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Petr ElfimovПётр Ялфімаў
Petr Elfimov (2009)
Background information
Birth name	Petr Elfimov
Born	(1980-02-15) 15 February 1980 (age 44)
Origin	Mogilev, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Genres	Rock, pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, composer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1986–present

Petr Petrovich Elfimov (Belarusian: Пётр Ялфімаў, Piotr Jalfimaŭ, Russian: Пётр Елфимов, Pyotr Yelfimov) is a singer from Belarus who represented his nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. He won the national selection of Belarus on 19 January 2009 with the rock/pop song Eyes That Never Lie. The song competed in the first semi-final as the fourth act. On 16 May it failed to win a place in the final, finishing 13th of 18 acts, receiving a total of 25 points. However, he has participated in the contest in the past as one of the backing singers for Aleksandra and Konstantin in the 2004 contest.

He was the Grand Prix winner of the 2004 Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk. From 1999 to 2007 Pyotr played the student game KVN. He appeared for two teams, who in different years became KVN's Major League Champions: BGU (Minsk), Champions in 1999 and 2001; and RUDN (Moscow), with whom he won the Super Cup with them in 2007 in Sochi.

In 2019, Petr Elfimov was the opening singer for 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus along with Alyona Lanskaja.

In 2018, Elfimov joined Heavy metal band Grand Courage as vocalist.

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• Belarusian pop singers
• Belarusian rock singers
• 1980 births
• Living people
• People from Mogilev
• 21st-century Belarusian male singers
• Slavianski Bazaar winners
• English-language singers from Belarus