Aleksandr Sergeyevich Panayotov (Russian: Александр Серге́евич Панайотов; 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.[2][3]
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)
2003 – Received prize "Красная книга Запорожья (Redlist of Zaporizhzhia)"[8]
2006 – Received gold medal "Во имя жизни на земле (In name of life on land)"[9] (Moscow)
2007 – Received Order "Служение искусству (Merit for art)"[10] (Moscow)
2010 – Received Order "Пламенеющее сердце(Flaming Heart)"[11] (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
Notes
^The name of the song that Aleksandr sent to Channel One is unknown
^On 21 February 2017, Alexander Panayotov's manager, Ekaterina, hinted at a live broadcast on the Instagram that Channel One had stopped considering Alexander's candidacy for a trip to Kyiv from Russia. It is not known why Channel One had stopped considering Alexander's candidacy[4]
^Aleksandr said that "There was an offer from Channel One, in fact, we sent them songs, and not just one – different genres, and slow, and fast, but in the end … the bosses think. They have their own vision and their own plans"[5] This means that the reason for non-participation was that Channel One have asked Aleksandr to send several songs for consideration and the selection committee after listening to the songs decided not give Aleksandr the right to participate.[6][7]
References
^"Aleksandr Panayotov". Biography. Aleksandr Panayotov Official Website. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
