 In 1991, Samir became laureate of "Yalta - 91" international television competition.He was singing song of great Azerbaijani singer Rashid Behbudov's "Sevgilim" and song of Whitney Houston "All at Once (Whitney Houston song)".After contest,especially for Samir Bagirov, master of Russian show business Igor Krutoy composed following songs "Small Cafe" and "Respond" and then the participation on all prestigious programs on Channel One Russia and RTR channels followed after that, i.e.