Gor Mkrtchi Sujyan (; born 25 July 1987) is an

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singer and lead singer of the Armenian rock band

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. He represented

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, Sweden, with the song

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Biography

Early life

Gor Sujyan was born on 25 July 1987 in

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, Armenia. He is the son of guitarist, jazzman Mkrtich Sujyan.

Dorians

At the age of 17, Gor has created band "Gor & Friends". It has been performing cover-version of popular rock songs. Since June 2008 – lead singer and main composer of a new rock band

. In April 2009 Dorians won the "Best Newcomer" award at the annual Tashir Music Awards in Moscow. On 22 December 2011, the band presented their first album named "Fly".

Eurovision

At the

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, Gor was one of the back-up singers for

Eva Rivas Valeria Alexandrovna Reshetnikova-Tsatouryan (, ; born 13 July 1987), better known by her stage name Eva Rivas, is a Russian-Armenian singer. She represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " Apricot Stone". In 2014, Riv ...

during her performance of "

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." On 21 January 2013, it was announced by

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, that Gor would represent Armenia at the

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, held in

, Sweden. He sang the song "

", written by legendary

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and Armenian lyricist Vardan Zadoyan. On 16 May, "Lonely Planet" competed in the second semi-final, and qualified to the finals, placing 7th in a field of 17 songs and scoring 69 points. In the final, the song placed 18th with 41 points.

Awards

*2009 – ''Best Newcomer'' (

) WON *2010 – ''Best Male Singer'' (Gor Sujyan) WON *2010 – ''Best Rock Band of the Year'' (Dorians) WON *2011 – ''Best Rock Band of the Year'' (Dorians) WON *2011 – ''Best Video of the Year'' (Dorians) WON *2011 – ''Best Vocal of the Year'' (Gor Sujyan) WON *2011 – ''Rock Number One'' (Dorians) WON *2011 – ''Man Number One'' (Gor Sujyan) WON

Television

References

Armenian rock musicians 1987 births Living people 21st-century Armenian singers {{armenia-singer-stub