Eva Rivas
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Born
13 July 1987
Valeria Alexandrovna Reshetnikova-Tsatouryan
13 July 1987
Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR, USSR
GenresPop
OccupationSinger
Years active1994–present
Eva Rivas Եվա Ռիվաս | |
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 Eva Rivas in Oslo, May 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Valeria Alexandrovna Reshetnikova-Tsatouryan 13 July 1987 Rostov-on-Don, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Valeria Alexandrovna Reshetnikova-Tsatouryan (Armenian: Վալերիա Ռուստետնիկովա-Ծատուրյան, Russian: Валерия Александровна Решетникова-Цатурян; 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, Rivas was a judge on the third season of The Voice of Armenia.[1]
Rivas was born and raised in Rostov-on-Don to an Armenian mother and a father of Russian and Greek descent. She took the stage name Eva Rivas from her Greek great-grandmother.[2] Growing up in Rostov, she sang in the Armenian "Arevik" ensemble.
