Sergey Lazarev was announced as the Russian entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 by Dutch media on 10 December 2015 . The following day , it was announced that Lazarev 's internal selection was decided upon by the editorial board of VGTRK with the executive producer of the Russia-1 channel , Gennady Gokhshtein , revealing that a song produced by Philipp Kirkorov had also been selected . The song was later released along with its music video which features Miss Universe Russia 2015 Vladislava Evtushenko on 5 March 2016 . He performed in the first half of the first semi-final and qualified to perform in the final on May 14
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
You Are the Only One (Sergey Lazarev song)