1. Sergey Lazarev represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, and finished in third place, coming first in the televote.
15 Facts About Sergey Lazarev
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Sergey Lazarev represented Russia again at Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel with the song "Scream", and similarly finished in third place.
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Sergey Lazarev grew up in Moscow, and since his childhood made it known that he wished to become a singer.
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From ages four to nine Sergey Lazarev practiced artistic gymnastics, and participated in various tournaments.
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In 2000, Sergey Lazarev entered Moscow's MKhAT Theatre School and graduated in 2004 as a professional actor.
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Together with British producer Brian Rawling, Sergey Lazarev recorded most of the songs for his solo debut Don't Be Fake that was released in November 2005 and sold more than 300,000 copies in Russia alone.
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Sergey Lazarev finished fourth in Russia's national final, which was won by Dima Bilan.
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Also in 2008, Sergey Lazarev won MTV's Artist of the Year Award.
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In 2009 Sergey Lazarev collaborated with artist Timati and made a video of the song "Lazerboy".
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Sergey Lazarev threatened to sue the social networking service VKontakte for its illegal placement of pirated copies of his songs even before their official release.
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Sergey Lazarev demanded to remove these copies, but instead, on December 12,2012, almost all of Sergey's songs were removed from VKontakte "due to lack of cultural value" or "due to poor performance".
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Sergey Lazarev added that the recording of his speech was shortened and edited by the Ukrainian TV crew so as to create "an anti-Russian interview" and regretted for being involved in an information war.
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On 10 December 2015, it was announced that Sergey Lazarev would represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm.
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Sergey Lazarev revealed that he fell from the high platform during the rehearsals on May 2,2016, and overcame the accident with bruises on his right leg without any injury afterward.
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On February 7, Sergey Lazarev announced that he would represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel with the song "Scream".