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Sergey Lazarev
Sergey Lazarev sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 2016 and 2019, for Russia. The best result was 3rd place in 2016, with “You Are the Only One”.
- who
- Russian singer
- born
- 1 April 1983, Moscow
- contests
- 2016, 2019
- best result
- 3rd, 2016
- music
- pop, pop rock, electropop
- active
- since 2001
- sang for
- Russia
Biography
Sergey Lazarev is a Russian singer who rose to fame in the group Smash!! and has worked solo since it broke up in 2006. Lazarev has sung for Russia twice and finished third both times: with “You Are the Only One” in Stockholm in 2016, and with “Scream” in Tel Aviv in 2019.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Sergey Lazarev”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2016 Stockholm
“You Are the Only One”
3rd of 26 Finished 3rd of 26 in the final, with 491 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- John Ballard, Ralph Charlie, Dimitris Kontopoulos, Philipp Kirkorov
- Running order
- 18th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 1st of 18, 342 points
- Age on the night
- 33
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Jamala, “1944”
The story of Eurovision 2016: A new way of counting, and a winner who topped neither vote
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2019 Tel Aviv
“Scream”
3rd of 26 Finished 3rd of 26 in the final, with 370 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Dimitris Kontopoulos, Sharon Vaughn
- Running order
- 5th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 6th of 18, 217 points
- Age on the night
- 36
- Won that year
- Netherlands: Duncan Laurence, “Arcade”
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Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Golden Gramophone Award
- Muz-TV Awards
- Russian National Music Award
- ZD Awards
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Sergey Lazarev, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2016 The result
Neither won the contest. Ukraine's Jamala was second with the juries and second with the public, and that was enough: 534 points, to 511 for Australia's Dami Im and 491 for Russia's Sergey Lazarev.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.