Mu kiganiro, Lazarev yavuze ku mirimo y'umubare runaka biterwa, n'impamvu nimero ya 13 itatera ubwoba. Nk'uko umuhanzi azavuga, abategura Eurovision bahitamo nyuma yuko abitabiriye batanga ibisobanuro byumubare - umubare wubuntu nubunini bwabo. Ibyumba bibiri gushiraho ibintu byinshi bisabwa, ntibizigera bijya. Bitabaye ibyo, abakozi ntibazabona umwanya wo gutegura icyiciro kugirango ijambo rikurikira ryamasegonda 30 yagenewe.
Naho nimero ya 13, Sergey iri kure yinshundura zose, byongeye, 13 numubare ukunda wumuririmbyi. Nubwo abatangaga kandi bahanura bahanura intsinzi mu bahagarariye Ubuholandi, Ubufaransa cyangwa Suwede, Lazarev ntabwo yatakaje ibyiringiro ku burusiya bwo mu marushanwa) gufata umwanya wa mbere. Umuhanzi yizera inkunga yabateze amatwi baturutse mubihugu byahoze ari Ussr, kandi babikesheje imbaraga rusange zo Eurovision 202 barashobora kuba i Moscou.