Sirusho

Birth Name: Siranush Harutyunyan

Place of Birth: Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR (now Armenia)

Date of Birth: 7 January, 1987

Ethnicity: Armenian

Sirusho (Armenian: Սիրուշո) is an Armenian singer and songwriter. She represented Armenia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Qele, Qele,” and finished 4th.

Sirusho was born in Yerevan, Armenia, the daughter of Hrachya Harutyunyan, an actor and director, and Syuzan Margaryan, a singer. She is married to Levon Kocharyan, with whom she has two children. Levon is the son of Robert Kocharyan, who was Prime Minister of Armenia, from 20 March, 1997 to 10 April, 1998, and President of Armenia, from 9 April, 1998 to 9 April, 2008.