[2] Polozhinsky hosted a TV programme on the TNT-Russia channel called Fresh Blood which featured new young talents, and he invited "Baburka" to take part.

[6] In the same year, he reached the final of "Laughter without Rules" on the TNT-Russia channel and gained sixth place.

[6] He gained fourth place, and also became friends with one of the other finalists, Antonina Matvienko, daughter of Ukrainian singer Nina Matviienko.

[2] Then on 30 November his debut album "Ґудзики" (Buttons) was released, with ten solo songs plus an additional track "Івана Купала" ("Ivan Kupala") performed as a duet with Antonina Matvienko.

In 2018, he undertook a tribute tour for Vladimir Vysotsky (1938–1980), an influential Soviet singer-songwriter, poet and actor who would have been 80 that year.

"[9] Mirzoyan works with the Zaporuka Charitable Foundation, and while humanitarian aid is being unloaded he gives impromptu concerts for the troops.

However, he became friends with Antonina Matvienko at Holos Krainy in 2011, and the relationship developed such that he filed for divorce from Anna at the end of 2013.