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Diana Gurtskaya
12+ albums
Eurovisiongeorgianpopfemale vocalistsEurovision Song Contest
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Diana Gurtskaya (born 1979 in Abkhazia) is a famous, blind Georgian singer residing in Moscow, Russia. She represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia. Gurtskaya has a number of important prizes and awards to her credit. Most notably, a 2007 Russian Honorable Artist award given to her by president Vladimir Putin and a Medal of Honor given to her by Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. She has recorded duets with various well-known foreign singers including Ray Charles, Toto Cutugno, and Demis Roussos. Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Semi-Final (2) - Belgrade Entry for Georgia Diana Gurtskaya - Peace Will Come Composer(s) - Kim Breitburg Lyrics writer(s) Karen Kavaleryan Sang in Position: 14 Final Position: 5 Total Points: 107 Eurovision Song Contest 2008 GRAND-FINAL - Belgrade Entry for Georgia Sang in Position: 17 Final Position: 11 Total Points: 83 In what was largely a two horse race in the Georgian national selection, Diana Gurtskaya won with the song Peace Will Come and will be only the second ever representative at the Eurovision Song Contest from Georgia. Diana Gurtskaya was born on July, 2nd, 1979 in Abkhazia in Georgia. She is blind from birth. During the armed conflict in Abkhazia, her family was forced to remove from their native town and she stayed in a camp for refugees and later moved to Russia. In 1995 she finished boarding school for blind and visually impaired children in Tbilisi. While studying at a special
