former USSR and somehow combining this difficult process with study. This image left the TV screen for the people - when Danilko began hosting the humorous talk show SV-show on the 1 + 1 channel. Then he also began to sing - in general, now Serdyuchka is an indispensable part of the Ukrainian cultural landscape, which alone can literally pull out the very boring Eurovision, which was held in Kyiv in 2017.

And here is Andrei Danilko with the beloved audience in a stage way. He announced this on the eve of the concert, which will take place on July 13 in Odessa. There will probably be other performances, but the artist’s website now has one inscription: “Vacation”.

“This will be a grandiose performance by an artist who misses her audience,” Danilko quoted the portal vesti-ukr.com as saying. - A bright show worthy of Verka Serduchka. It's already a holiday in itself! By the way, in addition to well-known songs, Verka has prepared several new compositions, the premiere of which will take place in Odessa.”

The farewell tour itself will not begin soon - in about a year. The exact dates have not yet been announced, as well as the cities in which Serduchka will perform. As well as does not name Danilko and the reasons that made him part with the conductor Verka.

Don't leave when you leave

Artists quite often mislead their fans with words about the end of their careers. A typical example is a group Scorpions, who traveled around the former Union (and not only) for several years, saying goodbye to all her fans. Alla Pugacheva in 2009 she traveled to many cities with a farewell tour "Dreams of Love", but later reappeared with new songs on stage and on television.

In the biography of Verka Serduchka, there were also similar episodes: back in 2006, Danilko announced the end of the career of his alter ego. True, he quickly clarified that this was not about a complete cessation of performances, but only about solo concerts - they say, there were too many "fake Serducheks", so they had to be dealt with somehow. The method of struggle was not chosen as the most ordinary - the artist simply complicated his shows.

Then in his biography there was an almost won Eurovision 2007, where Serduchka became the second with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai". After this triumph, Danilko almost stopped performing in Russia - it seemed to many that in one of the choruses he sang "Russia Goodbye" instead of "Lasha Tumbai". And since it was shortly after the first Maidan, Russian concert venues vying with each other refused to cooperate with him. The artist accused the producers of the Serebro group, which represented Russia at that Eurovision Song Contest and took third place, of the boycott.

As for the current statement about the completion of the Verka Serduchka project, Danilko first spoke about it a year ago.

“It will be 2018, and we want to cover Germany and Israel, and finish in Ukraine,” he described the future farewell tour, meaning by this tour “some thanks” to the people who gave the boy from Poltava the opportunity to provide for himself financially, to live on Khreshchatyk and, in principle, not to work.

At the same time, in the same interview with vesti-ukr.com, Danilko almost said in plain text that he would continue to perform on stage - at some “new level” that he was given to show on the Eurovision 2017 stage.

“I have already accumulated a lot of material that we deliberately do not show. Then to show everyone how to do it, how to make money on songs, and so that no one steals all this, ”said the artist.

So it is unlikely that it will be possible to finally part with Verka Serduchka - most likely, even after the farewell tour, she will return to the stage. Well, there is no doubt that along with new songs she will sing well-known hits.

This was indirectly confirmed by the representative of Danilko.

“Most likely, it [the tour] will be a farewell, but we have not yet made statements about this,” the artist’s representative told REN TV. He clarified that there were no official statements about the end of his career, and added that we can only talk about Serduchka, and not about Danilko himself.

“Andrey has a lot of thoughts, a lot of ideas and new songs,” he said and reminded that Serduchka will perform in many places in the near future.

Andrei Danilko, better known as Verka Serduchka, lost his father many years ago. The artist is still experiencing this tragedy. He spoke about his pain in the program "Once" on the NTV channel.

Andrei's father died due to oncology. However, the artist is sure that alcohol ruined the parent.

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“He drank a lot. The man was very good, but when he drank, he was no longer very good. He could plant windows, arrange fights,” recalled the creator of Verka Serduchka.

Despite the violent temper of his father, Andrei was very upset by his loss. He even promised himself that he would never drink again. The artist could not keep this promise. Now he justifies himself by the fact that alcohol does not have a detrimental effect on him.

Danilko also told about the life of his family. According to the artist, the times of his childhood were very difficult. His parents' apartment didn't even have a shower. The family was forced to go to relatives to wash themselves, they did this only once a week.

As the site wrote, earlier Andrei Danilko announced that he was parting with the image of Verka Serduchka. A farewell tour is planned for 2019.

Andrey Danilko, popularly known as the conductor Verka Serdyuchka, recent times rarely appears in public. Concerning a large number of rumors, gossip and speculation flooded social networks. Among them, there were reports that a beloved artist had been killed. Let's try to objectively figure out what really happened to Andrei.

For more than fifteen years, the artist has been performing on the stage in a humorous female image, known not only in Ukraine, in Andrey's homeland, but in Russia, Europe and even overseas. The talented young man practically himself, without producers and agents, created his stage role and organized his performances himself.

The future star was born in Poltava 42 years ago. Standard soviet family the boy (parents-workers and two children) was in financial need, so the parents had to work hard, and there was no time to deal not only with the development of the potential abilities of children, but simply with their upbringing.

Without control from his parents, Andrei did not try at all in his studies, but he succeeded in the amateur art activities of the school. He was the captain of the KVN school team, participated in competitions with pleasure, attended school theater classes.

Due to the lack of proper training, the young man could not enter either the pedagogical institute or the music school after graduation. There was only one way - to the vocational school. Therefore, his first specialty is a cashier-seller.

But Andrey's creative nature could not be limited to the framework of exact objects. He independently invented characters, created miniatures and went on tour with them. After a while, the idea comes to him to create his own theater. At this time, real fame comes to him.

Danilko feels a lack of education, so in 1995 he entered the circus variety school. However, after studying for a year and a half, he was expelled due to lack of prospects. In fact, his views on creativity diverged from the vision of teachers. And yet he received an education, but already at the Institute of Culture.

A new stage in his work was the performance of pop music in the image of Verka Serduchka, the release of several albums, video clips. The kitsch style of the songs created by Danilko brought him wide popularity and commercial success. The awarding of prestigious music awards is a confirmation of his recognition as a true professional. The participation of the star in musicals added to his popularity and love of the audience. And the second place in the Eurovision 2007 contest brought Andrey European recognition.

The showman does not like to talk about his personal life, so the information that leaks to the press, as a rule, appears late or does not always correspond to reality.

In the last two years, Andrey Danilko has disappeared from TV screens and does not give concerts either in Ukraine or in Russia. Fans became worried, not only assumptions appeared in the media, but also facts that took place several years ago.

One of these is a message about the murder of a showman. Recall the old story that happened to the artist.

After the rumor appeared that Andrey Danilko was killed in a Kiev cafe, the artist's fans and journalists decided to get to the bottom of the truth. It turned out that the rumor was well founded. To the delight of the fans, Andrei is alive and unharmed, but the murder was really planned. This was later told by Igor Klinkov, the producer of the showman.

The murder was planned to be committed after Verka Serduchka's performance at the Tavria Games in 2008. Somehow (it remained a secret) the producer became aware of the plans of the criminal, and he decided to strengthen the security of the singer. Before the performance, Danilko himself was not told about the impending danger, so as not to unbalance the artist. However, Andrei felt that something was happening. He was nervous about a dozen armed guards assigned to him by the producer. Because of this, there was even a dispute between Andrei and Igor, although later the artist was grateful to his colleague.

The story with the star once again proves that, as a rule, the closest people betray. The killer turned out to be good friend Andrey, who has a fatal passion to play in the casino. He played to the point that he even lost his apartment, but he still owed the casino. Realizing that the amount of 125 thousand dollars is unbearable for him, the player did not think of anything better than to hide. However, he was found and threatened with reprisals if he did not return the debt. Trying to get out of an unpleasant situation, a traitor friend spoke about friendly relations with Danilko. He was offered to kill Verka Serduchka in return for forgiveness of the debt. Andrei's friend was not tormented by remorse for a long time and agreed.

But, apparently, someone from the criminal company is a fan of the artist, and found a way to warn the producer about the impending assassination attempt. Unfortunately, the question of who the artist prevented remained unclear. After all, it is clear that the murder was not prepared for fun. The killer was not apprehended.

When, after the performance, Danilko found out that he was one step away from death, he could not recover for a long time. But this is not the only attempt on the star. The showman admitted that in 2010, when he tried to try his hand at politics, during election campaign to the Rada, Andrei was forced to withdraw his candidacy, feeling a clear threat to his life.

Now Andrey Danilko continues to do what he loves. He really does not perform on the Ukrainian stage, explaining that the cheerful image of Verka Serduchka is now irrelevant in the country. In Russia, the singer sometimes participates in concerts at private corporate parties, weddings, family holidays. Engaged in the creation of new songs. The desire to avoid the political interpretation of his songs, the star tours abroad, often performs in the United States, took part in the selection of singers for Eurovision 2016 as a judge.

In addition, the artist is forced to pay more attention to his health. A tough work schedule, flights, change of time zones led to insomnia, hypertension.

The childhood of Andrei Danilko

Andrey Danilko in Poltava. Father was a driver, mother was a worker. They lived rather poorly. My father died in 1980 from lung cancer. To somehow feed two children ( elder sister Galina, 1963) mother worked as a painter in three shifts. Andrei studied at Poltava school number 27. Here he met Anya Serdyuk, a shy, pretty girl, an excellent student from an intelligent family. They sat at the same desk at school. Anya treated Andrei well, but nothing more. How could she be interested in the son of ordinary workers living in a barracks? He even has a shirt on prom classmates bought it together, the Danilko family lived so poorly then.

At school, the future showman studied poorly, and Anya dreamed of becoming a teacher Ukrainian language. Andrei always repeated to her that he would find a way to glorify her last name, to which Anya only smiled in response. He was the captain of the KVN school team, which constantly won prizes in city competitions. Since 1983, he became a member of the school theater-studio "Grotesque" under the direction of Anatoly Tregub.

School is over. Anya received a medal for excellent studies. Her childhood dream came true, she entered the Pedagogical Institute, got married, gave birth to a daughter, and works as a teacher. After school, Andrei tried to enter the pedagogical institute, the music school. But it did not work out, and I had to go to a vocational school to study as a cashier-seller.

The beginning of creative success - the birth of Verka Serduchka

In 1990, he created a bright character - the conductor Verka Serduchka, with whom he has not parted to this day. On April 1, 1991, in his native Poltava, as part of the humor, he made his debut in the image of Serduchka, which made a splash, after which he was waiting for Stavropol region with his first tour. He was invited to various humorous and concerts. The artist is completely devoted to creativity and creates many new memorable characters. This is how images of a policeman, a soldier, a ballerina, a teacher appear. The Danilko Theater is being created, which successfully "surfs" the vast expanses of Russia and Ukraine.

Andrei understood that he needed to study, there was a lack of education. And in 1995 he entered the department of colloquial genre at the Kiev Variety and Circus School. I studied there for a year and a half. He did not listen to teachers, he was impudent, he took with hostility what he was told and advised. The result of all this is a deduction for lack of prospects, although his Serduchka was already quite popular and involved in various advertising projects on TV. True, a little later, he nevertheless successfully graduated from the Kyiv National University culture and arts.

Musical career of Andrey Danilko

In the early 2000s, Danilko began performing pop music with elements of the ska musical style in the image of Verka. First, purely on the "New Year's Lights" of Channel One. Then he releases a number of albums with enviable frequency and shoots memorable video clips, which were constantly broadcast at that time on MTV. In the lyrics of the songs in a defiant kitsch style, the image of Serduchka was presented, which won wide popular fame and achieved notable commercial success.

Verka Serduchka "Hop-Hop-Hop"

Many of his compositions have become real folk hits. This is clearly confirmed by the Golden Gramophone national award for the songs “I didn’t understand” (2003), “Chita-drita” and the duet with Glukoza “I wanted a groom” (2004), “Tuk tuk tuk” (2005), “ Dolce Gabbana" (2011). You can also recall the "Muz-TV Award" in 2004 for the album "Ha-ra-sho". In 2007, he was recognized by the ZD Awards (Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper) in the Person of the Year nomination.

Film experience of Andrey Danilko

The first musical where Andrei was seen was Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka, which premiered on New Year's Eve 2002. The role of the village moonshiner, vividly played by him, fell in love with the audience. At the same time, another musical "Cinderella" was held. Then under each New Year musicals appeared with enviable constancy, where Andrei's non-participation in them was already unthinkable.

"Crazy Day, Or the Marriage of Figaro" and " The Snow Queen» - 2003.

"For two hares" - 2004.

"Sorochinsky Fair" and "Three Musketeers" - 2005.

"Morozko" - 2010.

"The New Adventures of Aladdin" - 2011.

"Little Red Riding Hood" - 2012.

The history of Eurovision

For him, Eurovision - 2007 is a significant event. For three years, Verka tried in vain to get into this television song contest, incurring the hysterical wrath of the Ukrainians. In 2006, under their pressure, Andrey even withdrew his candidacy. What did Andrey not hear then in his wake: a cheap clown, a disgrace to Ukraine, etc. He was perplexed, looking at this "persecution". For him, the image of Verka is, first of all, a grotesque, buffoonery.


In 2007, he nevertheless made it to Eurovision with an eccentric song "Danzing", which is a cute, uncomplicated "cocktail" of English, German, Ukrainian and Russian words. As one foreign journalist very aptly noted, the melody of this song can easily be tapped on the table with a spoon. Going to Helsinki for the competition, he repeatedly emphasized that he was not going to win - there was too much competition among strong vocalists. He wanted to show how Ukraine knows how to have fun and fool around. After all, before that, Europe highly appreciated the ethnic Ruslana, the classic pop singer Tina Karol.

But in his heart, he naturally wanted to prove that he was not just a clown dressed up as a busty aunt, but an artist who was something of himself. And he proved by taking second place, losing only to the representative of Serbia. Newspapers in England, France, and Germany instantly began to write about Serduchka. A BBC film crew came to him to shoot material, and this is already European recognition. What did he achieve? Glory? Yes! When the world-famous David Copperfield was asked what he associates the state of Ukraine with, he answered without hesitation: “Kuchma, Gorilka, Verka Serduchka.”

Andrey Danilko's personal life

Andrew is still unmarried. But Anya kept his promise to the girl: his Verka Serduchka (remember, what was the name of the girl Anya - Serdyuk) with a star on her head was remembered by all of Europe!

Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai

But for many of his countrymen and relatives, he remained that school ragamuffin, grimacing on the school stage. Relatives living in a village near Poltava do not understand him and perceive with hostility all his work. They have there, according to them, a normal human life, children, farming, cows. And Andrey has a shame - a chest made of foam rubber protruding all over Ukraine. True, recently, when the image of Serduchka began to bring tangible income, mother and sister began to relate to all this tolerably. But Andrey basically does not go on tour to his native Poltava. He says that a palpable sense of guilt is being overwhelmed by him for being a wealthy person, and people around him live miserably, in constant need.

There is no one close to him. And the older he gets, the less he needs someone in his life. According to him, a few years ago he wanted to have a loved one nearby, to have a family, children. And now - he wanted too much, he is comfortable being alone. It is no coincidence that black became his favorite color. He is indifferent to all parties, he does not need prestigious clothes, cool mobile phone. He has a firm position on this matter: it is better to spend your earned money on charity, on good deeds, while not advertising what has been done. He is a very vulnerable and lonely person, always regretting that money cannot buy the joy of life.


Andrei is simply tired of being in two guises. On the one hand, the devastated and constantly sad Danilko, and on the other hand, the cheerful broken Verka Serduchka. Subtle semantic music, full of lyrics, and stupid songs-jokes. Theater of two masks - crying and laughing. Eternal race with constant fatigue, the result of which is a heart torn in two.

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