Gor Sujyan


Gor Mkrtchi Sujyan is an Armenian rock singer and lead singer of the Armenian rock band Dorians. He represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song Lonely Planet.
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Biography

Early life

Gor Sujyan was born on 25 July 1987 in Yerevan, 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 Dorians. 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Gor was one of the back-up singers for Eva Rivas during her performance of "Apricot Stone."
On 21 January 2013, it was announced by ARMTV, that Gor would represent Armenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, held in Malmö, Sweden. He sang the song "Lonely Planet", written by legendary Tony Iommi, the English guitarist and songwriter, a founder member of the pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath 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 WON
  • 2010 – Best Rock Band of the Year WON
  • 2011 – Best Rock Band of the Year WON
  • 2011 – Best Video of the Year WON
  • 2011 – Best Vocal of the Year WON
  • 2011 – Rock Number One WON
  • 2011 – Man Number One '''WON'''