By the way, small Ireland became the winner of the competition more often than other countries - 7 times. Great Britain can be called the luckiest at the competition: British performers took second place 15 times. France and Luxembourg, like England, have won 5 times. Russia became the winner once, in 2008.
2012. Sweden
Last year the competition was held in Azerbaijan, in Baku. Victory of Moroccan-Berber origin Lauryn(Loreen) with the song "Euphoria". Previously, this performance could be seen at Melodifestivalen (at this competition in Sweden, a representative of the country is chosen for Eurovision). Lauryn decided not to change her unique number. In it, the singer presented yoga dance (yuforiya-dansen), in which the American beat-boxer Osben Jordan participated. By the way, Lorin set a new competition record: Sweden scored a record number of 12-point marks - 18.
2011. Azerbaijan
For the first time in the history of Eurovision, the duet became the winners of the competition, held in Dusseldorf, Germany Eldara Kasimova And Nigar Jamal(Ell & Nikki) from Azerbaijan. At the national qualifying round, the performers performed separately and scored the same number of points. Therefore, the jury decided to send a duet to the competition. The melodic single "Running Scared", which no one predicted even a place in the top three, brought the duet 221 points and first place. By the way, Azerbaijan was given the highest rating only by 3 countries - Russia, Turkey and Malta.
2010. Germany
Oslo, Norway. 19 year old singer from Germany Lena Meyer-Landrut(Lena Meyer-Landrut) with the song "Satellite" won by a significant margin from competitors (246 points against 170 for Turkey). After such a success, Germany sent Lena to the competition for the second time, but in 2011 her song "Taken by A Stranger" takes only 10th place. Immediately after this, the singer's popularity began to decline.
2009. Norway
Moscow became the capital of the 54th in a row and the largest in the history of the competition. On the Russian stage, the singer and violinist, a native of Belarus, won Alexander Rybak who represented Norway. His first single "Fairytale" from his debut album became the favorite long before the end of voting and set an absolute quantitative record of the competition - in the final he scored 387 points. 16 countries gave Rybak 12 points. In the song "Fairytale" you can hear the melodies of an old dance - Irish reel, and the hit itself, according to Alexander Rybak, he dedicated to an ex-girlfriend. “It's amazing that so many people chose the simplest song (Fairytale). I don’t even understand what happened,” Rybak admitted at a press conference after the victory.
2008. Russia
Belgrade, Serbia. This year, luck smiled at the Russian performer Dima Bilan, who performed for the second time at Eurovision. Bilan was considered one of the favorites of the competition, the audience remembered his performance in 2006 very well. In 2008, everyone was captivated not only by the song "Believe", but also by the unique enchanting production of the Russian team. For the first time in the history of Eurovision, an ice surface was installed on the stage, on which the figure skater, Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko performed together with Bilan. And for the first time at the competition, the violin of Antonio Stradivari was played in the hands of the famous Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton.
2007. Serbia
Helsinki, Finland. The first place was taken by the representative of Serbia Maria Sherifovich(Marija Šerifović) with a song in Serbian "Prayer". In many ways, this victory was unexpected, since songs in the national language do not often take first places, and Sherifovich herself differed from other performers in her strong dramatic voice timbre and unformatted appearance. Dressed in a men's suit, the artist performed a heartfelt "Prayer". After the victory, the 22-year-old Serbian singer decided to devote herself entirely to music and abandon her managerial career.
2006. Finland
Eurovision 2006 will long remain in the memory of millions of viewers as the most controversial and scandalous. Finnish group Lordi with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" she overtook the favorite of the contest representing our country - Dima Bilan. A group of "monsters" (Lordi always perform on stage and appear in public in frightening masks created from latex and painted by hand) from the very qualifying round, difficulties awaited. Finland entered the competition for the first time as a rock band, but after Lordi was elected, some public organizations called the band "satanic" for its image and lyrics. Despite this, the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" won the audience vote with a record score of 292 points. The victory brought Lordi wider publicity.
2005. Greece
The 50th anniversary competition was held in Kyiv. The victory went to the singer Elena Paparizou(Helena Paparizou), who was born in Sweden to a Greek family and represented Greece respectively. As a result of voting, the song "My Number One" received 230 points. This was not Elena Paparizou's first attempt to win the competition. In 2001, she took third place in the Antik group. The winner was congratulated by her predecessor, singer Ruslana, and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko. He presented the Greek woman with a special prize - a golden pictoral, which is a Scythian ornament with fern elements.
2004. Ukraine
Istanbul, Türkiye. The first according to the results of voting was Ukrainian Ruslana with an incendiary song with Hutsul motifs "Wild Dances". The colorful singer in a leather-metal suit, surrounded by her dancers, caught the eye even in the semi-finals and won quite predictably. By the way, the name of the song was justified. During the rehearsal of Ruslana's number, the stage could not stand the wild dances and broke down.
2003. Türkiye
10 years ago, the winner of the 48th competition in Latvian Riga was Sertab Erener(Sertab Erener) from Turkey. Her song "Everyway That I Can" literally captivated listeners from all over the world. And the combination of hot belly dance, which Sertab arranged on stage, with Turkish rhythms and Western pop, was remembered by the audience for a long time. According to Sertab Erener, "Everyway That I Can" is "a song about a woman who would use every opportunity to get her loved one back."
The Eurovision Song Contest is a pop song contest among member countries of the European Broadcasting Union. In total, 60 Eurovision Song Contests have been held throughout history, and 63 songs have become winners. The winner of the competition is the song with the highest number of points given by other Eurovision participating countries.
Vzglyad.az decided to recall the winners of Eurovision over the past 10 years:
Eurovision 2005. Ukraine
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest. The final of the competition was held in the city of Kyiv.
The first place in the competition was taken by the Greek woman Elena Paparizou with the composition "My number one" ("My number one").
Elena Paparizou was born on January 31, 1982. On May 20, Elena Paparizou performed on the Eurovision stage performing "My Number One" at the opening and "Mambo!" in the interval act and presented the award to Lordi. Elena Paparizou continues her active concert and artistic activity even today.
Eurovision 2006. Greece
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 became the 51st and was held in Athens (Greece) in the Olympic Hall. Performers from 37 countries participated in the competition.
The winner of the competition was the rock band Lordi from Finland with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". For the first time the winner of the competition was a performer of rock music and for the first time - a representative of Finland. Also, the competition set a record for the number of points for first place - 292, at that time.
Lordi is a Finnish English-language shock rock band. Founded in 1996 by Tomi Putaansuu (aka Mr. Lordi). The group is famous for performing in masks and costumes of monsters from the underworld and performing ironic horror-themed songs.
In 2005, Mr. Lordi received a call from the selection committee for the Eurovision Song Contest and was asked to select a song from the new album that could represent Finland in the competition. The band chose the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and re-arranged it to cut the song from 4 minutes to 3 minutes as dictated by the format of the competition. Lordi successfully won the audience vote and was chosen as Finland's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision 2007. Finland
The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the capital of Finland - Helsinki.
The winner was a representative from Serbia - Maria Sherifovich with the song "Prayer".
Maria Sherifovich was born on November 14, 1984. The Serbian singer of mixed Turkish-Gypsy origin made her first public appearance at the age of 12 with Whitney Houston's "I will Always Love You".
On March 8, 2007, Maria won the Beovizija-2007 competition with the song "Molitva", gaining the largest number of votes during the combined voting of the jury and the TV audience. And thus qualified as the first representative of newly independent Serbia in the European Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The song was also recorded in English, Finnish and Russian. On May 12, the semi-finals took place, the 14 - final, in which Maria performed under No. 17 and took 1st place.
Upon Maria Sherifovic's return to Belgrade, about 100,000 people greeted her at the airport.
Eurovision 2008. Serbia
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on May 24, 2008 in Belgrade (Serbia).
For the first time, the winner was a representative from Russia - Dima Bilan with the song "Believe".
Russian singer Dima Bilan (name at birth and until June 2008 - Viktor Belan) was born on December 24, 1981. He represented Russia at Eurovision in 2006 with the song "Never let you go" (2nd place) and in 2008 with the song "Believe", taking 1st place and becoming the first Russian artist to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Eurovision 2009. Russia
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held from May 12 to May 16 at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow (Russia).
On May 7, it was officially announced that Andrey Malakhov and Natalya Vodyanova would be the hosts of the semi-finals, and Ivan Urgant and Alsou would be the hosts of the final.
This year, an absolute quantitative record was set in the history of Eurovision - the winner of the competition Alexander Rybak scored 387 points with the song "Fairytale" in the final.
French star Patricia Kaas participated in the competition. Famous in Europe Arash together with Aysel played for Azerbaijan.
Alexander Rybak was born on May 13, 1986. Norwegian singer and violinist of Belarusian origin won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow.
After winning on December 11, 2009, Alexander Rybak performed at the Nobel concert in Oslo along with world-famous stars, where he performed the song "Fairytale" in a new arrangement with a symphony orchestra.
He was the guest of honor at the Eurovision selection rounds in Finland, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and performed his new song "Heavens of Europe".
Eurovision 2010. Norway
The Eurovision Song Contest 2010 is the 55th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held from 25 to 29 May at the Telenor Arena in Berum, a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo. This is the third Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Norway.
The winner of the 2010 competition was Lena Meyer-Landrut from Germany with the song "Satellite".
Lena Meyer-Landrut was born on May 23, 1991. The German singer, also known by her stage name Lena, is the winner of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo.
The future star began taking dance lessons from the age of 5. Meyer-Landrut has played supporting roles in some German television series, but has never been formally trained in acting or singing.
March 12, 2010 Lena Mayer-Landrut won the right to represent her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo with the song "Satellite". Being a representative of one of the countries of the Big Four, Lena automatically ended up in the final of the competition.
Germany decides to send Lena to Eurovision once again, but now in their own country. The singer again performed immediately in the Eurovision 2011 final with the song "Taken by A Stranger", in Düsseldorf at the Esprit Arena on May 14 and took 10th place.
Eurovision 2011. Germany
The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th Eurovision Song Contest held in Germany (Düsseldorf).
The winners of this competition were the representatives of Azerbaijan Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal (performed under the pseudonyms Ell and Nikki), who performed the song "Running Scared" ("Run without looking back"), gaining 221 points as a result of voting.
Azerbaijani singer Eldar Parviz oglu Gasimov was born on June 4, 1989 in Baku. On the paternal side, he is a descendant of famous Azerbaijani Soviet actors. From 1995 to 2006 he studied at the school and at the music school in piano, which he graduated with honors.
In 2004 and 2008, Eldar won scholarships to study in Germany under a student exchange program. In 2008 he studied vocals, acting and stage speech at the German vocal school. In 2010, Eldar Gasimov graduated with honors from the Faculty of International Relations of the Baku Slavic University.
In 2011, the musician, in a duet with Nigar Jamal, won the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision, and got the opportunity to represent his country at Eurovision 2011.
Nigar Aydin kyzy Jamal is an Azerbaijani singer, born on September 7, 1980 in Baku. From 1985 to 1986 she was a soloist in a children's ensemble, and while studying at a music school (1988-1995) she composed several songs. She graduated from Khazar University with a degree in Economics and Management. Since 2005 lives in London.
In 2011, together with Eldar Qasimov, she participated in the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision - Milli Seçim Turu 2010. The duet won the competition, and this provided an opportunity for Nigar and Eldar to represent Azerbaijan at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. The duet won a landslide victory.
Eurovision 2012. Azerbaijan
The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in the capital of Azerbaijan, in the city of Baku, in the Baku Crystal Hall specially built for the festival.
The first place in the competition was taken by Lorin (Sweden) with the song "Euphoria" ("Euphoria"), gaining 372 points in the voting of the jury and viewers.
Loreen Zineb Noka Tagliaoui, also known as Loreen, is a Swedish singer of Moroccan-Berber origin, born on October 16, 1983 in Stockholm. She began her musical career in 2004 by participating in the famous Swedish music competition Idol 2004, where she took fourth place.
On March 10, 2012, Loreen won the popular Swedish TV contest "Melodifestivalen", which gave her the right to represent her country in the annual Eurovision Song Contest. The contest song "Euphoria" was performed in the second semi-final, and in the final won an undeniable victory.
Eurovision 2013. Sweden
The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Malmö, Sweden, at the Malmö Arena.
Denmark participated for the 42nd time in the Eurovision Song Contest. Danish singer Emmylie Charlotte de Forest represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Only Teardrops" ("Only Tears") and won first place with 281 points.
The composition became victorious at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2013 festival, which allowed its performer to go to the competition. The victory deservedly went to a young, but incredibly talented singer, who was only 19. Despite her young age, she has a very solid performance experience, the singer has been singing all her adult life, Emmy has a number of victories in music competitions behind her. According to Emmily herself, she began to sing before talking. As a child, she successfully performed in the church choir, and at the age of 14 she went on her first tour with the Danish musician Fraser Neil.
The composition, which was performed by Emmilie de Forest - "Only Teardrops" - was written by the singer herself.
Eurovision 2014. Denmark
The 59th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Denmark from 6 to 10 May. The blue-blue diamond became the symbol of Eurovision 2014.
In 2014, the winner of the competition unexpectedly for everyone - and for himself too - was the 25-year-old singer from Austria, Thomas Neuwirth, who performed under the stage name Conchita Wurst. In the final, she scored 290 points with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", 52 points ahead of her nearest competitor - the duet "The Common Linnets" from the Netherlands, who scored 238 points.
Eurovision 2014 as a whole turned out to be the strongest in recent years. Over the past 10 years, Eurovision has received a lot of criticism, and some countries seemed to deliberately send out frankly second-rate artists to the competition.
Thomas Neuwirth is an Austrian gay singer who, with the help of his stage image of a bearded woman, fights for tolerance and equality of all people, regardless of their appearance.
This image is three years old; Neuwirth in the form of Wurst - a bearded and stylishly dressed vamp - could go to Eurovision 2012, but took second place in the national selection.
The musician himself separates himself and the singer he created - this is how, however, all artists who work with characters of a different (and their own) gender do. You can remember, for example, Verka Serduchka, who was invented by Andrey Danilko from Ukraine and who recorded albums in this image, starred in films, represented his country at Eurovision 2007 and even took second place there.
The choice of Europe can hardly be considered demonstrative - objectively, Conchita Wurst, despite the beard, was the most feminine of the artists participating in this year's competition, and possessed perhaps the most outstanding vocal abilities in comparison with other contestants.
Eurovision 2015. Austria
The final of Eurovision 2015 was held in the Austrian capital Vienna on 23 May.
According to the results of the 12-point evaluation scale, Mons Zelmerlev became the winner of Eurovision 2015 with the song Heroes. He scored 365 points and broke away from Russia, which remained in second place.
Mons Zelmerlev was born on June 13, 1986 in the Swedish city of Lund into a family of doctors. His father, Sven-Olaf Zelmerlev, worked as a surgeon, and his mother, Bridget Salen, is a professor in the field of speech pathologies. The boy grew up on the music of Michael Jackson and Elton John. At first, Mons learned to play the piano, but he soon got bored with this instrument, and he changed it to the guitar.
In 2002, Mons took part in the filming of the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, where he got a small role as one of Joseph's eleven brothers.
At nineteen, the young man did not yet have a clear idea of \u200b\u200bwhat he would do in the future. At that time, a friend of Mons persuaded him to go to Stockholm (Sweden) and audition for the talent show Idol 2005, where he took fifth place, and, to his surprise, Mons Zelmerlev passed the qualifying round, singing Enrique Iglesias' song. It was the first time the guy visited the capital of Sweden. The singer did not manage to win this competition.
The next dream of the artist was a big European tour with his team. To implement it, Mons Zelmerlev took part in the Eurovision 2015 qualifying round and successfully passed it. True, only the third attempt was successful, before that the musician had not passed the casting twice, the last time in 2009. At Eurovision 2015, Mons Zelemerlev performed the song Heroes.
In addition to his musical career, Mons took part in the dubbing of cartoons. So, the voice of a popular singer was spoken by Lem from Planet 51, as well as Flynn Rider from the cartoon fairy tale Rapunzel: Tangled.
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The debut year for Russia at Eurovision was 1994. The honor to become the first participant of the contest representing our country was awarded to the singer Masha Katz also known by the pseudonym Judith. In Irish Dublin, she performed the song "Eternal Wanderer" and took 9th place.
Masha Katz was a member of such groups as "Quarter" And "League of Blues", as well as a backing vocalist for many famous Russian performers. She gives concerts, teaches vocals, takes part in dubbing films and cartoons. He has the title of "Voice of Russia".
In the next 1995, at Eurovision, which again took place in Dublin, Russia was represented by a popular pop singer Philip Kirkorov. With the song "Lullaby for the Volcano" he took 17th place.
Philip Kirkorov - one of the most famous Russian performers, People's Artist of Russia, winner of many prestigious awards, ex-husband of the famous singer Alla Pugacheva. Today, Kirkorov is engaged in producing and performing with concert programs.
IN 1996 the singer and composer had to go to the competition Andrey Kosinsky, however, his song "I am me" did not pass the additional qualifying round.
Andrey Kosinsky is a composer from St. Petersburg who has written songs for many famous pop singers, such as Valery Leontiev, group "A" Studio, Alena Apina, Laima Vaikule, Mikhail Boyarsky.
IN 1997 represented the country Alla Pugacheva. Having performed the song "Diva", she took 15th place. Initially, it was supposed to be performed Valeriy Meladze however, he fell ill.
Alla Pugacheva began her singing career back in the 1960s, and later became famous throughout the country. Her repertoire includes more than 500 songs. She is a People's Artist of the USSR, has many awards, in particular, she was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
The next time Russia participated in the competition only in 2000. From our country, a young singer from Tatarstan participated in Eurovision Alsou, who at that time was not yet 17 years old. Alsou was waiting for a triumph - her song "Solo" took 2nd place in the competition.
Alsou, daughter of a businessman and former senator of the Federation Council Ralif Safin, began her musical career at the age of 15 and almost immediately became popular. Until 2006, no one could repeat her achievement at Eurovision.
IN 2001 Russian rock band went to Eurovision "Mummy Troll" with the song "Lady Alpine Blue" ("Lady of the Blue Alps"). She took 12th place in the competition.
The Mumiy Troll group was created Ilya Lagutenko in Vladivostok back in 1983, however, it became popular and widely known only in the late 1990s after the release of the Morskaya album. The band continues to tour to this day.
IN 2002 Russian pop group performed at the song contest "Prime Minister". Having performed the song "Northern Girl" ("Girl from the North"), the quartet became the tenth.
The Prime Minister group was formed in 1998, and gained popularity in 2000. It included Jean Grigoriev-Milimerov, Pete Jason, Vyacheslav Bodolika, Marat Chanyshev. Since 2005 they have been known as "PM Group". A new composition was recruited into the Prime Minister group.
In "Eurovision" 2003 participated popular both in Russia and abroad group "t.A.T.u.". At the competition in Latvia, the group performed the song "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask" and took 3rd place.
Group "t.A.T.u." was created in 1999 by the producer Ivan Shapovalov. The group included Julia Volkova And Elena Katina. Originally "t.A.T.u." shocked the public with the image of gay girls, but subsequently abandoned it. This group has achieved recognition far beyond the borders of our country, however, since 2010, Volkova and Katina began to perform solo, although they performed together in 2012.
IN 2004 a graduate of the TV project "Star Factory - 2" went to the most popular music competition in Europe Yulia Savicheva. Her song "Believe Me" ("Believe me") took 11th place.
Singer Yulia Savicheva became famous after she reached the final of Star Factory - 2 in 2003, and although she did not become the winner, her career was quite successful. To date, she continues to record albums, act in films, and participate in television projects.
Another member of the "Star Factory", singer Natalia Podolskaya, represented Russia at Eurovision in 2005. With the song "Nobody Hurt No One" ("No one will hurt each other"), she became 15th.
Belarusian pop singer Natalya Podolskaya in the early 2000s actively performed at various music festivals, such as the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, and in 2004 she got to the Star Factory - 5, after which she became famous in Russia. Podolskaya is the wife of a famous pop singer singer Vladimir Presnyakov and often performs with him.
IN 2006 Eurovision participant from Russia Dima Bilan just a little was not enough to win the famous competition. Having performed the song "Never Let You Go" ("I will never let you go"), he became the second. Europeans liked the costumed rock band more that year Lordi from Finland.
Singer Dima Bilan (real name - Victor Belan) began his career in pop music in the 2000s and gained immense popularity. He went to Eurovision as a famous performer and continues to tour today.
IN 2007 a little-known group went to defend the honor of Russia at that time "Silver"(SEREBRO), which performed quite successfully with the song "Song # 1" ("Song No. 1") - it became the third.
The group "Silver" (SEREBRO) was formed in 2006 by the producer Maxim Fadeev and a member of the "Star Factory" Elena Temnikova. In addition to Temnikova herself, the group included Olga Seryabkina And Marina Lizorkina. Before Eurovision, the group did not perform anywhere, but thanks to a bright start, it immediately became quite popular. In 2009, Marina Lizorkina left the team, she was replaced by Anastasia Karpova.
IN 2008 went to Eurovision again Dima Bilan and this time he returned to his homeland in triumph. His song "Believe" ("Believe") took 1st place - Russia won the competition for the first time. Bilan did not perform alone on stage, a figure skater participated in the performance Evgeni Plushenko and Hungarian violinist and composer Edwin Marton.
IN 2009 Eurovision was first held in Moscow. Russia was represented at the competition by another graduate of the Star Factory - the singer Anastasia Prikhodko. She sang the song "Mamo" in Russian and Ukrainian and ended up in 11th place.
Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko participated in the TV show "Star Factory - 7", after which she gained fame.
IN 2010 the national qualifying round passed the musical group of the singer Petra Nalich. Nalich went to Eurovision with the song "Lost and Forgotten" ("Lost and Forgotten") and took 11th place.
Peter Nalich did not participate in the TV show and did not have famous producers. He became famous thanks to the Internet - after he posted on YouTube in 2007 a video he made himself for his own song "Guitar". The video was included in the top 20 most viewed Russian clips of the portal in November 2007. After that, the musical group began to give concerts and record studio albums.
IN 2011 singer participated in Eurovision from Russia Alexey Vorobyov with the song "Get You" ("Win you"). Vorobyov's participation in the competition was accompanied by a number of scandalous incidents; in the end, he performed far from successfully, taking 16th place.
Alexei Vorobyov began his musical and acting career in the mid-2000s. In 2005, he reached the final of the Secret of Success competition on the Rossiya TV channel, and in 2006 he starred in the television series Alice's Dreams on MTV. A year later, he received the MTV-2007 Discovery Award.
IN 2012 The team went to Eurovision "Buranovskiye grandmothers". Singing grandmothers in national costumes were considered favorites even before the start of the competition. They made a huge impression on the audience and with the song "Party for Everybody" came second.
"Buranovskiye Babushki" is a folklore musical group from the village of Buranovo, Udmurtia. Grandmothers sing songs in Udmurt and Russian, including re-singing famous hits.
In 2013, Russia was represented by singer Dina Garipova- winner of the TV show "Voice" on Channel One.
All Eurovision winners from 1992 to 2016.
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0:40 - Irish singer and TV presenter Linda Martin won the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest with "Why Me".
0:57 - In 1993, Ireland won again - Irish singer and TV presenter Neve Kavanagh took first place with the song "In Your Eyes".
1:15 - In 1994, the Irish duet of Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan won with the song "Rock" n "Roll Kids".
1:38 - Secret Garden won the Eurovision Song Contest for Norway in 1995 with "Nocturne".
2:02 - 1996 - and the winner is again Ireland. Irish singer Aymar Quinn with the song The Voice brought the seventh victory to his country.
2:21 - In 1997, the British-American pop-rock band Katrina and the Waves brought victory to the UK with the song "Love Shine A Light".
2:41 - In 1998, the Israeli singer Dana International with the song "Diva" brought the first place to Israel.
3:03 - In 1999, Swedish singer and actress Charlotte Nilsson, representing Sweden in the competition with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven", won first place and brought victory to her country.
In 2000, the duo from Denmark, the Olsen Brothers, won the palm. Brothers Niels and Jürgen Olsen performed the song Fly on the Wings of Love, which brought Denmark the first place.
In 2001, the Estonian duet consisting of Tanel Padar and Dave Benton entered the Eurovision stage with the song Everybody. The backing vocals were from the hip hop team 2XL. The musicians brought the first ever Estonian victory in the competition.
In 2002, the victory at Eurovision left for Latvia. It was won by Marie N - Latvian singer of Russian origin Maria Naumova, with the song I Wanna.
In 2003, the Turkish pop star Sertab Erener ascended the podium with the song Everyway That I Can.
In 2004, the winner was the representative of Ukraine - the singer Ruslana. Her performance was a real sensation thanks to the incendiary song Wild Dances. Vile dances
In 2005, luck smiled at the Greek Elena Paparizou - with the song My Number One, she brought Greece first place.
In 2006, the Eurovision Song Contest was rocked by heavy hard rock chords, and hot Finnish guys in costumes of mythical monsters appeared on the stage and performed the song Hard Rock Hallelujah. Creativity group Lordi literally blew up the public, and Finland took first place.
In 2007, Serbian pop singer Marija Šerifović performed a song in her native language. Her “Prayer” was heard, despite the fact that it was not spoken in traditional English for the competition, and Maria brought victory to Serbia.
In 2008, luck smiled at the Russian pop singer. Dima Bilan was the first winner from Russia. His song Believe and the spectacular number made a big impression on the audience.
In 2009 at Eurovision the first place was taken by the singer and violinist of Belarusian origin Alexander Rybak, who represented Norway. Rybak performed the incendiary song Fairytale, which was very liked by many viewers and brought victory to Norway.
In 2010, the representative of Germany Lena Meyer-Landrut with the song Satellite became the undisputed favorite of the competition.
In 2011, the Azerbaijani duet Ell & Nikki, which includes Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal, brought first place to Azerbaijan with the song Running Scared.
In 2012, Swede of Moroccan-Berber origin Loreen won Sweden with the song Euphoria.
In 2013, the Danish singer Emmylie de Forest brought victory to her country with the song Only Teardrops.
In 2014, many Eurovision fans were in for a real shock. The bearded singer from Austria Conchita Wurst took first place in the competition with the song Rise Like a Phoenix. The real name of the singer who hides under this pseudonym is Thomas Neurwit.
In 2015, Sweden's Mons Selmerlöw won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Heroes. Even before the final vote, many called the singer "the king of the stage."
In 2016, the Ukrainian singer and actress of Crimean Tatar origin Jamala became the winner of Eurovision. With the song 1944, she brought Ukraine first place.Eurovision All participants of Russia since 1994.
1995 Philip Kirkorov "Lullaby for the volcano"
At Eurovision 1995, Russia was represented by pop singer Philip Kirkorov.1997 Alla Pugacheva "Diva"
In 1997, Alla Pugacheva represented our country, performing the song "Diva" she took 15th place.2000 Alsu "Solo"
In 2000, Russia is represented by a 16-year-old singer from Tatarstan - Alsou, who was waiting for a triumph - her song "Solo" took 2nd place in the competition.2001 "Mumiy Troll" "Lady Alpine Blue"
In 2001, the Russian rock band Mumiy Troll went to Eurovision. With the song "Lady Alpine Blue", the group took 12th place.2002 "Prime Minister" "Northern Girl"
The pop group "Prime Minister" performed at the song contest in 2002. Having performed the song "Northern Girl", the quartet became the tenth.2003 t.A.T.u. "Do not trust, do not fear, do not ask"
In 2003, the group “t.A.T.u.”, popular both in Russia and abroad, participated in Eurovision. At the competition in Latvia, the group performed the song "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask" and took 3rd place.2004 Julia Savicheva "Believe Me"
In 2004, they sent a modest graduate of the TV project "Star Factory - 2" Yulia Savicheva. With the song "Believe Me" she took 11th place.2005 Natalia Podolskaya "Nobody Hurt No One"
Another member of the Star Factory, singer Natalya Podolskaya, represented Russia with a rock-style song "Nobody Hurt No One". At the competition, Natalia became the 15th.2006 Dima Bilan "Never Let You Go"
Eurovision participant from Russia in 2006 Dima Bilan performed the song "Never Let You Go" and became the second.2007 "Serebro" "Song #1"
In 2007, the unknown group "Silver" went to defend the honor of Russia, which performed quite successfully with the song "Song # 1" - it became the third.2008 Dima Bilan "Believe"
In 2008, Dima Bilan again went to Eurovision and this time he returned to his homeland as a triumph. His song "Believe" took 1st place - Russia won the competition for the first time. Bilan did not perform alone on stage, he was assisted by figure skater Evgeni Plushenko and Hungarian violinist and composer Edwin Marton.2009 Anastasia Prikhodko "Mamo"
In 2009 Eurovision was held in Moscow for the first time. Russia was represented at the competition by another graduate of the Star Factory - Ukrainian singer Anastasia Prikhodko. She sang the song "Mamo" in Russian and Ukrainian and ended up in 11th place.2010 Peter Nalich "Lost and Forgotten"
In 2010, Russian singer Petr Nalich represented Russia at Eurovision with the song "Lost and Forgotten" and took 11th place.2011 Alexey Vorobyov "Get You"
In 2011, Russian singer Alexei Vorobyov participated in Eurovision with the song "Get You".2012 "Buranovskiye Babushki" "Party for Everybody"
In 2012, the Buranovskiye Babushki band represented Russia at Eurovision with the song "Party for Everybody", which they performed in Udmurt and English. They made a huge impression on the audience and eventually became the second.2013 Dina Garipova "What If"
The winner of the TV show "Voice" Dina Garipova in 2013 took 5th place at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden, performing the romantic ballad "What If".2014 Tolmacheva Sisters "Shine"
In 2014, twin sisters Anastasia and Maria Tolmacheva performed from Russia with the song "Shine" and took 7th place.2015 Polina Gagarina "A Million Voices"
In 2015, Russia was represented by the winner of the "Star Factory-2" Polina Gagarina with the song "A Million Voices" and took the honorable 2nd place.2016 Sergey Lazarev "You Are the Only One"
In 2016, our country was represented by singer Sergey Lazarev and with the song "You Are the Only One" he took third place.2017 To represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, the final of which will be held today on May 13 in Kyiv, was supposed to be singer Yulia Samoilova, but Ukraine banned the Russian participant from entering the country.
Russia is not participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.Eurovision 2017 final: countries and participants, performance order
The full list of participants in the Eurovision 2017 final looks like this:
1. UK - Lucy Jones, Never Give Up On You
2. Germany - Levina, Perfect Life
3. Spain - Manuel Navarro, Do It for Your Lover
4. Italy - Francesco Gabbani, Occidentali's Karma
5. France - Alma, Requiem
6. Ukraine - O.Torvald, Time
7. Australia - Isaiah Firebrace, Don't Come Easy
8. Armenia - Artsvik, Fly With Me
9. Azerbaijan - Dihaj, Skeletons
10. Belgium - Blanche, City Lights
11. Greece - Demi, This is Love
12. Cyprus - Hovig, Gravity
13. Moldova - Sunstroke Project, Hey Mamma14. Poland - Kasia Mos, Flashlight
15. Portugal - Salvador Sobral, Amar pelos dois
16. Sweden - Robin Bengtsson, I Can't Go On
17. Austria - Nathan Trent, Running On Air
18. Bulgaria - Christian Kostov, Beautiful Mess
19. Belarus - NAVIBAND, History of Maygo Zhytsya
20. Denmark - Anja Nissen, Where I Am
21. Croatia - Jacques Hudek, My Friend
22. Norway - JOWST, Grab The Moment
23. Netherlands - OG3NE, Lights and Shadows
24. Hungary - Yotsy Papai, Origo
25. Romania - Ilinka and Alex Florea, Yodel It!
26. Israel - Imri Ziv, I Feel Alive,Eurovision 2017 final: favorites, bookmakers' opinion
Bookmakers continue to accept bets on the winner of Eurovision 2017, therussiantimes.com notes. According to the rating, Italy's victory is predicted, which is represented by Francesco Gabbani with the song Occidentali's Karma, EurovisionWorld reports.The second place can be taken by Salvador Sobral from Portugal with the song Amar pelos dois.
Third place - the representative of Bulgaria Christian Kostov with the song Beautiful Mess.
Channel One will not show the broadcast on its air due to the fact that earlier the SBU banned Russian participant Yulia Samoilova from entering Ukraine.
You can watch the final of Eurovision 2017 online on May 13, 2017 at 22.00 Moscow time on the websites Eurovision.ua and Eurovision.tv
