He returned in 2009 but was forced to withdraw his entry due to employment schedule conflict . Alex was finally chosen to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 and was internally selected . He finished 16th overall in the contest . After recovering from a serious car accident he suffered in early 2013 , Alex Sparrow is back with music he has written , composed and arranged himself . Called '' ' Friend project ' '' , it is a collaboration with his friend , Russian actor Sergei Romanovich . The latter had already appeared in '' Laskoviy Mai '' , a film about the career of the famous Soviet band of the same name
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Alexey Vorobyov