".... I must admit that the winner of this year's undeniable. And the fact is not whether better or worse, he sings, as Patricia Kaas or mulatto from England. Just him and the freshness of youth, and the mischievous glint in his eyes, and unpretentious, beautiful music, and undoubted charm of talent. And most importantly, a smile that had once conquered the world - a smile boy, about whom it was impossible to say, well it flies or not: the old pilots remained on the ground with their medals, but he broke away from land, because its time has come to fly ...."
From the blog EG Shifrin
http://koteljnik.livejournal.com/