Aleksandr Panayotov

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Panayotov (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.

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

Awards

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

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