Karen Kavaleryan is a Russian

Russians

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 lyricist of Armenia

Armenia

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n origin. He currently holds the record for representing the most countries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

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 with five. The countries are Russia

Russia

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 in 2002 and 2006, Belarus

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 in 2007, Armenia

Armenia

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 in 2007 and 2010 and Ukraine

Ukraine

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 and Georgia

Georgia (country)

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 in 2008.

Karen Kavaleryan is widely considered as the most successful Russian lyricist, he is 27 times finalist of "Song of the Year" gala, author of anthem of 2014 Winter Olympics

2014 Winter Olympics

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, during his career has published more than 700 songs performed by Gorky Park

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, Bravo

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, Prime-Minister, Alla Pugacheva

Alla Pugacheva

Alla Borisovna Pugacheva or Pugachova , born 15 April 1949), is а Soviet and Russian musical performer. Her career started in 1965 and continues to this day...

, Philip Kirkorov, Nikolay Baskov

Nikolay Baskov

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, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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, Valeriya

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, Dima Bilan

Dima Bilan

' is a Russian actor and pop singer . Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Never Let You Go", finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008 in Belgrade, with the song "Believe". He has had several Russian no. 1 hits....

 and many others.

Son of Karen Kavaleryan, Artyom Kavaleryan is lyricist of Russian entry "Doroga k solntsu" in Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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 performed by Vlad Krutskikh.

Eurovision Song Contest entries

Country	Year	Song	Artist	Place	Points	Composer
	2002 Eurovision Song Contest 2002 The Eurovision Song Contest 2002 was the 47th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place on 25 May 2002 at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....	"Northern Girl Northern Girl "Northern Girl" is a song by the band Prime Minister. It represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. The singers all wore identical white suits... "†1	Prime Minister Prime minister A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...	10	55	Kim Breitburg
	2006 Eurovision Song Contest 2006 The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...	"Never Let You Go Never Let You Go (Dima Bilan song) "Never Let You Go" is a pop/rock song that was performed by Dima Bilan at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. He was representing Russia and ended up in 2nd place.... "†2	Dima Bilan Dima Bilan ' is a Russian actor and pop singer . Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Never Let You Go", finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008 in Belgrade, with the song "Believe". He has had several Russian no. 1 hits....	2 (SF: 3rd)	248 (SF: 217)	Alexander Lunyov
	2007 Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...	"Work Your Magic Work Your Magic "Work Your Magic" is the most successful single released from Dmitry Koldun to date. The song ranked 6th in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Note that the word Koldun in Russian means magician or sorcerer.... "	Dmitry Koldun Dmitry Koldun Dmitry Aleksandrovich Koldun is a pop singer from Minsk, Belarus.Koldun participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 and has been the most successful entrant from Belarus to date...	6 (SF: 4th)	145 (SF: 176)	Philipp Kirkorov Philipp Kirkorov Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov is a Bulgarian-born Russian singer and producer living and working in Moscow.-Biography:Philipp Kirkorov was born on April 30, 1967 in Varna, Bulgaria. His father is Bulgarian singer of Armenian and Belarusian ethnicity Bedros Kirkorov. His mother, Victoria, is...
	2007 Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It was won by first-time appearance as an independent country Serbia and was held at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland from 10 May to 12 May. The host broadcaster was YLE.Finland earned the right to host...	"Anytime You Need Anytime You Need "Anytime You Need" was the Armenian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English and Armenian by Hayko. This was the first occasion on which the Armenian language was used in a Contest entry.... "†3	Hayko Hayko Hayk Hakobyan , better known as Hayko , is an Armenian singer who won Armenia's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki. He represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in the final with the song "Anytime You Need"...	8 (SF: —)	138 (SF: —)	Hayko Hayko Hayk Hakobyan , better known as Hayko , is an Armenian singer who won Armenia's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki. He represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in the final with the song "Anytime You Need"...
	2008 Eurovision Song Contest 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...	"Shady Lady Shady Lady "Shady Lady" was the Ukrainian entry for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. It was sung by Ani Lorak, composed by Philipp Kirkorov and written by Karen Kavaleryan. However, in Greece, around the time of the Contest, there were many rumors stating that popular composer Dimitris Kontopoulos had... "	Ani Lorak Ani Lorak Karolina Miroslavivna Kuiek, , popularly known as Ani Lorak , born 27 September 1978, Kitsman, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, is a famous Ukrainian pop singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur, and former UN Goodwill Ambassador...	2 (SF: 1)	230 (SF: 152)	Philipp Kirkorov Philipp Kirkorov Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov is a Bulgarian-born Russian singer and producer living and working in Moscow.-Biography:Philipp Kirkorov was born on April 30, 1967 in Varna, Bulgaria. His father is Bulgarian singer of Armenian and Belarusian ethnicity Bedros Kirkorov. His mother, Victoria, is...
	2008 Eurovision Song Contest 2008 The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...	"Peace Will Come Peace Will Come "Peace Will Come" was sung by blind Georgian singer Diana Gurtskaya and represented Georgia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. It qualified from the second semi-final on May 22, 2008 at 7th and eventually finished in 11th place out of the twenty five countries that took part... "	Diana Gurtskaya Diana Gurtskaya Diana Gudaevna Gurtskaya |Georgia]]) is a blind Georgian singer residing in Moscow, Russia. Following a failed attempt in Belarus the previous year Diana, on March 1, 2008, won the Georgian national final with 39.4% of the vote, therefore she represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest...	11 (SF: 5)	83 (SF: 107)	Kim Breitburg
	2010 Eurovision Song Contest 2010 The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was the 55th annual Eurovision Song Contest, broadcast from the Telenor Arena in Bærum, Greater Oslo, Norway. It was the third time Norway had hosted the contest, having previously done so in 1986 and 1996. The 2010 winner was Germany with Lena singing "Satellite",...	"Apricot Stone Apricot Stone "Apricot Stone" , a song by Armenian-Russian singer Eva Rivas, was the Armenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Oslo, Norway... "	Eva Rivas Eva Rivas -Early life:Rivas was born and raised in Rostov-on-Don to an Armenian mother and a father of Russian and Greek descent. She took the stage name Eva Rivas from her Greek great-grandmother...	7 (SF:6)	141 (SF:83)	Armen Martirosyan

†1 Lyrics co-written with Evgene Fridlyand & Irina Antonyan

†2 Lyrics co-written with Irina Antonyan

†3 Lyrics co-written with Hayko

Hayko

Hayk Hakobyan , better known as Hayko , is an Armenian singer who won Armenia's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki. He represented Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest in the final with the song "Anytime You Need"...

 (Armenian part)

National Finals entries

• 2005 Russia Alexandr Panaiotov & Alexey Chumakov, Balalayka and Russian version Balalayka
• 2005 Russia A-Sortie, Keep On Shinin' and Russian version Sharik
• 2006 Russia Dima Bilan
  Dima Bilan
  ' is a Russian actor and pop singer . Bilan represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with "Never Let You Go", finishing second, and he won the contest in 2008 in Belgrade, with the song "Believe". He has had several Russian no. 1 hits....
  
  , Lady Flame
• 2006 Russia Jasmin, Foreigner
• 2007 Belarus Diana Gurtskaya
  Diana Gurtskaya
  Diana Gudaevna Gurtskaya |Georgia]]) is a blind Georgian singer residing in Moscow, Russia. Following a failed attempt in Belarus the previous year Diana, on March 1, 2008, won the Georgian national final with 39.4% of the vote, therefore she represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest...
  
  , How Long
• 2008 Russia Alexandr Panaiotov, Crescent & Cross
• 2008 Russia Anatoliy Alyoshin, One More Try

External links

• http://www.karen-kavaleryan.ru/