Aleksandr Sergeyevich Panayotov (; born 1 July 1984) is a Russian-Ukrainian singer and songwriter. He has recorded two albums so far. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Aleksandr for his support of

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

Eurovision Song Contest

Aleksandr had made eleven previous attempts to represent Russia or Ukraine so far

Russia

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: ''Balalayka'' (with Alexey Chumakov) – 5th (11.6% of televoting) *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: Didn't qualify to the first round *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: ''Не моя (Every Little Thing)'' (with Alexey Chumakov) – 2nd *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: ''Crescent and Cross'' – 2nd (52 points) *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: ''Superhero'' – Didn't qualify to the national final *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: ''Maya Showtime'' – 6th (10.6 points) *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: ~~Aleksandr was shortlisted~~ *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: Aleksandr was shortlisted *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

: Aleksandr was shortlisted – 3rd *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

: ~~Aleksandr was shortlisted~~

Ukraine

: ''Superhero'' – 4th (22 points)

The Voice of Russia 2016

;''The Voice'' performances : – Studio version of song reached the top performances that week

Awards

* 2003 – Received prize "Красная книга Запорожья (''Redlist of

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'')" * 2006 – Received gold medal "Во имя жизни на земле (''In name of life on land'')" (

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) * 2007 – Received Order "Служение искусству (''Merit for art'')" (Moscow) * 2010 – Received Order "Пламенеющее сердце(Flaming Heart)" (Moscow)

Performance-related pay

* 2000 – World song contest "Черноморские игры (''Blacksea's play'')" Grand-prix * 2000 – Song contest "Славянском базаре (''Slavic bazar'')" 3rd (

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) * 2000 – Song contest "Азовские паруса (''Sail of Azov'')" 1st (

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) * 2001 – Song festival "Золотой шлягер (''Golden hit songs'')" 1st (

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) * 2001 – Song contest "Дискавери (''Discovery'')" 1st (

Varna, Bulgaria Varna (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, third-largest city in Bulgaria and the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in the Northern Bulgaria region. Situated strategically in the Gulf of Varna, t ...

) * 2001 – Song contest "Море друзей (''Sea of friends'')" 1st (

Yalta Yalta (: ) is a resort town, resort city on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula surrounded by the Black Sea. It serves as the administrative center of Yalta Municipality, one of the regions within Crimea. Yalta, along with the rest of Crime ...

) * 2001 – Song contest "Конкурс артистов эстрады (''Contest of pop-artists'')" 2nd (

) * 2002 – Song contest "Песни Вильнюса (''Songs of Vilnius'')" 1st (

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) * 2002 – Song contest "Стань звездой (''Become star'')" advanced till final-stage (tele-channel "Россия (Russia)") * 2003 – Song contest "Народный артист (''National artist'')" 2nd (tele-channel "Россия")

Discography

Albums

* 2006 – Леди дождя (''The Rain lady'') * 2010 – Формула любви (''Formula of love'')

Compilation albums

* 2001 – Слухай@zp.ua (First disk, in which the song was written by A.Panayotov – "Літній дощ (''Summer rain'')") * 2004 – Народный артист 1 (''National artist 1'') * 2004 – Народный артист 2 (''National artist 2'') * 2004 – Финальный концерт проекта в Кремле (''Final concert of project in Kremlin'') – DVD * 2005 – Балалайка (''Balalaika'') * 2005 – Народный артист (''National artist'') – mp3 * 2005 – Народный артист необыкновенный (''National artist wonderful'') * 2006 – Мальчишник (''Bachelor party'') * 2006 – Все звезды поют песни Кима Брейтбурга (''All stars are singing the songs of Kim Breitburg'') * 2006 – "Фабрика Звезд" против "Народный Артист" (''"Star factory" vs "National artist"'')

Videoclips

* 2005 — Необыкновенная(''Wonderful lady'', with

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& Alexey Chumakov) * 2005 — Балалайка(''Balalaika'', with А.Chumakov) * 2007 — Голос(''Voice'') * 2010 — Формула любви(''Formula of love'') * 2011 — Till tomorrow

Notes

References

External links

* www.panaiotov.ru
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