# Aleksandr Panayotov

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.

## 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 | 11.2 | Saved by Coach |
| Knockout Rounds (Top 36) | "Everytime You Go Away" (vs. Daria Stavrovich, vs. Sergey Ruchkin) | Paul Young | 2 December 2016 | 14.4 | Saved by Coach |
| Live Quarterfinals (Top 24) | "Зачем тебе я" | Natalia Pavlova | 16 December 2016 | 16.8 | Saved by Votes Summa |
| Live Semifinal (Top 8) | "Не тревожь мне душу, скрипка" | Valeriy Meladze | 23 December 2016 | 17.8 | Saved by Votes Summa |
| Live Final (Top 4) | "Я слушал дождь" (with Grigory Leps) | Yevgeny Borisovich | 30 December 2016 | 18.3 | Runner-up |
| Live Final (Top 4) | "Исповедь" | Aleksey Garnizov | 30 December 2016 | 18.7 | Runner-up |
| Live Final (Top 4) | "Careless Whisper" | George Michael | 30 December 2016 | 18.10 | Runner-up |

## 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")

## 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