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.
Eurovision Song Contest Aleksandr had made eleven previous attempts to represent Russia or Ukraine so far
Russia 2005: Balalayka (with Alexey Chumakov) – 5th (11.6% of televoting) 2006: Didn't qualify to the first round 2007: Не моя (Every Little Thing) (with Alexey Chumakov) – 2nd 2008: Crescent and Cross – 2nd (52 points) 2009: Superhero – Didn't qualify to the national final 2010: Maya Showtime – 6th (10.6 points) 2017: Aleksandr was shortlisted 2019: Aleksandr was shortlisted 2020: Aleksandr was shortlisted – 3rd 2021: Aleksandr was shortlisted
Ukraine 2009: Superhero – 4th (22 points)
The Voice of Russia 2016 The Voice performances – Studio version of song reached the top performances that week Stage Song Original artist Date Order Result Blind Audition "All by Myself" Eric Carmen 23 September 2016 4.8 All coaches turned;joined Team Grigory Leps Battle Rounds(Top 57) "Woman in Chains" (vs. Elena Alekseeva) Tears for Fears feat. Oleta Adams 11 November 2016 11.2Saved by Coach Knockout Rounds(Top 36) "Everytime You Go Away" (vs. Daria Stavrovich, vs. Sergey Ruchkin) Paul Young 2 December 2016 14.4 Live Quarterfinals (Top 24) "Зачем тебе я" Natalia Pavlova 16 December 2016 16.8Saved by Votes Summa Live Semi-final (Top 8) "Не тревожь мне душу, скрипка" Valeriy Meladze 23 December 2016 17.8 Live Final (Top 4)"Я слушал дождь" (with Grigory Leps) Yevgeny Borisovich 30 December 2016 18.3 Runner-up "Исповедь" Aleksey Garnizov 18.7 "Careless Whisper" George Michael 18.10
Awards 2003 – Received prize "Красная книга Запорожья (Redlist of Zaporizhzhia)"Aleksandr Panayotov at www.TopPop.ru (archived) 2006 – Received gold medal "Во имя жизни на земле (In name of life on land)" (Moscow) 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 (Kyiv) 2000 – Song contest "Азовские паруса (Sail of Azov)" 1st (Azov) 2001 – Song festival "Золотой шлягер (Golden hit songs)" 1st (Mogilev) 2001 – Song contest "Дискавери (Discovery)" 1st (Varna, Bulgaria) 2001 – Song contest "Море друзей (Sea of friends)" 1st (Yalta) 2001 – Song contest "Конкурс артистов эстрады (Contest of pop-artists)" 2nd (Kyiv) 2002 – Song contest "Песни Вильнюса (Songs of Vilnius)" 1st (Latvia) 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 Ruslan Alekhno & Alexey Chumakov) 2005 — Балалайка(Balalaika, with А.Chumakov) 2007 — Голос(Voice) 2010 — Формула любви(Formula of love) 2011 – Till tomorrow
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External links
www.panaiotov.ru Aleksandr Panayotov discography, album releases & credits at Discogs Aleksandr Panayotov albums to be listened as stream on Spotify