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The vocalist’s performance style was called “show-off.” Alexander Panayotov’s colleague Alexander Bon compared the work of a participant in a popular music show more than ten years ago and now.

27.09.2016 23:00

After a wave of enthusiastic reviews of Alexander Panayotov’s performance in “The Voice,” criticism fell on the vocalist. One of the most harshly speaking about the singer’s performance style was his colleague Alexander Bon. It’s interesting that the artist himself recently had to stand in front of the jury at the blind auditions of “The Voice,” so he, like no one else, knows how difficult it is to impress the judges.

However, Alexander called the singing of the current participant in “The Voice” “show-off.” He wrote about this on his microblog on Instagram. Bon remembered the sound of Panayotov 13 years ago, when he was at the beginning of his creative journey.

"There was a finale" People's Artist", my list was: Goman - soul, Panayotov - show-off, Chumakov - balance of soul with show-off. In short, Chumakov. But since Goman is our Russian guy, from Murmansk, objectivity went to hell, I remembered old times Alexander. - Why are Panayotov a show-off? Yes, because “supremacy” was visible not only in P.’s voice, but also in his entire behavior. These cool melismas of his, high notes, he decorated all the songs, everything! Take a song, say that P. will sing it, you can already imagine in your head that Mr. “techie” will show how to stir up these three worthless notes in space.”

Apparently, Bon did not intend to offend his comrade; his reasoning was quite humorous in nature. At the same time, the ex-finalist of “The Voice” wondered what Panayotov’s vocals would sound like in December, when the new season comes to an end.

"Voice-5". The question is - what has changed? Besides, what is the first song needed? Alarmed. I wrote down the main idea for myself here, now I need to re-read it, when the final comes in December, this will be the answer,” Bon concluded mysteriously.

Alexander Panayotov in the show “The Voice” season 5, video, episode 4 from 09/23/2016: Last night, September 23, viewers of the federal “Channel One” saw on air next issue the most popular show in the country “The Voice”. The program was filled with unforgettable emotions and bright surprises.

So. Among the talented vocalists who hoped to get into the project from blind auditions, singer Alexander Panayotov made a real splash. At one time, the guy graduated from the Igor Krutoy Academy and was quite popular on national stage, but then suddenly disappeared from public view.

Alexander Panayotov in the show “The Voice” season 5, video, episode 4 from 09/23/2016: Return of the star

Now Sasha has come to the most prestigious project in the country to once again express himself. According to him, he rethought a lot while he was “in the dark”, and now he is definitely sure that he wants to be creative. The judges, with their backs turned to the stage, did not immediately recognize the vocal of their colleague in the bright voice, but when they turned around, they immediately broke into bright smiles and enthusiastic applause.

Panayotov's performance brought the audience and mentors to their feet - the audience gave the vocalist a standing ovation. Polina Gagarina, Grigory Leps, Leonid Agutin and Dmitry Bilan greeted Sasha as an old friend and unanimously urged him to choose “yourself” as a guardian. Passions were heated to the limit - the judges swore and argued, interrupting each other, were very nervous and worried about who exactly Alexander would choose.

Alexander Panayotov in the show “The Voice” season 5, video, episode 4 from 09/23/2016: In the end, the guy decided to go to Grigory Leps’ team. The singer was particularly active in recruiting Alexander into his network, promised him a great future and even tried to lure him with money - he did not specify what exactly attracted Panayotov, but most likely it was Leps’ colossal experience, his success and ability to find himself in the sky the brightest stars.

Panayotov Alexander Sergeevich is a unique talent, a truly talented performer, composer and master of vocal improvisation. A few days ago he reached the semi-finals of the 5th season of the main vocal competition countries "Voice". Videos of his performances receive many more views than his competitors, he is adored by the public and respected by the jury. So who is this charming, loud-voiced guy? Let's find out together.

Alexander Panayotov on the show “The Voice” on Channel One

Childhood and youth

The future golden voice was born on July 1, 1984 in the city of Zaporozhye, Ukraine. Alexander liked to sing since childhood, and his desire was noticed by his parents - at the age of 10, Sasha begins to attend music school No. 2 in the city of Zaporozhye in piano class with a jazz bias. His first vocal teacher was the honored cultural worker, teacher of the youth vocal studio of popular music “Yunost”, Vladimir Artemyev. At the introductory audition, Sasha performed the then very popular, soulful composition of Mariah Carey “Without you” and amazed everyone present with the power of his voice and talent.

First public speaking Panayotov took place on June 1, 1997 in the central city square of Zaporozhye, on big concert, dedicated to the Day child protection. Despite the excitement, Alexander performed brilliantly, surprising the audience with his strong and in a bright voice. Even then, a great future was predicted for the sweet-voiced guy.

Despite the obvious prerogative direction in his life, in childhood and youth Alexander was torn between studies, musical career(like most young musicians, he dreamed of creating his own group more than he generally thought about the possibility solo career) and forced earnings. Together with his friends, he collected scrap metal and, surprisingly, spent the money very wisely - he purchased simple recording equipment to write his own music and songs.

First steps in a musical career

Alexander’s teachers, and the Young Man himself, understood perfectly well that such talent could not be constrained by the confines of one city, region or country. After a couple of years of active performances at local venues, where Panayotov performed not only covers, but also songs own composition(“Summer Rain” and “Ringed Bird”), the future artist has a desire to try his hand at various music competitions. His first appearance at events of this nature was Zaporozhye “ morning Star", and then the Zorepad festival in Gulyai-Polye, where Alexander was awarded the Grand Prix and received his first prize.

From that moment on, Panayotov “went beyond the limits” musical life Zaporozhye region, demonstrating their talent first on the scale of Ukraine, then in the neighboring countries. In 2000 he received the bronze prize of the famous “Slavic Bazaar” in Kyiv. Also the first prize of the Azov Sails, as well as the Grand Prix of the Black Sea Games festival. The jury of the latter included the honored sound engineer Oleg Stupka, who later took Alexander under his wing.

After graduating from secondary and music schools (with honors) Panayotov entered the Kiev state college pop and circus arts per department pop vocals, but did not finish it because he actively participated in various music competitions, was passionate about it and did not attend college much. Realizing that the time has come for decisive action, Alexander decides to take perhaps the most important step in his life - he decided to take a risk and try to conquer Moscow. City great opportunities, where, under favorable circumstances, one can reveal to the maximum that attracted the young artist.

The show for which he was selected was called “Become a Star,” which, along with “Star Factory,” became the pioneer of entertaining reality shows in the musical format. Despite the fact that Alexander made it to the top ten finalists, he failed to win the competition and become part of the “Other Rules” team. Perhaps this is for the better, since the “Group” itself after its release debut album disappeared into the domestic media space.

group "Other rules"

"People's Artist" - new perspectives

After the end of the competition, Panayotov was forced to return to Kyiv, where he continued his studies at the Kiev National University Culture and Arts. He also created the Alliance group, which quickly became a favorite of the Kyiv nightclub audience. But Alexander did not abandon the idea of ​​​​conquering the musical Olympus, and a year later he again took a risky step - he set off to conquer the public and the jury of a new music competition"People's Artist", aired on the Russia channel. It should be noted that the young man was very critical of what his first attempt to conquer Moscow was like. He absolutely did not like the way he looked on the screen and he decided not only to hone his vocal skills, but also to work on appearance. He managed to lose more than 20 kilograms in 4 months, and this despite the fact that he grew up next to an excellent cook - his mother.

At the People's Artist show, Alexander looked completely different

Despite the fact that Alexander was seen as the undisputed favorite of the show, he took second place, and Alexey Goman was on the top step of the podium. But the lack of a high-profile victory on his record did not prevent Panayotov from impressing the show’s producers, Kim Breitburg and Evgeny Fridland. After the show, a seven-year contract was signed with their production center “FBI-Music”, and their further collaboration resulted in two full-length albums: “Lady of the Rain” (2006) and “Formula of Love” (2010). The show itself brought the singer not only respect from the public and popularity, but also the opportunity to sing with pop stars. One of best rooms was Alexander’s performance with the magnificent Larisa Dolina with the composition “Moon Melody”, which, by the way, they still perform with pleasure at various concerts and events.

Life after "People's Artist"

Despite having a magnificent voice and talent, after the “People’s Artist” show, Alexander Panayotov could not become a first-tier star. He successfully toured with the project participants, and after the tour he was able to focus on solo work and writing material for the release of his own album. In addition to his own songs, the album includes duets with Larisa Dolina and colleagues in the People’s Artist project Alexei Chumakov (season 1) and Ruslan Alekhno (season 2).

In parallel with work on the album, Alexander begins attempts to conquer a new height for himself - to become a representative of the country on international competition"Eurovision". But evil rock“second place” haunts the singer here too. In 2005, he lost first place to Natalya Podolskaya (took 15th place at Eurovision), in 2008 he became second after Dima Bilan (took 2nd place at Eurovision), and in 2009 he tried to become a representative of Ukraine, but took second there too place. All this time, Alexander did not stand still, but was in search - creatively, musically, in search of himself. He experimented with his repertoire and appearance, gaining an army of devoted, but still few, fans.

Alexander Panayotov now

After the expiration of the contract with FBI-Music in March 2011, Alexander decided that he was ready to try to become an independent artist. He set off on a free voyage through the country's media space. Firstly, he continued to tour extensively throughout the CIS countries, performing mainly his songs from the albums “Lady of the Rain” and “Formula of Love”, and, at the same time, he was collecting material for a new, third album. The result of creative quests was the release of the album “Alpha and Omega” in 2013.

Album cover “Alpha and Omega”

Despite the fact that the album consists of only 10 tracks, fans of Panayotov’s work were endlessly happy with the new material. They noted that Alexander had grown a lot in musically, providing the public with more mature, interesting and quality products. After the release of his new album, the singer hatched a plan for a grand show in which he could demonstrate not only his increased vocal skills, but also his talents as a director and stage director. July 5, 2014 in a chic concert hall“Mir” Alexander presented the show “All in”, dedicated to his 30th anniversary.

In addition to the fact that he himself acted as the producer and director of the show, he is also the author of most of the compositions performed in the show. The singer’s guests were his colleague from “People’s Artist” Alexey Chumakov, Larisa Dolina, Vladimir Presnyakov, Yulia Nachalova, Margarita Pozoyan, Georgy Melikishvili. The show was warmly received by the public, and tickets for it were sold out long before the performance date.

At the same time, Alexander presented an experimental musical product - a joint track with the famous video blogger Sasha Spielberg “I Promise”. A few months later, a video clip for this composition was presented. At the same time, the tracks “Sami” and “Telephone” were released.

2016 and the show “The Voice”

2016 was a turning point in Alexander’s career. At the beginning of the year, he presents his new track “Invincible” as well as a video for it. A participant in the “Voice” project, the beautiful Alexandra Belyakova, starred in the video with Panayotov. The video and song were warmly received by fans. Despite the fact that many have noticed a slight similarity musical composition with Adelle’s song “Hello”, the atmosphere, quality of performance and Alexander’s enchanting voice were called by many commentators the best of his career.

But the real bomb was Alexander’s appearance at the blind auditions for the fifth season of the show “The Voice,” where all the mentors immediately recognized him and turned to him. This made Panayotov very worried and did Difficult choice. After Alexander appeared on the show, the audience was immediately divided into two camps. Some argue that artists like him have no right to come to the project and, perhaps, deprive one of the unknown newcomers of a star chance. Others fully supported Alexander, rightly noting that for some reason talents of this level are not represented on our stage. And a show of this level could be the impetus for Alexander’s career to take off. new round. Let's watch together Panayotov's first performance within the project, which, by the way, became the most watched of all the blind auditions:

All four mentors expressed support for the singer, however, Alexander chose to join Leps’ team. Many see a financial interest in this. Well, this cannot be ruled out, the singer has been on the fringes for too long Russian show business. Perhaps collaboration with is a real chance to make a real star out of a mega-talented performer. On this moment Alexander successfully made it to the semi-finals of the competition, supported by his mentor and a growing army of fans. At the performances in the quarterfinals, the lyrical composition by Grigory Leps “Why do you need me” was performed. Alexander was able to once again surprise both the audience and his mentors by singing the song purely and without using his usual melismas. At the same time, his timbre went to the very top and to the lower register, which was unusual and difficult for a tenor.

Personal life

Unfortunately, Alexander does not like to talk about his personal life. In his interviews, he willingly shares stories about first love, first kiss, and youthful crushes. But at the same time he gently avoids answering questions about whether his heart is occupied now. In none of the social networks you will not find a photograph that could shed light on the state of affairs on love front singer He is not married and has no children, and most of the photos on Instagram where he can be seen with girls are captioned in the spirit of “this is a colleague/friend.” It is known that he communicates closely with his manager Ekaterina Koreneva, with whom he flies on joint vacations and spends a lot of time together.

Alexander Panayotov 2017

As soon as the hype surrounding the finale of the show “The Voice” on Channel One subsided, Alexander’s mentor Grigory Leps began immediately implementing his promise “Come to me, you won’t regret it!” Immediately after “The Voice,” one could see Panayotov in the ageless “Guess the Melody.” Together with other participants of “The Voice”, Alexander first appeared on Channel One. In addition to participating in the game itself, he performed a duet with Tatyana Shamanina new song. By the way, Alexander wrote the text himself.

Panayotov and Shamanina on the air of the show “Guess the Melody”
Alexander in the show “Guess the Melody” on Channel One

After the New Year, the phenomenal Rosa Khutor music festival, held annually by the production center of Grigory Leps, started for the third time. It lasted several days and included solo concerts and, creative evening The Meladze brothers and the big Gala concert. Many stars took part in the large-scale gala concert Russian stage and wards of the Leps production center. Among the guests were: Nyusha, Laima Vaikule, Timati, Polina Gagarina, Yegor Creed, Emin, singer Slava and many others. Naturally, Alexander also performed, presenting his hit “Invincible” to the general public for the first time. He also performed several other songs and sang a duet with Grigory Leps. At the concert of the Meladze brothers, he performed “Don’t disturb my soul, violin.”

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Alexander has a video ahead of him for the song “Why do you need me?”, a gift from Leps. And also big solo concert in Crocus City, the best venue in the country. company to the young singer his mentor Grigory Leps will again form the team. At the beginning of 2017, after the conclusion of the contract, Alexander became his mentor. We look forward to new miracles from the talented performer!

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The former participant in the show did not like the singer’s high notes and vocal melismas. Bon accused Panayotov of “narcissism” and the jury members of “biased judging.”

"Why are Panayotov a show-off? Superiority was always visible not only in his voice, but also in his entire behavior. These cool melismas of his, high notes, he adorned all the songs, EVERYTHING! Take a song, say that Panayotov will sing it. Already in your head one can imagine that Mr. “techie” will show how to stir up these three worthless notes in space! Bay leaf to any soup that gives it flavor and piquancy. So, if you add too much of this leaf to the soup, an unpleasant bitterness will appear and it can ruin the entire dish. Sasha, however, exaggerated. Each performer has tricks that everyone is waiting for. It turns out that Panayotov’s trick was quiet, uncomplicated and rare places. 13 years ago, this could have been attributed to age and sudden fame, a frontal star, but now... Blind audition I’m alarmed, I’m waiting for December and the final,” Bon wrote on his Instagram (the author’s spelling and punctuation have been preserved - editor’s note).

Alexander Panayotov did not comment on such harsh statements addressed to him. There have been no comments from Panayotov himself yet.

Almost 15 years after “People’s Artist”, the singer again participates in a music television competition.

Since “The Voice” appeared on the air, my friends have only asked why I wasn’t there. They said that God himself ordered to participate. I kept denying it. In the end, I was convinced by singers Vlad Sokolovsky and Rita Dakota, with whom we sat on the jury of a children's vocal competition in Sochi this year. Returning to Moscow, I filled out the form for fun. I decided: come what may. Passed all stages of selection for general principles, no agreements, cronyism. Together with other applicants, I sat with a number in the corridor. All this didn’t bother me or upset me at all.

I treated the casting as interesting, fun game. I didn’t dramatize the fact that an established artist, just like newcomers, waits for their turn for several hours. Many participants looked at me askance. Some came up and asked if I was the new mentor. One girl asked a question directly: “Why did you come here? Maybe we’ll call Pugacheva again?!” I was taken aback by such impudence and did not answer.

But now I’ll be honest. I haven't appeared on television for more than six years. At first, I was regularly invited to various talk shows, but they were all far from music. But they are close to scandals and intrigues, and I refused on principle. He didn’t invent personal dramas or use dirty PR. Therefore, they soon stopped calling for such programs. And here came a real chance to show my capabilities and voice. I wanted to remind myself, to destroy the cliche that I am an artist of a certain channel. This is a long time ago.

Unattainable shawarma

I came to Moscow in 2002. I arrived alone and light, with a small bag. The capital did not greet me at all cordially. There was no money for anything. When the casting for the show “People’s Artist” took place, I slept not in a hotel, but on a bench near VDNKh. Even though it was summer outside, the nights were cool. I remember how other participants ate shawarma, and I stood next to it and was jealous, I didn’t even have enough money to buy it. But for me, the arrival in Moscow itself was such a bright event that such inconveniences seemed like a trifle. Treated them easily.

As soon as I got into the “People’s Artist”, performances, broadcasts, and earnings began. I spent the first fee of 150 dollars, crazy money for me then, on a computer to record songs, and with the second earnings I bought an electronic piano, which I use to this day. With each broadcast of “People’s Artist” the number of fans grew geometric progression. However, I have simple guy from Ukraine, the roof was not blown away. There was no time for that. After the end of the project, hard labor began, a tour throughout Russia. Cities changed at the speed of light. Buses, flights, lack of sleep. Sometimes we didn’t even realize where we were giving a concert at the moment. The first two or three years after the program, everything was fine: broadcasts, 15-20 performances a month, good money. And then everything somehow went downhill.

I was waiting for Meladze to call

Producer Evgeny Fridlyand, with whom the participants of “People’s Artist” signed a contract, began to have problems, litigation with the group "Prime Minister". He became disillusioned with the artists in principle and gave up. And we were left out of work. Concerts happened less and less often. Sometimes I had nothing to pay for renting an apartment. Someone jumped ship first, paying off the contract with Fridland. I completed it, hoping that something else might change. But there was no rescue.

This was a blow for me. I was counting on this man. But, in spite of everything, Evgeniy and I parted peacefully. And then I waited... I thought that after the end of the contract another producer, for example, Konstantin Meladze or Igor Krutoy, would call me and offer me a job. Still a good artist, with a baggage of his own songs. But there were no calls. There were some small offers, but I refused them.

I didn’t ask Larisa Dolina, whom I know well and have performed as a duet more than once, or other famous artists for help. I'll never get the nerve to do this. Alla Pugacheva, when she was on her radio program, quoted Bulgakov to me: “Sasha, never ask for anything, they will come and give everything.”

As a result, I independently began filming a video and recording an album. But he practically stopped appearing on TV. In this matter, one in the field is not a warrior; you need strength to guide the artist. We need money and connections. It was difficult for me to evaluate the hitness of my new songs. It seemed that the composition was excellent, but they did not take it on the radio, explaining that it was not the format. Constant refusals, closed doors, widespread ignorance, which is worse than hatred. And so on for several years.

Photo: press service of Alexander Panayotov

There are probably some escape routes, backup options. Business, for example. But I am an artist to the core. I can't do anything else. I have nothing but vocals. And at some point, despair appeared, terrible depression... In this state this winter, I wrote the song “Invincible.” And, surprisingly, she shot, they took a clip of her music channels. Apparently, people felt that it was written passionately and sincerely.

In winter, another significant event, or rather incident, occurred. I'm in serious trouble car accident. I was driving a taxi from Yulia Nachalova’s birthday celebration, and another car flew into our car at high speed - it was a head-on collision. They usually don't survive after this. But then somehow God took it away. Received minor injuries, nothing serious. Changes took place in my head. I finally realized that life is short and unpredictable. And you need to act, go towards the goal, no matter what, leaving behind pride and prejudice. Probably, this accident served as another impetus for participation in “The Voice”.

Ready to think about children

Another reason is that I wanted to show off my new self. I have changed over the several years of my absence from TV. He matured and eventually lost weight. This, by the way, is also the result of despair. I just despaired of looking at myself in the mirror. Even Photoshop didn't help anymore. I pulled myself together and lost 20 kilograms in 3 months. I taught myself to eat right. Chicken breast with broccoli, a complete refusal of sweets, without which I could not fall asleep before. It was hard at first, but over time I got used to it. Every day I went jogging and swimming. Now I do 3-4 workouts a week, which is enough to keep me in shape. Sport has entered my life very closely. Only I can’t get to the hardware, but I need to pump myself up.

By the way, I train in the same gym with Ruslan Alekhno. We often communicate with him and Alexey Chumakov and meet at corporate events. In touch with former soloists group "Assorted". We see Lesha Goman less often; he has taken up the acting profession. I can say that there is no competition, even unspoken, between the participants of “People’s Artist”. Of course, after Chumakov’s resounding success on the “One to One” show, they reproached me: “Look, Lesha is performing on Channel One, and you... are lost.” I was also invited to the transformation show. But I don't see myself in this. I didn’t want to appear after the break as Natasha Koroleva, for example. Although, I don’t argue, Alexey has unconditional talent. But I knew I would have another show that was perfect for me.

Now a wave of indignation will rise and a lot of angry and malicious comments will appear on the Internet. Many people are already writing: “Go away! Give way to the young!” But, to be honest, I’m not afraid of anything anymore. I am mentally prepared for all attacks and criticism. For me, the main thing is to perform well and do my job well. I think Leps will help me with this. Why he? We periodically meet with Polina, Dima and Leonid at concerts. And I know what each of them can offer me. And we haven’t communicated with Gregory for more than 10 years. And I can’t even imagine what kind of work awaits us with him. Perhaps this unknown attracted me. In addition, I was captivated by the way he fought for me and invited me to join his team.

I think it will be interesting for the viewer to watch our tandem. In addition, Leps has his own production center. I don't know where all this will lead. But I hope everything will work out fine with work. And there you can build your personal life. I understand that I am no longer a boy, 32 years old. We need to continue our family line, but that’s not all. I can’t give birth to a child until I’m sure of the future. I hope everything changes soon.