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The brightest winners in the history of Eurovision. Russian participants of "Eurovision" in the history of the contest

The brightest winners in the history of Eurovision. Russian participants of "Eurovision" in the history of the contest

30.06.2019

P offer together with HB recall the bright hits of the winners of previous years - the best songs of Europe from 2005 to today!

It is known that the winning songs not only receive recognition from the jury and the audience of the competition, but also become the main hits in Europe, topping numerous charts and getting into the rotation of various radio stations.

Awakening

The 50th anniversary contest was held in Ukraine thanks to Ruslana's victory in Istanbul with the composition Wild Dances.

From May 19 to May 24, 39 participants fought for the palm, which went to the Greek singer Elena Paparizou with the song My Number One. The performance of the singer scored 230 points.

Feel the beat

In May 2006, contestants from all over Europe came to Athens. This year has become a milestone for Finland, as for the first time in the history of the competition, Finnish performers have won.

In addition, rock musicians won for the first time, setting a record for the number of points at that time - 292. We suggest recalling the bright performance of the group Lordi with Hard Rock Hallelujah.

real fantasy

Having opened its doors for the first time to the participants of the main song contest in Europe, Finland spent $13 million on the organization.

Then, at the country's main ice stadium in Helsinki, millions of hearts were won by the Serbian singer Maria Sherifovich with the song Prayer. Nothing superfluous: only a restrained image, strong vocals and deep meaning.

sound fusion

The 53rd song contest was held at the main arena of Serbia in the city of Belgrade. This year has become a landmark for Russia, because Dima Bilan with Believe brought the first victory to his native country in the history of the competition.

In addition to Bilan, the Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton and the Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko appeared on the stage.

On the main arena of Moscow from May 12 to May 16, 42 countries competed for victory in the prestigious competition, as a result, millions of listeners voted for the charismatic Norwegian Alexander Rybak.

his song Fairytale set an absolute record for the number of points - 387 in the final vote.

Share a moment

In 2010, Norway opened its doors to the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time, without sparing 24 million euros for the organization. Germany received the right to host the next, 56th competition, thanks to the victory Lena Meyer-Landrut with Satellite.

The song later charted at number one in seven countries and even received several gold and platinum certifications.

Feel your heartbeat

In 2011, Germany hosted Eurovision. On the main arena of Düsseldorf, representatives of 25 countries competed for victory in the final, but the best were Eldar Kasimov and Nigar Jamal with the song Running Scared. Thus, for the first time Azerbaijan received the right to host the competition.

Light your fire

To adequately host the 57th competition, the Azerbaijani authorities allocated $63.3 million, breaking all previous records.

Among the 26 contenders for victory in the final, the first place was taken by the Swedish singer Lauryn singing Euphoria, which later topped the music charts around the world and became a real hit!

Thanks to Lauryn's victory, Sweden became the host country for the fifth time and Malmö became the host city for the second time. On the main arena of the country, 26 participants fought for victory, but the singer from Denmark was able to win the hearts of millions Emmy de Forest singing Only Teardrops.

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In May of this year, thirty-seven contestants came to Copenhagen to compete for victory in the 59th competition. The first place was taken by the representative of Austria, drag queen Conchite Wurst, whose victory caused a serious resonance in the world. But, despite the outrageous image, the song Rise Like a Phoenix became a hit in many countries of the world.

building bridges

To compete in the 60th anniversary competition, talented performers gathered in the capital of Austria - Vienna. Among the twenty-seven finalists, the Swedish singer was the best Mons Selmerlev with the song Heroes. A cheerful melody and creative video accompaniment brought the Swede 365 points.

Ukrainian performer of Crimean Tatar origin performed the song at the competition 1944 dedicated to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944. In particular, the artist dedicated the contest song to the memory of her ancestors and great-grandmother, who was deported from Crimea and never returned to her homeland.

“This song is about my great-grandmother, and my performance was dedicated to her, as well as to all Crimean Tatars and, of course, to my country Ukraine”, she noted.

Celebrate Diversity

Eurovision 2017 was held in Kyiv. For the first time in history, the victory went to Portugal - 28-year-old Salvador Sobral.

The singer, who suffered from heart disease since childhood, scored a record 758 points with the song Amar pelos dois in Portuguese, in which he sang about a heart that can "endure everything and love for two."

At the same time, Portugal, which participated in the competition for 53 years, became the record-holder for the longest participation in the competition without a single victory.

Eurovision 2018 will be held in the capital of Portugal, the city of Lisbon. The first and second semi-finals of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest 2018 will take place on 8 and 10 May, while the grand final, which will determine the winner, will take place on 12 May.

The venue for Eurovision 2018 in Lisbon was the third largest indoor stadium in Europe and the largest in Portugal - Altice Arena, which seats about 20,000 spectators. Ukraine at the competition this year will be represented by the singer MELOVIN.

MELOVIN - Under The Ladder

Read the latest details of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018: news, participants, photos, videos in HB STYLE.

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Became the 46th Song Contest Eurovision. He passed May 12, 2001 in the city of Copenhagen (Denmark). The organizers of the competition faced the problem of finding a venue for it. It eventually became the Parken stadium, after the construction of a retractable roof on it was agreed. It became the largest building ever to host the competition, watched by 38,000 spectators. 23 countries participated in the competition. Poland, Bosnia, Slovenia, Portugal, Lithuania and Greece returned to the roster, replacing the 7 worst performing countries in the last 5 years.

Since this year, telephone voting has become mandatory. However, Croatia, Greece and Malta used a mixed voting model, while Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkey and Russia used jury voting, which was allowed in exceptional cases. The countries that finished in the first 15 places were now eligible to participate in the next contest. 20 out of 23 participants completely or partially performed their songs in English, which became a kind of record.

For the first time, Estonia won the competition, represented by a duet and, accompanied by a group 2XL. At the same time, a native of Aruba Benton became the first black the all-time winning performer. The team presented the song "Everybody"("All").

Born in 1980. The Estonian rock musician and pop singer learned to play the clarinet and saxophone, sang in the church and children's choir, as well as in the boys' choir, was fond of folk music and sports dancing.

He is the creator of the ensemble Speed free, which released their first CD "Woman Knows" in May 2001. All songs for ensemble Padar wrote himself.

After joint with Dave Benton winning the competition becomes one of the most famous rock musicians in Estonia.

In 2003, he created the ensemble The Sun, with which in 2006 he received prizes in 5 out of 15 categories in Estonia, including the prize for "Best Album" of the year and "Best Ensemble of the Year".

is one of the two presenters of Eesti otsib superstaari of the third season. At Padara has an older sister, the popular Estonian singer Gerli Padar, who became famous before her brother. Gerli Padar represented Estonia at the song contest Eurovision 2007.

(real name Efren Eugene Benita) was born in 1951. The Estonian musician and pop singer started his artistic career in Aruba. At the age of 25 he went to Las Vegas, where he performed in various show programs, including singing in The Drifters, The Platters and Tom Jones. After moving to the Netherlands, he participated in various show projects. In 1994, he accepted an offer to participate in the musical "City Lights" in Berlin. In addition to working in Germany, he also performed in other European countries.

Since 1997 lives in Estonia. After joint with Tanel Padar winning the competition became one of the most famous pop musicians in Estonia. At the competition Benton and Padar sang a song "Everybody", and the group also participated in the performance 2XL. Benton became the first black performer to win the Eurovision. At the end of the same year, he released his first solo album, From Monday to Sunday.

Soul militia- Estonian hip-hop group that won the competition Eurovision in 2001 as backing vocalists Tanel Padara and Dave Benton.

The team was created in 1997 by Sergey Morgun and Indrek Soom under the name 2XL. It was with this name that they sang a song "Everybody", bringing Estonia its first victory in a music competition. In 2002, the musicians changed their name to Soul Militia. In 2007 participated in the national selection for Eurovision with the song "My Place".

Eurovision 2002. Estonia

became the 47th song contest Eurovision. He passed May 25, 2002 at the Saku Suurhall arena in Tallinn (Estonia). Initially, 22 countries were supposed to participate in the competition, but the European Broadcasting Union increased this quota to 24. Additional places were provided to Israel and Portugal, but the latter refused due to internal problems of the RTP television channel, and Latvia took its place.

Russia, Romania, Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina used jury voting, while Cyprus, Greece, Croatia and Malta used a mixed voting system (spectators and jury).

The Baltic country won for the second time in a row. Marie N(Maria Naumova) from Latvia won the Grand Prix with 176 points. In addition to the winner, two more representatives of the post-Soviet space entered the top ten - the Estonian Sakhlin took third place, and the Russian Prime Minister group became tenth.

(pseudonym Marie N) was born in 1973. The Latvian singer of Russian origin has been collaborating with the composer since 1994. In 1995, she participated in a television competition for young talents and was warmly received by the audience. In 1998, she took part in a concert dedicated to the 100th anniversary, after which she gained fame in the country. In 1999, she released her first solo album, "To Bright Tears", recorded in Russian. Released in 2001, the album "Ieskaties acis" became "gold" two weeks after the release, and after 11 months - "platinum". In the same year she recorded album in French "Ma Voix, Ma Voie". She received the Audience Choice Award at the Voice of Asia competition.

In 2000, for the first time she participated in the national selection for Eurovision, where she took first place, but by the decision of the national jury on Eurovision a participant of the correct nationality was sent, who took only third place. Next year Maria made a compromise, hiding the Russian surname with a pseudonym Marie N, again won the qualifying round, and then at the competition itself 2002 with a song "I Wanna"("I want"), the music for which Maria wrote herself. The song became the first among the winners of the competition, which was not released by record companies outside of their country. In Latvia itself, the song also did not even enter the top thirty of the national hit parade.

In November of the same year, she released two new albums (one in English, the second in Latvian). Was the host of the competition Eurovision 2003 held in Riga. In 2004, she performed the lead role in the musical The Sound of Music. She was also recognized as the best performer of the title role in the musical "Sister Carrey".

In her latest album "On my own" she included songs in Latvian, English, French and Portuguese.

Received a law degree at the University of Latvia. In 2005, she became the first UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Latvia.

At the end of 2007 and at the beginning of 2008, she took part in a musical based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. Maria plays the role of Fantine.

Eurovision 2003. Latvia

became the 48th Song Contest Eurovision. He passed May 24, 2003 in the city of Riga (Latvia) on the stage of the concert hall "Skonto". 26 countries took part in the competition, which was a record figure in its history (among the finals). The last time the competition was held for one evening. The Latvian government allocated 2.3 million dollars for its implementation.

Jury voting due to poor telecommunications network was used by Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, based on the votes of the reserve jury, the votes of Ireland were distributed, which caused the Russian representatives to accuse him of rigging the results. However, it was announced that the results of the audience voting did not differ from the final score given by the jury.

Russian group Tattoo with the song "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask", which was considered the favorite of the competition, took third place, lagging behind the winner - from Turkey - by only three points. Ukraine She competed for the first time and placed 14th.

Born 1964. Turkish pop star, one of the most successful singers in Turkey at the dawn of her career worked with another famous Turkish singer Sezen Aksu. His first album "Sakin Ol" Sertab released in 1992, followed by several more albums in Turkish, which brought the singer fame at home and abroad.

But for Sertab a real breakthrough in the musical world of Europe was precisely the victory at Eurovision. On the wave of success when the song "Everyway That I Can"(“In Every Way I Can”) topped the European charts, recording the English-language album “No Boundaries”, released in 2004.

In 2005, he participated in "Congratulations" - a TV show dedicated to 50th anniversary of Eurovision. Her song ranked 9th among the top 15 songs of all time Eurovision. In 2007, a collection of the best songs was released Sertab, whose rich repertoire includes compositions in English, Spanish and Greek, as well as duets with Ruslana, Jose Carreras, Ricky Martin.

Eurovision 2004. Turkey

became the 49th competition in history. He passed May 12 and May 15, 2004 in Istanbul (Turkey), at the Abdi Ipekci arena, where he was moved at the last moment from the Midonis Showlands hall due to traffic problems. For the first time, the competition was held in a new format, which includes the semi-finals and finals. The 10 countries that took the highest places in the previous competition, the host country, as well as representatives of the "big four" states that contribute the largest share to the EBU budget, were immediately admitted to the final. For the first time in history, 36 countries participated in the competition at once. Andorra, Albania, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro participated in the competition for the first time, Monaco returned after a 25-year break. The return of Luxembourg after an 11-year absence was also supposed to take place, but RTL was unable to resolve financial issues.

All participating countries were eligible to vote in the qualifying round and final, however, France, Poland and Russia did not broadcast the semi-finals due to non-participation in it and therefore did not participate in the first voting. For the first time, all 36 countries used telephone voting to determine results. At the same time, during the counting of votes, problems arose with this process in Monaco and Croatia.

The contest featured a new logo with a heart-shaped flag. The slogan of the contest was "Under the same sky", focusing on the unity of Europe and the importance of European integration for Turkey.

First time competition Eurovision won Ukraine, participating in it only for the second time. She was represented by a singer with a composition "Wild Dances"("Wild dances"). The second place was taken by the representative of Serbia and Montenegro Zeljko Joksimovic with the composition "Lane moje", the third - by the representative of Greece Sakis Rouvas with the composition "Shake it". Russian Yulia Savicheva remained in 11th place.

Ruslana(Ruslana Lyzhychko) was born in 1973. By that time, the 21-year-old singer already had awards from the all-Ukrainian contest "Melody-94" and the festival "Slavianski Bazaar-96".

The singer immediately stated that she was counting on winning. Ruslana performed with the composition "Wild Dances" in Istanbul, took 2nd place in the semi-finals of the competition, and May 16, 2004 in the final, she took first place with a score of 280 points. Ruslan awarded points to all countries except Switzerland.

The press called the performance of the Ukrainian performer "an absolute sensation" Eurovision 2004, noting that "stunning energy" emanated from the singer, which "struck on the spot" and foreign journalists: "Gorgeous hair, a stunning figure, eyes like coals."

The journalists did not detract from the vocal data of the singer, recalling that Ruslana Lyzhychko higher musical education and a diploma as a conductor of a symphony orchestra at the Lviv Conservatory.

Upon returning to Kyiv with a victory at the song contest, the singer was immediately awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine (bypassing the "deserved").

As the winner of the previous Eurovision, Ruslana opened the competition in Kyiv in 2005 along with the song "Heart on Fire".

Eurovision 2005. Ukraine

became the 50th song contest Eurovision. The final of the competition May 21, 2005 in the city of Kyiv (Ukraine) in the arena of the local Sports Palace (the semi-finals took place on May 19). The main theme of the competition sounded like "Awakening", symbolizing the awakening of the country and the city after spring, as well as their readiness to join the united Europe. The history of the holiday of Ivan Kupala was also touched upon.

Bulgaria and Moldova debuted at the contest, and after a six-year pause, Hungary returned. Lebanon was also expected to debut, but the country ended up not entering the contest.

Due to the length of time it took to announce the results of the vote, it was decided, starting next year, to read aloud only the first three winners with the highest number of votes in each of the participating countries.

The first place in the Song Contest was taken by a Greek woman with the composition "My number one"("My number one"). The second place was taken by the representative of Malta, Chiara, with the song "Angel", the third place was taken by the representative of Romania, Luminica Angel, accompanied by the band Sistem, with the song "Let Me Try".

Born in 1982. In 2001, the Greek singer, as part of the Antique group, represented Greece at the song contest, taking 3 place. AT 2005 in Kyiv she performed solo and, having improved her result, took 1st place.

In the fall of the same year, she released the single "Mambo!". It was #1 on the Greek charts for 10 weeks and was certified platinum. It was released in Sweden in April 2006 and has sold over 25,000 copies. Elena also re-released her debut album for the third time. The third disc contained the English and Greek versions of "Mambo!" and three new songs in Greek.

April 12, 2006 Elena released a second album in Greek titled "Iparhi Logos" which later went platinum. It included 11 tracks and the song "Mambo!". Three tracks were released as singles.

May 20 performed on stage Eurovision performing "My Number One" at the opening and "Mambo!" in the interval act and presented the award to Lordi. A little later, the single "Mambo!" was also released in Sweden, where it reached the top five of the chart.

The debut album in English "The Game of Love" was also released in South Africa. 6 songs on it were translated from Greek, and 6 were written specifically for the new album. A song from the new album called "To All The Heroes" was chosen as the anthem of the 19th European Athletics Championships.

And today he continues to conduct active concert and artistic activities.

Eurovision 2006. Greece

became 51 in a row and was held in Athens (Greece) in the Olympic Hall. The final took place May 20, 2006. Performers from 37 countries participated in the competition.

Armenia became the debutant of the competition. Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro refused to participate. The rock band won the competition Lordi from Finland with song "Hard Rock Hallelujah"("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. After Serbia and Montenegro refused to participate and announced that they would only vote, Croatia automatically qualified for the final. Last year's Top 10 + Croatia + "Big Four" became automatic finalists, the remaining 23 countries were participants in the semi-finals.

The final part immediately included the countries that took the top 10 places in 2005 and the countries of the "Big Four" (Great Britain, Germany, France and Spain). The remaining 10 finalists were determined based on the results of the semi-finals. In total, compositions from 24 countries participated in the final. The representative of Sweden, Carola, performed at the competition for the third time.

Lordi are a Finnish English-language shock rock band. Founded in 1996 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. Lordi- winners of the song contest.

The band's debut album "Get Heavy" was released in 2002 on Halloween night - November 1st. The songs "Devil is a Loser" and "Would You Love a Monsterman?" from this album were the group's first hits. They were released as singles, clips were shot on them. The lyrics were devoted to "horror" - monsters, vampires, demons, as well as the praise of rock music.

Lordi the well-known producer Hiili Hiilesmaa, who had previously worked with the bands HIM, Amorphis and Sentenced, began to promote. Under his leadership, the album "The Monsterican Dream" was released, which was darker than the previous one and had less commercial success. After that, there were changes in the composition of the group. Lordi toured Europe as the opening act for HammerFall. Their first two albums were compiled and released in the UK under the title "The Monster Show". The heavier and more successful "The Arockalypse" followed.

In 2005 Mr. Lordi called from the selection committee on Eurovision and offered to choose 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 were elected representatives of Finland on Eurovision.

Eurovision 2007. Finland

became the 52nd song contest Eurovision. He passed 10 and May 12, 2007 in the capital of Finland, Helsinki. All the action took place at the Hartwall Arena - the largest ice stadium in the country and was broadcast by the YLE television company. The budget for organizing the competition amounted to 13 million euros.

Karolina Gocheva from Macedonia and Edsilia Rombly from the Netherlands participated in the competition for the second time, Evrydiki from Cyprus for the third time. The winner was a representative from Serbia - with the song "Prayer". The second place was taken by Verka Serduchka, representing Ukraine with the song "Dancing Lasha Tumbai", the third - the Russian group "Serebro" with the song "Song # 1".

Born in 1984. The Serbian singer of mixed Turkish-Gypsy origin made her first public appearance at the age of 12 with the song "I will Always Love You".

Debut album released in 2003 Maria Sherifovich"Naj, najbolja", which marked the beginning of a musical career. The album's biggest hit was the song "Znaj da znam" written by Darko Dimitrov. In the same year Maria participated in the Budva festival with Darko Dimitrov's song "Gorka čokolada". In 2004, she participated in the same festival with the song "Bol do ludila" and won first place. The song was high on the charts.

Summer 2005 Maria released the single "Agonija", which was a cover version of the song "I believe it" by Greek super singer Despina Vandi. At Beovizija-2005, and then in the semi-finals of the national pre-selection of Serbia and Montenegro for the competition Eurovision– Europesma, Maria performed the song "Ponuda", and took 18th place. In the same year she was a favorite and won at the Serbian Radio Festival with the song "U nedelju" written by Leontina Vukomanovic. She also won the Best Vocal Award.

Second album Maria Sherifovich– “Bez ljubavi” was released in 2006 and was very successful. In early 2007, the single "Bez tebe" was released. February 21, 2007 the first solo concert took place Maria Sherifovich which was attended by an audience of four thousand.

March 8, 2007 Maria won the Beovizija-2007 contest with the song "Molitva", gaining the highest number of votes in the combined voting of the jury and the TV audience. And thus she was qualified as the first representative of the recently independent Serbia in the European competition. The song was also recorded in English, Finnish and Russian. On May 12, the semi-finals took place, on May 14 - the final, in which Maria acted at number 17 and took 1st place.

Upon return Maria Sherifovich to Belgrade, at the airport she was greeted by about 100 thousand people.

Eurovision 2008. Serbia

became the 53rd Song Contest Eurovision. It was held on May 24, 2008 in Belgrade (Serbia).

For the first time, a representative from Russia became the winner - Dima Bilan with a song "Believe". The second place was taken by “Shady Lady”, representing Ukraine, the third - Kalomira from Greece ("Secret combination"). The hosts of the competition were Zeljko Joksimovic and Jovana Jankovic. Zeljko also became the composer of the Serbian song "Oro", which was performed by Jelena Tomashevich, who represented Serbia.

Dima Bilan from Russia and Charlotte Perelli from Sweden performed for the second time from their country.

Russian singer Dima Bilan(name at birth and until June 2008 - Victor Belan) was born in 1981. He represented Russia 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 song contest Eurovision.

Dima Bilan Graduated from the State Musical College. Gnessin, specializing in classical vocal performer. After that, I decided to continue my education at GITIS, where I immediately entered the second year faculty of acting. Career Dima began in 2000, when the first video clip got into the rotation of the MTV Russia channel Bilana for the song "Autumn". In 2002, the singer made his debut on the stage of the Russian festival in Jurmala - "New Wave", where he presented his composition "Boom" and took 4th place. At the end of October 2003, the debut album entitled "I am a night hooligan" was released. A year later, the 2nd studio album "On the Shore of the Sky" was released.

December 2005 brought Dima Bilan two awards: "Golden Gramophone" for the song "You Should Be Near" in St. Petersburg and Alma-Ata. On the project "New songs about the main thing", the singer received the First Channel prize from a professional jury. Dima became the person of the year in the field of show business, as the majority of voters cast their votes for him, according to the Rambler version of the search engine. In December 2005, a video was filmed for the lyrical composition "I Remember You." In December 2010, a new video for the song "I just love you" was filmed. The track "I just love you" occupied the top lines of the Tophit project for 10 weeks in a row.

Eurovision 2009. Russia

became the 54th competition Eurovision. Held with 12 on 16th of May in SC "Olympic" in Moscow (Russia). Initially, 43 countries confirmed their participation in the competition. Slovakia announced that they were returning to the competition, while San Marino withdrew due to financial problems. Later, Georgia refused to participate in the competition - there were 42 contestants. 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 history. Eurovision- song contest winner "Fairytale" scored 387 points in the final. The record for the number of points superior to second place was also broken - 169 points. However, the record for the average score was not broken.

A French star entered the competition. Famous in Europe Arash together with Aysel played for Azerbaijan. Sakis Rouvas participated for the second time from Greece, Chiara from Malta - for the third time. Russia represented by a citizen of Ukraine Anastasia Prikhodko with the song "Mamo". Her song took 11th place.

Born in 1986. The Norwegian singer and violinist of Belarusian origin won the song contest in Moscow.

After the victory on December 11, 2009, he performed at the Nobel concert in Oslo along with world stars, where he performed the song "Fairytale" in a new arrangement with a symphony orchestra.

December 13, 2009 participated in the program "Star Factory" in Ukraine. In early 2010, he worked on recording a new disc, and also voiced the main character in the Norwegian version of the cartoon How to Train Your Dragon.

Was the guest of honor at the qualifying rounds Eurovision in Finland, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia and performed his new song "Heaven of Europe".

March 8, 2010 Alexander gave a big concert in Tallinn, and in June the second album of the artist "No Boundaries" was released. In mid-October 2010, he performed in Finland at the Russian Romance festival.

As a result of cooperation with Swedish authors, the album "Visa Vid Vindens Ängar" was released.

Eurovision 2010. Norway

– 55th Song Contest Eurovision. Held with 25 on May 29 at the Telenor Arena in Berum, a suburb of the Norwegian capital Oslo. This is the third Eurovision that Norway has hosted. In 1986, the country won the right to hold the competition after the victory of the duo Bobbysocks with the song "La det swinge" and in 1996 after the victory of the duo Secret Garden with the song "Nocturne".

winner 2010 competition became a participant from Germany with the song satellite.

Born in 1991. The German singer is also known by her stage name Lena- Winner of the international song contest in Oslo.

The future star began taking dance lessons from the age of 5. Mayer-Landrut she played in some German television series in supporting roles, but she never formally trained in acting or vocal skills. Studied at IGS Roderbruch Hannover, where April 2010 passed the final exams.

March 12, 2010 Lena Meyer-Landrut received the right to represent her country at the international song contest in Oslo with the song satellite. As a representative of one of the countries of the Big Four, Lena automatically entered the final of the competition, which took place on Saturday, May 29, 2010. According to the draw, out of 25 participants in the final, the representative of Germany performed under No. 22. Lena scored 246 points, ahead of the Turkish group maNga and the Romanian duo of Paula Seling and Ovi by a significant margin. Mayer-Landrut won the main European music prize - a crystal microphone.

Germany decides to send again Lena on the Eurovision but now in their own country. The singer again performed immediately in the final Eurovision 2011 with the song "Taken by A Stranger", in Düsseldorf at the Esprit Arena on May 14 and took 10th place.

Eurovision 2011. Germany

became the 56th competition Eurovision, passed in from 10 on May 14 in Germany (city of Düsseldorf).

The winners of this competition were representatives of Azerbaijan Eldar Gasimov and Nigar Jamal(performed under pseudonyms El and Nikki), who performed the composition "Running Scared"(“Run without looking back”), gaining 221 points as a result of voting.

The dates for the two semi-finals are May 10 and May 12, 2011, final passed May 14.

Azerbaijani singer Eldar Parviz oglu Gasimov- song contest winner Eurovision 2011. He was born in 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 the student exchange program. In 2008 he studied vocals, acting and stage speech at the German vocal school. In 2010 year 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 on Eurovision 2011. In the semi-finals, the duo took second place, which gave them the opportunity to perform in the final of the song contest. The duo managed to win with 221 points. Song "Running Scared" written by the Swedish team of authors - Stefan Örn, Sandra Bjurman and Ayan Farguhanson. The same group wrote a song for another singer from Azerbaijan on Eurovision– Safura Alizade (“Drip Drop”).

Nigar Aydin kyzy Jamal- Azerbaijani singer, winner of the song contest
Eurovision 2011.

Born in 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. In 1995-1996 Nigar participated in the republican competition Pohrə and in May 1996 became its honorary diploma. She graduated from Khazar University with a degree in Economics and Management. Since 2005 lives in London.

In 2011, together with Eldar Gasimov participated in the Azerbaijani selection for Eurovision– Milli Seçim Turu 2010. The duet won the competition and this provided an opportunity Nigar and Eldar represent Azerbaijan in the song contest Eurovision 2011 in Germany. The duet won a landslide victory.

Eurovision 2012. Azerbaijan

Song Contest became 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 final was held on May 26.

42 countries participated in the competition: Montenegro returned, which had not participated since 2010 due to financial difficulties. Poland refused to participate - the local broadcaster referred to their interest in other television projects. Armenia submitted an application for participation in the international song contest at the last moment, but on March 7, 2012, an official refusal was received from the Armenia 1 TV channel.

The first place in the competition was taken by (Sweden) with the song Euphoria("Euphoria"), gaining 372 points in the voting of the jury and viewers.

Loreen Zineb Noka Tagliaoui, also known as, is a Swedish singer of Moroccan-Berber origin, winner of a song contest.

Born 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.

In 2005, she released her debut single "The Snake" with Rob'n'Raz. Later she became one of the leading TV11 channels.

On March 10, 2012, she won the popular Swedish TV contest "Melodifestivalen", which gave her the right to represent her country in the annual song contest. Eurovision. Competition song Euphoria was performed in the second semi-final, and won an undeniable victory in the final.

Loreen Zineb Noka Tagliaoui: “The music that inspires me is the one that brings me into a kind of trance with melody and vocals. It's artists like Björk, some Enya, and especially Lisa Gerrard."

Song Contest became 58th competition, which took place in the city of Malmö, Sweden, on the territory of the Malmö Arena. Previously, Sweden hosted Eurovision four times: in 1975, 1985, 1992 (also in Malmö) and in 2000. slogan competition was "We Are One" ("We are one").

The representatives of Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia and Turkey refused to participate in the contest, while the Armenian television confirmed the rumors about their return to Eurovision.

Denmark participated for the 42nd time in the song contest Eurovision. Danish singer Emmy Charlotte de Forest represented Denmark in the song contest 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, behind Emmy a number of victories in music competitions. According to herself Emmy She started singing 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.

Song performed by - "Only Teardrops"- written by the singer herself. “Only Tears” is the result of more than a year of work. Emmy returned to this song more than once, supplementing and changing it. According to the performer herself, the gentle and lyrical composition with notes of slight melancholy allows you to look inside yourself, set priorities correctly and evaluate the life path you have traveled.

Eurovision 2014. Denmark

59th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Denmark from 6 to 10 May. The Danish national broadcaster DR announced on September 2, 2013 that the song contest was held in Copenhagen, in the B&W halls, which are located on the Refhaleøen square on the island of Amager. The slogan for this year's contest, "Join Us", was approved by the EBU and the reference group. The symbol of Eurovision 2014 was a blue-blue diamond.

AT 2014 the winner of the competition unexpectedly for everyone - and for himself too - was a 25-year-old singer from Austrian Thomas Neuwirth who performed under the stage name. In she with a song "Rise Like a Phoenix" scored 290 points, 52 points ahead of the closest competitor - The Common Linnets duo from the Netherlands, who scored 238 points.

This is Austria's second victory in Eurovision(the first happened far away). as a whole turned out to be the strongest in recent years. The last 10 years to Eurovision there was a lot of criticism, and some countries seemed to deliberately send frankly second-rate artists to the competition. AT 2014 competition demonstrated a desire to part with the reputation of the Eurotrash collection, earned in the early 2000s – and this time, real deeds became visible behind these ambitions.

Thomas Neuwirth- Austrian singer of non-traditional sexual orientation, 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 as wurst- a bearded and stylishly dressed vamp woman - could go another one, but took second place at 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 recall, for example, Verka Serduchka, who was invented with and who in this image recorded albums, 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, despite the beard, she was the most feminine of the artists participating in the competition this year, and had perhaps the most outstanding vocal abilities in comparison with other contestants.

Eurovision 2015. Austria

The jubilee, 60th, song contest was held in Austria, which became the winning country, held in Copenhagen (Denmark). Austria hosted the competition for the second time. The country only after 48 years was able to repeat the result, where Udo Jurgens became the winner.

First semi-final of Eurovision 2015 took place May 19, second – May 21st, a the final competition passed May, 23rd. The contest was hosted by the Austrian national broadcaster ORF. slogan competition became Building Bridges.

AT Eurovision 2015 39 countries competed. This is 2 countries more than in the previous year. She refused to participate. About returning to competition said Cyprus, Serbia and the Czech Republic. Also debuted in Australia. Venue Eurovision 2015 became the Wiener Stadthalle stadium in Vienna.

The results of the competition fully coincided with the forecast of the bookmakers, who absolutely accurately predicted the top three winners: Sweden, Russia, Italy. Representative of Sweden Mons Zelmerlev and representative of Russia Polina Gagarina were very close on points, replacing each other in first place. Even the winner of the competition himself later admitted that at some point he resigned himself to the second place and was confident in the victory of Russia. During the voting, the Swede still came in first place. He scored 365 points, leaving Russia in second place.

(Mons Petter Albert Selmerlev) was born on June 13, 1986 in a family of doctors. Since childhood, he was fond of creativity, loved to listen and. He learned to play the piano, studied in an African dance club, and later began to learn to play the guitar on his own.

Participated in the show "Idol 2005", where he took fifth place. In the same year, with the singer Anna Book, he took part in the show "Let's Dance" and won.

The singer starred in the Swedish versions of Grease (2006) and Footloose (2007).

In 2007 he also participated in Melodifestivalen, taking third place in the final with the song "Cara mia".

2015 was a very successful year for Monsa Selmerleva. In Melodifestivalen, he took first place, thereby gaining the right to represent Sweden at Eurovision Song Contest. The Swedish performer showed at the competition an enchantingly spectacular laser show, made in the form of a projection, from which Mons very emotional song Heroes. His number was unique and not like the others, so he deserved not only a warm welcome, but also a victory for the performer.

Eurovision is an annual music song contest held among performers from countries that are members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Therefore, among the participants of the competition, you can see performers from Israel and other countries outside Europe. From each participating country, one participant is sent to Eurovision, who performs one song. The winner of the competition is determined by voting of viewers and a jury from each participating country.

The Eurovision Song Contest was first held in 1956. The competition appeared as a result of the transformation of the Italian San Remo festival. Marcel Beson, who was very fond of this project, saw in the competition an opportunity to unite nations in the post-war period. The Sanremo Festival still exists today. And Eurovision today is one of the most anticipated and popular events in the musical life of Europe. More than 100 million viewers around the world watch this competition every year.

Every year, before the competition, a preliminary selection procedure takes place, which helps to determine the list of participating countries. Performers from the EBU Big Four countries - , - enter the competition automatically.

It can be said that the most lucky country at Eurovision is Great Britain. Of course, she became the winner more often (7 times against 5 victories of Britain), but the British took second place 15 times, France and Luxembourg, like England, won 5 times, but they took second place no more than three times.

The nationality of the performers at Eurovision does not matter. This is confirmed by the participation of Katrina Leskanish in the competition. She was born in America and performed with the Waves from Cambridge. Another foreigner representing Great Britain in the competition was Ozzy Gina J., while Greek Nana Mouskouri and Belgian Lara Fabian competed for Luxembourg in 1963 and 1988 respectively. By the way, the victory in 1988 went to Switzerland, which was represented by the Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was the victory in the competition that turned the unknown singer into a real star.

In 1986, 13-year-old Belgian Sandra Kim won the contest with the song "J'aime la vie". Now the rules of Eurovision set an age limit for performers - you can take part in the contest from 16 years old.

There are special strict rules for the final of the competition. For example, there can be no amplifiers on the stage, the drummer must play the provided drum kit. The performer can use instrumental backing tracks. Any song that is longer than 3 minutes may be disqualified, everyone remembers that “brevity is the sister of talent”.

The first Eurovision Song Contest took place in Lugano (Switzerland). 7 countries participated in the contest with 2 performers/songs per country. The victory was won by Lis Assia from Switzerland with the song "Refrain". Lis outperformed the Belgian song "The Drowned Men Of The River Seine".

The second Eurovision Song Contest was held in the German city of Frankfurt am Main. For the first time, Austria, Great Britain and. took part in the competition. The winner was Corrie Brocken from the Netherlands, who performed the song "Net Als Toen". It was in 1957 that the rule was adopted that the duration of a song should be no more than three minutes.

The venue for the competition was the city of Hilversum (). Third place went to the Italian singer Domenico Modugno, who performed the song "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu". Later this song was recorded under the name "Volare" and became a real hit. The victory went to Andre Clave from France with the song "Dors Mon Amour". The UK did not participate in this competition.

Cannes, France. The UK returned to the Eurovision Song Contest and came in second with "Sing Little Birdie", beating the French song "Oui, Oui, Oui, Oui" by just one point. The winner was Holland with the song "Een Beetje". Starting this year, professional composers are prohibited from serving on the jury.

The Netherlands refuse to host the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time and the Eurovision Song Contest is held in the UK for the first time. Frenchwoman Jacqueline Boyer with the composition "Tom Pillibi" took first place, the second went to the British with their song "Looking High, High, High", performed by Brian Jones. This year the number of countries participating has grown to 13 with Norway joining the competition and Luxembourg returning. 1960 was also the first year that the final of the competition was broadcast live. Finland took this step.

Eurovision returns to Cannes (France). Luxembourg won with Jean-Claude Pascal's "Nous les amoureux". Second place out of 16 participating countries was taken by the United Kingdom, which was represented by The Allisons.

The venue for the competition was Luxembourg. The song "Un premier amour", performed by the Frenchwoman Isabelle Aubret, took first place with 26 points.

France refuses to host Eurovision for the third time and the competition is again held in London. Luxembourg is represented by the Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, the French pop star represents Monaco. For the first time in the history of the competition, Norway scored zero points. The victory was won by Denmark with the song "Dansevise", performed by Greta and Jürgen Ingmann.

The festival takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Second place again goes to the UK - Matt Monroe with the song "I Love The Little Things". Later, the song “Walk Away” performed by him, a reworked version of the composition of the Austrian participant of this year, was very popular. The victory went to Italy with the song "Non ho l'eta", performed by 16-year-old Gigliola Cinquetti.

In Naples (Italy), Luxembourg wins with a song by the Frenchman Serge Gainsbourg, performed by 17-year-old France Gall. The UK is in second place for the fifth time in 8 years thanks to singer Kathy Kirby, who performed the song "I Belong".

The victory in the competition goes to Udo Jürgens with the song "Merci Cheri", who represented Austria. From this year, the rule that the song submitted at the competition must be performed in the state language of the performing country comes into force.

The competition takes place in Vienna (Austria). Vicky Leandros performs for Luxembourg for the first time with the song "L'amour est bleu", which later became a classic. The victory this year went to Sandy Shaw with the song "Puppet On A String". Great Britain takes first place for the first time.

London, Great Britain. The competition takes place at the Royal Albert Hall. The first place was taken by the Spanish singer Massiel with the song "La La La". In this song, the word "La" was used 138 times. Briton Cliff Richard with the song "Congratulations" lagged behind the Spanish by one point and took second place.

Eurovision takes place in Madrid, Spain. For the only time in the history of the competition, four countries took first place at once. Netherlands with "De troubadour" by Lenny Kuhr, France with "Un Jour, Un Enfant" by Frida Boccara, UK with "Boom bang a bang" by Lulu and Spain with "Vivo cantando" by Salome ( Maria Rosa Marco).

The venue for the competition was determined by drawing lots between the winning countries in 1969. As a result, the competition was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year, the rules were amended, which excluded the possibility of winning several participants at the same time. In the event that several performers receive the same number of points, they must re-perform the song and the jury, except for representatives of the countries claiming first place, again determined the winner. If in this case there is a draw, both countries will receive the Grand Prix. In 1970, due to disagreement with the voting system, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Finland refused to take part in the competition. As a result, the number of participants in the competition was reduced to 12. The victory went to the Irish singer Dana with the song "All kinds of everything", eclipsing the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who took only fourth place.

Dublin, . This year, a rule came into force limiting the number of performers on stage to six. The first place was taken by the representative of Monaco Severin with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue".

Monaco refused to host the Eurovision Song Contest and Eurovision takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland. The winner was a Greek girl living in Germany, but singing for Luxembourg - Vicki Leandros with the song "Apres toi".

The competition takes place in Luxembourg. For the first time, Israel is taking part in the competition, which required the adoption of additional security measures. The rules were changed once again, now the performer could independently choose the language of the song. For the second year in a row, Luxembourg won with the song "Tu te reconnaitras", performed by Anna-Maria David. ABBA with the song "Ring Ring" failed in the national preselection.

Brighton, UK. Greece is taking part in the competition for the first time. From France, no one spoke in connection with the death of President Georges Pompidou. First place was taken by the Swedish band ABBA with their famous song "Waterloo".

Stockholm, Sweden. Turkey takes part in Eurovision for the first time. Because of Turkey's participation, Greece refuses to participate in the competition, thus expressing its protest against the Turkish invasion of Northern Cyprus. France and Malta returned to the competition. The winner was the Netherlands with the song "Ding-A-Dong" performed by Teach-In.

The Hague, the Netherlands. Turkey refuses to participate in the competition, in connection with which Greece returns. For the third time in the history of the competition, the United Kingdom has won with the song "Save Your Kisses For Me", performed by Brotherhood Of Men.

London, Great Britain. The competition rules are subject to minor changes. Again, songs should be performed only in the state language of the performing country. France won this year with the song "L'oiseau et l'enfant", performed by Marie Miriam, who became a star in France.

Paris, France. Turkey and Denmark are returning to the competition again. The victory went to Israel thanks to the catchy song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the group "Alfabeta".

Eurovision takes place in Jerusalem. Turkey once again refuses to take part in the competition. The victory went to the hosts, represented by Gali Atari and Milk & Honey with the composition "Hallelujah".

Israel refused not only to host the contest at home, but also to participate in Eurovision. The competition was held in The Hague, the Netherlands. Turkey returned to the number of participants in the contest, for the first time Morocco took part in Eurovision. Johnny Logan of Ireland won the title with "What's Another Year".

Dublin, Ireland. Yugoslavia and Israel returned to the competition. For the first time, Cyprus took part in the competition. The victory was won by the British band Bucks Fizz, who performed the song "Making Your Mind Up". Germany is in second place, just 4 points behind Britain.

Harrogate, UK. First place went to Germany with the song "Ein Bißchen Frieden", performed by singer Nicole. This song was recorded in six languages and went to first place in the charts of all European countries.

Munich, Germany. Luxembourg decided to send a "prepared singer" Corinne Erme to the competition. And this decision justified itself - she took first place, ahead of the Israeli singer Ofra Haza.

Eurovision takes place in Luxembourg. The British band Belle and the Devotions were booed at the end of their performance. Sweden won with "Diggi-Loo, Diggi-Lee" by Herrey's.

Gothenburg, Sweden. The victory went to the Norwegian band "Bobbysocks" with the song "La det swinge". For the first time in the history of the competition, it was broadcast only via satellite.

Bergen, Norway. 13-year-old Sandra Kim won the thirtieth anniversary Eurovision Song Contest with the song "J'Aime La Vie". Belgium came first. The host of the competition was Ase Kleveland, Minister of Culture of Norway, who won third place at Eurovision in 1966.

Brussels, . First place was taken by the Irishman Johnny Logan, who performed the song "Hold Me Now". He became the first to win Eurovision twice.

Dublin, Ireland. Thanks to the singer Celine Dion with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi", Switzerland takes first place in the competition. British representative Scott Fitzgerald was just one point behind her.

Lausanne, Switzerland. The thirty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest was remembered for the fact that two participants were still children: 11-year-old Natalie Pak represented France and 12-year-old Gili Nathanel, who competed for Israel. It was because of these participants that the rule was adopted that the participants in the competition should not be less than 16 years old. This year's winner was Yugoslavia with the song "Rock me" performed by Riva. The UK is back in second place.

Zagreb, Yugoslavia. By this year, the number of participants had become relatively constant, with 22 countries taking part in the competition. The victory in 1990 was won by the Italian Toto Cutugno, who performed the song "Insieme: 1992".

Rome, Italy. This year there was a tense rivalry between France with "C'est le dernier qui a parle qui a raison" by Amina and Sweden with "Fangad av en stormvind" by Carola. Both participating countries scored 146 points each. In accordance with the rules, in this case, the country that most often receives the most points (12 points, 10, etc.) wins. As a result, Sweden became the winner.

Malmo, . First place in the competition goes to Irish singer Linda Martin with Johnny Logan's "Why me?". Johnny Logan became the first artist to win the Eurovision Grand Prix three times. Once as a songwriter and twice as a performer.

Millstreet, Ireland. Three former Yugoslav republics, which declared their independence, take part in Eurovision for the first time. As a result, the number of contestants increased to 25. For the fifth time in the history of the contest, the victory went to the representative of Ireland - the singer Niam Kavana, who performed the song "In your eyes".

Dublin, Ireland. This year, Hungary and Russia took part in the competition for the first time. However, the number of competitors has not changed, since this year Denmark, Belgium, Israel, Luxembourg, Italy, Turkey and Slovenia did not take part in the competition. The third consecutive and only the sixth success came to Ireland with the song "Rock'n roll kids", performed by Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan. Russia's debut at Eurovision brought the country 9th place. The country was represented by Judith (Maria Katz) with the song "The Eternal Wanderer".

Dublin, Ireland. The composition of the participating countries continues to change. Norway wins Eurovision for the second time. This year's triumph was the band Secret Garden, who performed the song "Nocturne". Philip Kirkorov with the song "Lullaby for the Volcano" brought Russia only 17th place.

Oslo, Norway. Due to the fact that a large number of countries expressed their desire to participate in the competition, a new selection system was introduced. It included an additional jury and a preliminary audio entry, which had to be sent to the EBU. The number of participants was limited to 23. In 1996, Russia did not participate in Eurovision. The first place was taken by Ireland, thus setting a record for the number of victories (seven). The winning song was "The voice" by Ymer Quinn.

Eurovision is again taking place in Dublin, Ireland. The selection system has been modified so that all countries can take part in the competition at least once every two years. The country-winner of last year's competition takes part in the competition automatically. The remaining 17 participants are selected according to the average score over the past 5 years. The UK won with "Love shine a light", performed by Katrina and The Waves. Alla Pugacheva performed from Russia with the song "Prima Donna". However, neither the popularity of the singer in our country, nor the monumentality of the song made an impression. As a result, only 15th place.

Birmingham, UK. This year, a televoting system was launched to bring additional viewers' attention to the show. This year's winner made a lot of noise. Israel took first place thanks to transgender singer Dana International, who sang the song "Diva".

Jerusalem, Israel. The victory at Eurovision in 1999 was won by the representative of Sweden - Charlotte Nilson, who performed the song "Take me to your heaven". This year, new rules were also adopted: you can sing songs in any language, you can also sing along with a backing track, replacing the orchestra with this. Russia did not take part in the competition this year.

Eurovision takes place in Stockholm, Sweden. It was in this year that Russia's first notable performance at the competition took place. Our country took 2nd place thanks to the singer Alsou. The first place was taken by the two Olsen brothers from Denmark, who performed the song "Fly on the wings of love".

Copenhagen, Denmark. The contest was held at the Parken stadium, 35,000 people watched the Eurovision live, which was a record for the contest. Russia was represented by the Mumiy Troll group with the song "Lady alpine blue". This year our country took only 12th place. The winners were Estonian artists Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL with the song "Everybody".

The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Tallinn, Estonia. Russia is represented by the group "Prime Minister" with the song "Northern girl". The result is 10th place. The winner of this competition was the singer Mari N from Latvia, who performed the song "I wanna". For the Baltic countries, this was the second victory in a row.

Riga, . Russia goes for broke and sends the infamous TATU group to Eurovision with the song "Don't Believe, Don't Be Afraid". The group took only third place. The first place went to Sertab Erener from Turkey, who impressed everyone with her song “Everyway That I Can” and the show she put on on the stage of “Skonto Hall”. This year, for the first time, Ukraine took part in Eurovision, which as a result took 14th place.

Istanbul, . This year, the young singer Yulia Savicheva performed for Russia. Many experts believe that Yulia performed quite professionally, she was able to overcome her excitement and performed with dignity. However, this was not enough to win, as a result, only 11th place. The first place went to Ukrainian Ruslana, who performed an incendiary song with Hutsul motifs "Wild Dances".

Kyiv, . In February 2005, the qualifying round of Eurovision was held in Russia: viewers chose the winner through interactive voting. According to the results of the audience voting, the singer Natalya Podolskaya won. With the song "Nobody Hurt No One" she represented our country in Kyiv. At Eurovision, Natalia took only 15th place. The victory went to the Greek singer Helena Paparizou, who performed the song "My Number One".

The International Music Festival this year was held in Athens,. Dima Bilan with the song "Never Let You Go" first fought in the Eurovision semi-final (since Russia did not score the required number of points in 2005), and then in the final, where he took second place. The victory went to the Finnish rock band Lordi with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The group performed at Eurovision in a monster costume, which shocked many viewers of the competition.

Helsinki, . Russia was represented by the female trio "Silver", which was created shortly before the competition. Their song "Song No. 1" took third place at Eurovision. The winner was the singer from Serbia Maria Sherifovich with the composition "Prayer".

Eurovision 2008 was held in Belgrade, Serbia. For the second time, Dima Bilan is going from Russia to the competition, whose song “Believe” brought victory to our country. The figure skater, Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, and the famous Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton performed on the same stage with Bilan. In second place was the Ukrainian singer Ani Lorak with a song to the music of Philip Kirkorov "Shady lady", and in the third place - the Greek Kalomira with the song "Secret combination".

The 54th Eurovision Song Contest was held in, in Moscow. Alexander Rybak representing Norway became the winner of the competition. In terms of the number of points scored, Rybak set an absolute record - in the final he scored 387 points. The famous French singer Patricia Kaas took part in this competition. Arash played for Azerbaijan together with Aysel. A citizen of Ukraine, Anastasia Prikhodko, performed for Russia with the song "Mamo". She took only 11th place.

This year the music festival was held in Norway. The country has already hosted Eurovision for the third time on its territory. The first time Eurovision was held in Norway in 1986 thanks to the victory of the Bobbysocks duet, the second time - in 1996 after the victory of the Secret Garden group and the third time the right to host the contest was obtained thanks to Alexander Rybak. The winner of the 55th Eurovision Song Contest was the singer Lena Mayer-Landrut with the song "Satellite". Russia was represented by the musical group of Peter Nalich with the song "Lost and Forgotten". The guys took 11th place, but they themselves were satisfied with the result.

The 56th Eurovision Song Contest was held in the city of Düsseldorf, located in Germany. The duet from Azerbaijan became the winner. The song "Running Scared" brought the duo 221 points. Alexey Vorobyov acted from Russia, who scored 77 points and took only 16th place.

Eurovision-2012 was held in Azerbaijan, in Baku, where a concert complex with a capacity of 20,000 seats was built specifically for the competition. Montenegro returned to the list of participants.

The 58th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Malmö. Sweden hosted the Euroshow for the fifth time. The winner was the representative with the song Only Teardrops. According to the voting results, the singer scored 281 points. Russian Dina Garipova took fifth place. Refused to participate in the competition: Czech Republic. Slovakia, Turkey and Portugal. Armenia returned to Eurovision.

The 59th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Denmark from 6 to 10 May. 37 countries took part in it: representatives of Poland and Portugal returned to the stage of the international competition. For the first time, the finalists of the competition were performers from Montenegro and San Marino. The winner with 290 points was the Austrian drag queen with Rise Like A Phoenix.

The jubilee, 60th Eurovision Song Contest was held in Austria from 19 to 23 May 2015. The winner was the representative of Sweden - with the song "Heroes". The contestant from Russia Polina Gagarina with the composition "Million voices" took an honorable second place, having unconditionally won the sympathy of the European public. Representatives of 40 countries competed in the anniversary event, Ukraine for the first time refused to participate - due to economic difficulties. For the first time, a performer from Australia came to Eurovision, performing under special conditions.

Eurovision 2016 is the 61st song contest held in Stockholm, Sweden from 10 to 14 May. It was attended by representatives of 42 countries, including a performer from Australia, who performed under special conditions. The victory was won by the singer from Ukraine Jamala with the composition "1944". Representative of Russia Sergey Lazarev with the song "You Are the Only One" took third place, while receiving the highest number of points - 361 - from viewers. In 2016, for the first time since 1975, the rules for the competition were changed: now the jury's scores are announced separately from the results of the voting of viewers.

The 62nd Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Kyiv (Ukraine) from 9 to 13 May. Ukraine hosts the competition for the second time.

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The Eurovision Song Contest has been held since 1956. Countries send young performers or artists already known in their home countries there. For example, for ABBA and Celine Dion, the competition was an important step in their careers. But popularity in one's own country does not guarantee a high place. In 1997, Alla Pugacheva represented Russia and took 15th place out of 25.

ABBA (Sweden) - winners 1974

Celine Dion (Switzerland) - winner 1988

The songs of the winners are often controversial. The vocal data of the victors are also in doubt. We offer to recall those who have won Eurovision since 1996. Which of these songs have you heard before?

1996
Winning Country: Ireland
Aimar Quinn - The Voice

1997
Winning Country: UK
Katrina and the Waves
Venue: Ireland, Dublin.

1998
Winning Country: Israel
Dana International - Diva
Venue: UK, Birmingham.

Dana's song was to the taste of the "king of remakes" Philip Kirkorov.

1999
Winning Country: Sweden
Charlotte Nielson - Take Me to Your Heaven
Venue - Israel, Jerusalem.

2000
Winning Country: Denmark
Olsen Brothers

2001
Winning country: Estonia
Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL - Everybody
Venue: Denmark, Copenhagen.

2002
Winning country: Latvia
Marie N
Venue: Estonia, Tallinn.

2003
Winning Country: Turkey
Sertab Erener - Everyway That I Can
Venue: Latvia, Riga.