Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko (born 2 October 1973 in Poltava, Ukraine, USSR), better known as his drag character Verka Serduchka (Ukrainian: ????? ????????), is a Ukrainian comedian and pop and dance singer. In the role of Serduchka, he represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and finished in second place.n 1990, Andriy Danylko started to create the character Verka Serduchka, a flamboyant middle aged woman and train conductor. At a humor contest in Poltava on 1991-04-01, he presented Verka Serduchka publicly for the first time. He invented the character's name by combining the randomly picked first name Verka and the real last name of a former school classmate, Anya Serduk. Apart from pop and dance numbers, Danylko has also appeared under his real name, performing ambient musical compositions. "Dancing Lasha Tumbai" is the song sung by Verka Serduchka (Andriy Danylko), chosen to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki, Finland. The original title was simply «Danzing» but it was changed due to lyrics controversy. The song includes lyrics in four languages: German, English, Russian and Ukrainian. In the.