Singer Alexander Panayotov told how he decided to participate in the project and how he lived before that.
Last Friday was marked by a triumphant return to the stage for 32-year-old Alexander Panayotov. During the “blind auditions”, four mentors turned to the young man at once, but Panayotov chose Grigory Leps as a teacher.
He commented on his performance in the new season of the Voice show with the following words: “It was not an easy decision. Zero out everything that was "before" in order to multiply what, I hope, will be after. Many thanks to everyone who put their hand, heart and soul into this decision. Thanks to those who gave a chance to stand on this stage and sing.. to sing like it was the first and last time.. unforgettable sensations and emotions from what I experienced while there. All in the name of music and art! In the name of good! Thank you,” Alexander said. In a matter of days, Panayotov managed to win not only the love of the audience, but also the condemnation of ill-wishers who believe that the artist has nothing to do in the project. The ward of Grigory Leps, on the other hand, takes a different point of view and treats this kind of criticism with understanding.
“Voice is an international project. In many countries where it is also underway, this situation has happened more than once. For example, now in the American version, the girl who played the main role in "Curly Sue" won. Everyone knew her. After disappearing for 15 years from the field of view of fans, she triumphantly returned. I identify with the voice. No matter how pathetic it may sound, many say: "Panayotov is equal to the voice." And from this point of view, the project is, as they say, "mine". All these years I have been invited to many vocal shows, including those similar to Just the Same. But it's a little out of my league. I think when I relax and rest on my laurels, it will be possible to try myself in such shows. But I’m not ready yet,” says Alexander. The terrible accident that happened in February of this year taught the artist not to be afraid to take risks and achieve his goals, no matter how difficult they may seem.
“I was returning home by taxi. We were driving on a slippery road at night, it was snowing. Due to poor visibility, the oncoming car did not notice our car and flew into us at full speed. The blow was so strong that I flew forward. Thank God, the back of the front seat partly softened the blow. The car was thrown over and we rolled over. I woke up in the front seat, my forehead pressed against the airbag. After such accidents do not survive. And I not only survived, but also escaped with a slight fright - I did not receive not only fractures, there were not even abrasions. As they say, was without a single scratch. But it was at that moment that I realized: life is so short, so unexpected! Everything can change in just a second. It was such a cuff that they gave me from above. And I thought, “What the hell? There is a wonderful project on the main channel of the country, where you need to sing on stage, where there is live sound and a real orchestra! And I have a voice. And why not try yourself in it? The next day he sent his notes. I no longer had any doubts, ”recalls the ward of Grigory Leps
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Alexander Panayotov is called the sensation of the fifth season of the Voice show on Channel One. Many obviously consider him the winner and offer to go to Eurovision in 2017. Meanwhile, in Golos, things have not even come to fights yet - mentors are only recruiting teams.
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According to Panayotov, he ended up in this musical project after a tragic accident. “In my case, the impetus was a car accident, after which they don’t survive,” the musician admitted. “I was driving after Yulia Nachalova’s birthday - in winter, it was night. it crashed into us, skidded. I remember smoke, airbags, I flew into the front seat. God took me away - I didn’t hurt much, but at that moment everything turned upside down inside me. It was a small death. I realized how short life is, how much time I I lose because of some kind of pride that I need to act urgently.
October 06, 2016When the question arose whether to apply for the "Voice", the singer did not doubt at all. “I’ve been thinking for four years, since the launch of this show,” Panayotov is quoted by the Life.ru portal. “It was insanely important for me what each of the mentors would say - I know everyone, I’m friends with someone.” We add that Alexander participated in the project "People's Artist" on the channel "Russia", but then his musical career did not advance much.
From "People's Artist" to 106 kilograms on the scales ... The story of the ups and downs of the singer who made his way to the show "Voice"
From "People's Artist" to 106 kilograms on the scales ... The story of the ups and downs of the singer, who made his way to the show "Voice".
Photo: Vladimir SOKOLOV Now he is tipped to the finale of "Voice" and on. Like, the most obvious candidate from Russia. But Alexander Panayotov appeared on the air of the Voice only once. He split the hearts of the audience into atoms with the performance of the song All By Myself by Eric Carmen and deployed all the mentors to him.
Although a month ago, few people remembered Panayotov at all: yes, he performed in the “People's Artist”, yes, they showed it on TV. Where is he now, what's wrong with him?
The Teleprogramma magazine recalls the difficult path of Alexander from the heights to oblivion and back. Through failures, copper pipes, four selections for the Eurovision Song Contest and star disease.
Suitcase without a handle
He first came to Moscow for the show "Become a Star" in 2002. Since then, a series of second roles has begun, which has haunted Panayotov throughout his career. Alexander reached the finals, but did not get into the "Other Rules" group, which was assembled from the winners.
A year later, with casually highlighted tousled hair and an unbuttoned marsh-colored shirt, Alexander sang the song "Lady of the Rain" in the show "People's Artist". And stayed in the project. And since then, he has firmly established himself in the capital.
- I was born in Ukraine, in the city of Zaporozhye, in an average family, - the vocalist recalls. There were no musicians in our family. My sister graduated from music school first. And as soon as the question arose whether to throw out the piano, they decided to enroll me in a music school. At the age of 9, I sang Mariah Carey in a high voice at the entrance tests. This caused a shock. Nobody wanted to take me to the class - they were afraid of responsibility. This continues to this day. Producers who have their sights on me are afraid to work with me. I do not know why. It turns out that I'm like a suitcase without a handle - and it's a pity to throw it away, and it's hard to carry.
Despite the next second place - in the "People's Artist", - the singer signed a 7-year contract with the production center of Yevgeny Fridlyand and Kim Breitburg FBI-MUSIC. Then there were performances in Russia and Europe, the duet "Moon Melody" with Larisa Dolina, and even several albums.
Three medalists of the People's Artist: (from left to right) Alexander Panayotov, Alexei Goman and Alexei Chumakov. Photo: Vasily SMIRNOV/TASS “I had a contract,” Panayotov says without joy in his voice. “Afterwards, tours and many concerts began. He even spoke in the UN hall in New York. I was invited to television, and to programs that have nothing to do with music and creativity. Popularity went beyond the "People's Artist".
On the wave of recognition, the singer began to break through to Eurovision. Since 2005, he has applied for the competition four times in a row - both from Russia and, in desperation, from Ukraine. However, every time something got in the way of success. The most offensive was the performance of 2008, when Panayotov removed Sergey Lazarev in the qualifying round, but lost only two points to Dima Bilan, who won Eurovision the same year.
- What a sin to conceal, a lot of money is spinning around Eurovision, - Alexander said later in his hearts. — It can be called financing, corruption, any word. But I do not want to delve into these undercurrents. Disappointed in this contest. The forces were absolutely unequal, and I consider my second place deservedly the first. My friends and colleagues sent SMS and voted on the website. Everyone who sent messages received the answer that ... “the service is not available”, and the site simply closed when people tried to vote for a particular contestant. Thus, the question remains - who put these spectator glasses?
Fateful accident
The contract expired in 2011. According to Panayotov's website, since then the artist "continued his creative career on his own, deliberately distancing himself from television broadcasts and interviews." It is unlikely that that distance was intentional and desired.
“The time has come for media isolation,” the artist admits. “It lasted about five years. And it all started with a frenzied youthful maximalism, bordering on self-confidence. During the period of oblivion, I began to actively work on myself. I no longer like the reflection in the mirror. After the next photo shoot, I looked at the source and realized that even Photoshop would not help. The toggle switch clicked - it's time to shut your mouth. I love to eat, but at that moment I was too relaxed and began to weigh 106 kilograms. I recorded the song "Invincible" and thought it would be cool to return with it, having changed in appearance. For four months with the help of sports and proper nutrition.
I decided not to waste time on pride and complexes - I should enjoy life here and now!
“Of course, I haven’t appeared on TV channels for a long time, but at the same time I am an active artist, I have enough concerts,” says Panayotov. — may not seem very true. Why should I take someone else's place? But this year I was a member of the jury at the competition of the Igor Krutoy Academy in Sochi. It was there that my friends Rita Dakota and Vlad Sokolovsky (participants of the Star Factory. - Ed.) nevertheless convinced me to send an application for the Voice. Come what may! It turned out that I was waiting ...
Panayotov's speech is still being discussed. In four days, the video with his number on the "Voice" has collected more than a million views.
- When the mentors turned to me - in a cascade, very beautifully, one after another - it was a real explosion of emotions! - the singer admits.
At that moment, Leonid Agutin spread his arms as if he had met his best friend. for the first time in graduation, he took off his glasses and waved his hand at Panayotov: they say, everything is clear, what is there. Polina Gagarina smiled from ear to ear with joy. And Dima Bilan stood up and began to applaud, followed by all his colleagues.
Panayotov has known the current mentor of Golos for a long time. And at the blind auditions, she was even indignant: “If only I warned you!” Photo: Personastars.com In addition to high-quality performance, the triumph on the "Voice" has become a symbol of the artist's rebirth. Literally.
“This year I am,” Panayotov reluctantly recalls. “After that, there was a serious reassessment of values. And I decided: if life is so short, then you can’t waste time on pride, despondency about your own oblivion or complexes. This must be eradicated and at the first opportunity to go on stage. So I don’t pay attention to rumors, I understand that after the broadcast they will be (I already did to Panayotov. - Auth.). I want to tell everyone right away: I do not pretend to laurels or someone else's place under the sun, but I will work on an equal footing with everyone. In the end, the Voice involved artists and much more popular than me.
In that accident, formally, he was not at fault. But, as creepy as it sounds, it was the accident that became the starting point of the reboot. The accident did not destroy Panayotov, but it helped to destroy his vanity. So someone needed it.
“I was returning by taxi from the birthday of Yulia Nachalova,” the artist recreates that event in his memory. - It was winter. And a car flew into our forehead at full speed. I was sitting in the back seat - ended up in the front, flew over. The cars were wrecked. And miraculously I survived. For a couple of weeks I was in shock, for the first time in my life I was visited by apathy. Interestingly, after the accident, the icon that I wore on my chest disappeared. She held on to a strong rope, never came off. And then it evaporated. Apparently, she served her time - she saved me.
The singer tried four times to get to Eurovision, and never had any luck. Photo: Evgeny FEDOTOV/Starface.ru Battle with mother's dumplings
Since then, Alexander has become more modest and wiser. Defeats and failures do not provoke attacks on others, but give rise to work on oneself.
“Of course, every artist takes oblivion to heart,” says the newly-minted member of the “Voice”. Everything depends on the inner core. Now I treat the situation philosophically, I try to find an explanation for each event, to delve into myself. I did not lower the fee, I have concerts, but there is not enough mega-popularity and media coverage. Attention faded. I calmly rethought it and began, for example, to appreciate loved ones more. And even if the blues overtakes me, I try to immediately occupy myself - to write music, shoot videos. Creativity saves. I am glad every step on the stage and every meeting with the audience.
He still lives alone. And only once a year the mother gets out of Zaporozhye to visit her beloved son.
“When my mother comes to Moscow, this is the hardest thing,” the vocalist laughs. - This is a battle. She has the idea of fixing to feed, to shove all the pies and borscht into me. No sushi, no world cuisine can replace Ukrainian dumplings with sour cream and cottage cheese. And if it’s with salted cottage cheese, then it’s generally overeating.
If Golos fails again, Panayotov will not blaspheme mentors and spectators - he has already survived the era of all-consuming egoism. And he is ready to try his luck on another planet, where his talent will be appreciated.
“I am fascinated by art, cinema, and also space,” the artist dreams. - I like to study outer space, other galaxies, I read a lot on this topic. There is such a flight program to Mars - Mars 2020 - where people were selected for the first flight. So I registered there. For what? To fly to Mars by paying an entry fee of ten dollars. Only later did I find out that the expedition was irrevocable, and I changed my mind. Although if a stage was built on Mars, I would probably go.
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The terrible accident that Alexander Panayotov got into after the birthday of Yulia Nachalova was the impetus for him to participate in the Voice show.
Singer Alexander Panayotov is one of the favorites of the fifth season of the Voice show, aired on Channel One. He is predicted a confident victory, and some even believe that in 2017 he should become a participant in Eurovision.
Alexander himself says that in the winter he almost died in an accident. But it was this accident that prompted him to come to the Voice show.
“In my case, the impetus was a car accident, after which they don’t survive. I was driving after Yulia Nachalova’s birthday - in winter, it was night. I sat in the back seat, not fastened. A second - and a blow to the forehead. The car that crashed into us skidded "I remember smoke, airbags, I flew into the front seat. God took me away - I didn’t suffer much, but at that moment everything turned upside down inside me. It was a small death. I realized how short life is, how much time I lose because of what something of pride that you need to act urgently," the singer said.
When the question arose of whether to apply for The Voice, the singer had no doubts: “I have been thinking for four years since the launch of this show. It was extremely important for me what each of the mentors would say - I know everyone, I am friends with someone ".
From childhood he was fond of music. At the age of 7, he entered the humanitarian class of the multidisciplinary school No. 62 in Zaporozhye, and when he was 9 years old, he first appeared on the school stage with E. Krylatov's song “Beautiful Far Away” from the movie “Guest from the Future”.
At the age of 10, he entered the children's music school No. 3 in Zaporozhye. He studied at the youth vocal studio of popular music "Youth", under the guidance of the honored worker of culture Vladimir Artemiev (whose student is also the famous singer Alyosha today).
The first public performance of Alexander Panayotov took place on June 1, 1997. It was a concert on the central city square of Zaporizhzhya dedicated to the World Children's Day. Sasha performed a song from the repertoire of the popular Ukrainian singer Alexander Ponomarev "From morning to night" ("From morning to night").
At the age of 15, Alexander Panayotov performed with his own repertoire at various competitions. The most famous songs are “Ringed Bird” and “Litniy Doshch” (“Summer Rain”). The authors of these songs also studied at the youth vocal studio of popular music "Youth", under the guidance of the honored worker of culture Vladimir Artemyev.
After graduating from secondary and music (with honors) schools, Alexander entered the Kiev State College of Variety and Circus Arts in the department of pop vocals, but did not finish it, because then he was already very actively participating in various music competitions, was fond of it and attended college little .
In 2002, Panayotov decided to travel to Moscow to try his hand at a television project - "Become a Star", where he reached the final.
Returning to Kyiv, Panayotov enters the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts and in the same year creates the Alliance group, in which, in addition to him (the vocalist), 4 more musicians participate. The group enjoys success in Kyiv, performs at prestigious concert venues and nightclubs. Alexander and his team celebrated New Year 2003 by working for the German and foreign public in Berlin.
In 2003, Panayotov again tries his luck in the television competition "People's Artist (Reality Show)", held on the Rossiya TV channel. In the final of the competition, Alexander Panayotov took second place and signed a seven-year contract with producers Yevgeny Fridlyand and Kim Breitburg.
Alexander Panayotov - On the edge (People's Artist - 2003)
Since 2005, Panayotov has been participating in the selection of Russia for the Eurovision Song Contest, but he failed to win this competition.
In 2005, in a duet with Alexei Chumakov, he took second place in the open selection of Channel One with the song "Balalaika", in 2007 the duet became second in the closed selection with the song "Not Mine", and in 2008, already on the Rossiya TV channel, Alexander was inferior only one point for Dima Bilan with the song "Crescent and Cross".
Since March 2011, at the end of a seven-year contract with FBI Music, Alexander Panayotov has become an independent artist.
Alexander Panayotov is well known in Russia, Ukraine, CIS and Baltic countries. For the past nine years, the artist has been living and working in Russia, and has also successfully toured in Russian regions, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States, Israel, the USA, Spain, Germany, France and other EU countries.
Among the latest works of Alexander Panayotov is the track and video "Invincible", in which the artist appeared in a completely new image.
On August 19, 2016, the artist released a new dance track. Alexander Panayotov presented a new single "Intravenous". According to tradition, Panayotov himself was the author of the music, and the text was written in a creative tandem with a talented vocalist and author, the soloist of the N.A.O.M.I. - Arina Ritz and a young lyricist from Novosibirsk - Evgeny Bochkarev.
September 23, 2016 participated in the blind auditions of the 5th season of the show "Voice". All the mentors turned to him, Alexander made a choice in favor of.
Alexander Panayotov - Intravenous
Has experience in film. In 2006, Panayotov made his debut in the series "Don't Be Born Beautiful" in a cameo role.
In 2007, Alexander Panayotov performed one of the title songs "So Close" from the film "Enchanted" by Walt Disney Pictures, which he recorded as an original soundtrack for the Russian version of the film.
In 2011, Alexander Panayotov voiced one of the main characters, a loafer named Fred, in the comedy Big-eared Riot by Universal Pictures.
According to the artist, he dreams of playing a major role in a dramatic or fantasy movie.
Discography of Alexander Panayotov:
2006 - Rain Lady
2010 - Formula of love
2013 - Alpha and Omega
Video clips of Alexander Panayotov:
2005 - Unusual (with R. Alekhno, A. Chumakov)
2005 - Balalaika (with A. Chumakov)
2007 - Voice
2010 - Formula of love
2011 - Till tomorrow
2012 - Snow
2012 - Unreal
2013 - Where are you?
2013 - Beyond the horizon
2014 - Alpha and Omega
2015 - SAMI
2015 - I promise (together with Sasha Spielberg)
2015 - Phone
2016 - Invincible
2016 - Intravenous
Alexander Panayotov is called the sensation of the fifth season of the Voice show on Channel One. Many obviously consider him the winner and offer to go to Eurovision in 2017. Meanwhile, in Golos, things have not even come to fights yet - mentors are only recruiting teams.
According to Panayotov, he ended up in this musical project after a tragic accident. “In my case, the impetus was a car accident, after which they don’t survive,” the musician admitted. “I was driving after the birthday of Yulia Nachalova –
in winter, it was night. Sitting in the back seat, not wearing a seatbelt. Second
and a blow to the forehead. The car that crashed into us skidded. I remember smoke, airbags, I flew into the front seat. God took me away - I didn’t suffer much, but at that moment everything turned upside down inside me. It was a small death. I realized how short life is, how much time I lose because of some kind of pride, that I need to act urgently.
When the question arose whether to apply for the "Voice", the singer did not doubt at all. “I have been thinking for four years, since the launch of this show,” Panayotov is quoted by the Life.ru portal. “It was insanely important for me what each of the mentors would say - I am familiar with everyone, I am friends with someone.” We add that Alexander participated in the project "People's Artist" on the channel "Russia", but then his musical career did not advance much.
