From 8 to 12 May 2018, the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest took place in Portugal. 42 countries took part in it. 37 contestants competed for the right to reach the final of the show through the system of semi-finals, while Great Britain, Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the representative of the host country of the competition, Portugal, entered the final automatically.
In the final, on May 12, 2018, 25 solo performers and musical groups competed for the main prize.
Eurovision 2018 final in Lisbon
Netta Barzilai scored 317 points from the viewers, which ensured her a landslide victory.
6 countries immediately got to the final.
1.UK/SuRie. 60 times the British participated in Eurovision, 5 times won: Sandy Shaw in 1967, Lulu in 1969, Brotherhood of Man in 1976, Bucks Fizz in 1981, Katrina and the Waves in 1997. Three times the British took the last places. Suzanne Marie Cork, aka SuRie, will perform the song "Storm". According to bookmakers, Sandy will notice a place in the second ten.
2. Germany/Michael Schulte. Germany is one of the seven countries that have taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest since the very first contest. The first Germans were only twice: in 1982 by Nicole and in 2010 by Lena Meyer-Landrut. Seven times the representatives of Germany were in last place. Michael Schulte will sing "You Let Me Walk Alone", but is unlikely to rise above 15th place.
3. Spain/Alfred & Amaya. Participates in the competition since 1961, was the winner for 2 years in a row: in 1968 - Massiel, in 1969 - Salome. Eight times the Spaniards were last. Alfred & Amaya will perform a song in Spanish "Tu canción" with which they can get into the top ten.
4. Italy/Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro. Participated in the competition 43 times, won twice. In 1964 Gigliola Cinquetti won, and in 1990 Toto Cutugno won with the song "Insieme: 1992". The Italians took the last place only once - in 1966. Duo Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro will perform the song in Italian "Non mi avete fatto niente". Bookmakers above 12 places do not give Italians.
5. Portugal/Claudia Pascoal. This country sent its representatives to the biggest song show in Europe 49 times. But the victory went to Salvador Sobral in 2017 in Kyiv, where he performed the song "Amar pelos dois" in Portuguese. Claudia Pascoal took part in the Portuguese music show "Ídolos", as well as "X Factor" finals and "Voice of the Country". Claudia will perform the song "O jardim" in Portuguese.
6. France/Madame Monsieur. Participants performed at Eurovision 60 times and won five times: André Claveux in 1958, Jacqueline Boyer in 1960, Isabelle Aubret in 1962, Frida Boccara in 1969, Marie Miriam in 1977. The last one was only once - in 2014. Madame Monsieur - a duo of vocalist Emily Sutt and producer Jean-Carl Lucá will perform the French-language single "Mercy". The chances of the French to win in Portugal are high, they are predicted to be second.
According to the results of the two semi-finals in the Eurovision 2018 final, in addition to the six above-mentioned participants, there were:
- Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanika - Nova deca
- Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day
- Romania: The Humans - Goodbye
- Ukraine: MELOVIN - Under the Ladder
- Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off
- Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love
- Norway: Alexander Rybak - That "S How You Write ASong
- Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground
- Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala, ne!
- Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw in "Em
- Austria - Cesar Sempson "Nobody But You"
- Estonia - Elina Nechaeva "La Forza"
- Cyprus - Eleni Foureira "Fuego"
- Lithuania - Eva Zasimauskaite "When We" re Old"
- Israel - Netta Barzilai "Toy"
- Czech Republic - Mykolas Josef "Lie to Me"
- Bulgaria - EQUINOX "Bones"
- Albania - Evgent Bushpepa "Mall"
- Finland - Saara Aalto "Monsters"
- Ireland - Ryan O'Shaughnessy "Together"
First semi-final at Eurovision 2018
Azerbaijan/Aysel Mammadova. The country has been participating in Eurovision since 2008. In 2011 in Düsseldorf, the duet Ell & Nikki won the competition with the song "Running Scared". In 2012 Eurovision was held in Baku. In just ten years of participation in the competition, Azerbaijan received 1359 points. The worst result, 22nd place, the representatives of Azerbaijan had in 2014. According to the forecasts of bookmakers, Aysel Mammadova does not get into the final this year.
Iceland/Ari Olavsson. The country has taken part in the competition 30 times since 1986, and only in 1998 and 2002 missed the song action. Twice the representatives of Iceland were one step away from victory. In 1999 through the efforts of Selma and in 2009 in Moscow thanks to Johanna. Iceland showed the worst result in 2005 - 16th place. Bookmakers are sure that Ari Olavsson will not reach the final.
Albania/Eugent Bushpepa. The country has been participating in the competition since 2004 and has never come close to winning. The best result was 5th place in 2012, and the worst performance was in 2007, 17th place. The representative of Albania is not considered as a finalist of the song show in 2018.
Evgen Bushpepa (photo: YouTube)
Belgium/Sennek. The country has participated in the competition 59 times, 51 of them in the final. Once the Belgians became the winners of Eurovision. It was in 1986 when Sandra Kim triumphed with the song in French "J" aime la vie ". The worst result for the representatives of Belgium was in 2007 - 26th place. Sennek should perform in the final, the bookmakers are sure.
Czech Republic/Mykolas Josef. The country debuted in the competition in 2007 and participated in the show 6 times and only once - in the final. The best result - 25th place, the worst - last. Mykolas Josef has a good chance of reaching the final, and bookmakers promise him 7th place.
Lithuania/Eva Zasimauskaite. The country has participated in Eurovision 14 times since 1994. The best result was the sixth result in 2006, and the worst - the last place in 2005. Lithuania has minimal chances to reach the final, according to bookmakers.
Eva Z asimauskaite (photo: euroinvision.ru/blog/eva_zasimauskajte)
Israel/Netta Barzilai. Representatives of the country stormed the Eurovision Olympus 40 times and succeeded three times, moreover, two years in a row. In 1978, Izhar Cohen and the Alphabet won the country, in 1979 Gali Atari & Milk and Honey, and in 1998 Dana International triumphed with the hit "iva". Bookmakers are confident that Netta Barzilai with the song "Toy" will not only reach the final, but also win Eurovision 2018.
Belarus/Alekseev. The country participates in the competition for the 15th time. Previously, representatives of Belarus played in the final 5 times. The best was the performance of Dmitry Koldun - 6th place, the worst - Ruslan Alekhno, who did not make it to the final. The Ukrainian performer representing Belarus, Nikita Alekseev, most likely will not qualify for the final in 2018.
Estonia/Elina Nechaeva. Participated since 1994 and the best performance was in 2001 when Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL won the song show in Copenhagen with "Everybody". The last place was taken by Estonia in 2016. Elina Nechaeva gets into the final according to bookmakers' forecasts, where she will possibly take 6th place.
Elina Nechaeva (photo: ru.sputnik-news.ee)
Bulgaria/Equinox. She made her debut in competitions in Kyiv in 2005, took 19th place. Last year, again in Kyiv, Christian Kostov took second place, losing only to the Portuguese Salvador Sobral. The Equinox group is not only the favorite of the first semi-final, but also a contender for victory in the competition, they are in the top five.
Macedonia/Eye Cue. Out of 17 participations, 8 times the Macedonians were in the final. The Balkans did it best in 2006 and 2012 (12th place), worse in 2011 and 2013 (16th place). The participant of Eurovision-2018 is predicted not to make it to the final.
Croatia/Franca. Participates since 1993, twice in 1996 and 1999 was the fourth. Worst of all performed in 2007, five times they did not even reach the final. Exactly absenteeism from the semi-finals is predicted by Franke.
Franca (photo: YuoTube)
Austria/Cesar Sempson. Representatives of the country have participated in the song show since its inception in 1957. Twice the Austrians were disqualified, 9 times they refused to take part. Austria has won Eurovision twice. In 1966, Udo Jurgens triumphed with the song "Merci, Chérie", and in 2014 - the scandalous Conchita Wurst with the single "Rise Like a Phoenix". Cesar Sempson will advance to the final, where he will be in the middle of the second ten.
Greece/Gianna Terzi. They have been performing in the competition since 1974, six times the show was held without the Greeks. In 2005, in Kyiv, Elena Paparizou with the composition My Number One brought Greece the first and last victory to date. Gianna Terzi will be in the final, the bookmakers say, but she won't be the winner.
Finland/Saara Aalto. She began performing in 1961, and since then - 51 times. Once the Finns triumphed. Success was brought in 2006 by "Lordi" with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The last place in 2015 is the worst performance of the representatives of Finland. Saara Aalto can get into the final of the song show.
Saara Aalto (photo: YuoTube)
Armenia/Sevak Khanagyan. The country has been participating in Eurovision since 2006, twice took fourth place: in 2008 and 2014. Armenia has never dropped below 12th place. This year, the participant Sevak Khanagyan has good chances to get to the final, where he is predicted to be in the top ten.
Switzerland/Zibbz. The Swiss did not take part in Eurovision only four times. Twice representatives of this country won the song show. The first time Liz Assia triumphed with Refrain, the second - Celine Dion with Ne partez pas sans moi. Duo Zibbz is unlikely to make it to the final.
Ireland/Ryan O'Shaughnessy. The country has participated in the competition 51 times, 44 of which were in the final. Most of all, and this is 7 times, the representatives of Ireland achieved victory, three of which in a row. So, in 1970, Dana Rosemary Scallon celebrated the victory in Amsterdam, in 1980 - Johnny Logan, aka in 1987, in 1992 - Linda Martin, in 1993 - Niv Kavanagh, in 1994 - Paul Harrington and Charles McGettigan and in 1996 year in Oslo - Eimar Quinn. Performer Ryan O'Shaughnessy will not be able to overcome the barrier of the semi-finals.
Ryan O'Shaughnessy photo: esckaz.com)
Cyprus/Eleni Foureira. The country debuted at Eurovision in 1981 and achieved the best result (5th place) four times, in: 1982, 1997, 2002 and 2004. The lowest 18th place was in 2011. The Cypriot has a good chance to sing in the final and even enter the top ten.
Second semi-final
Norway/Alexander Rybak. Participates in the competition almost every year since its inception, and this is 57 times. Three times, with the efforts of Bobbysocks in 1985, Secret Garden in 1995 and Alexander Rybak with his "Fairytale" in 2009, the country celebrated the victory. The Norwegians performed very poorly (18th place) in 2007. Alexander Rybak gets into the final without any problems, where he will be a clear contender for victory and can only lose to Israeli Netta Barzilai.
Romania/The Humans. Romanians sang 18 times at Eurovision and always got into the final stage. At the same time, they never won, but were third twice (2005,2010). In 1998, fortune did not smile on them and they became 22nd. The Humans have low hopes for the finale.
The Humans (photo: uchastniki.com)
Serbia/Sanja Ilic and Balkanica. 10 times the country participated in the song show, but in the debut year for themselves in 2007 they became the winning country. In 2008, the competition was brought to Belgrade by Maria Sherifovic, who performed the legendary "Prayer". Sani Ilic has no chance to please the audience in the final.
San Marino/Jessica and Jennifer Brening. Only eight times the representatives of the country sang at Eurovision and always took the last places. The female duet will not advance from the semi-final stage to the final show.
Denmark/Rasmussen. The Danes have been participating since 1957 and have been winners three times. Greta and Jürgen Ingmann in London in 1963, Olsen Brothers in 2000, Emily de Forest in 2013. The Danes also ranked last in 2002. Rasmussen will enter the final stage of the competition.
Rasmussen photo (YouTube)
Russia/Yulia Samoilova. The country has participated in the song show 20 times and has always been in the final. At the same time, the Russians won only once - in 2008 in Belgrade, the victory of Russia was brought by Dima Bilan. Worst of all, the representatives of Russia performed in 1995 and it was Philip Kirkorov (17th place). Yulia Samoilova will reach the final, but she has no chance of winning there.
Moldova/DoReDo s. Moldovans have been participating since 2005, almost always making it to the final. In 2017, with the efforts of the SunStroke Project, the country was third. The last place was taken in 2014. DoReDos will sing their incendiary song, the music for which was written by Philip Kirkorov, in the final.
Netherlands/Waylon. This country is one of the seven participants in the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Since then she has participated 58 times and won four times: Corrie Brocken in 1957, Teddy Scholten in 1959, Lenny Kuhr in 1969, Teach-In in 1975. But in 2011, the Netherlands was in last place. Waylon is likely to confidently overcome the semi-final stage.
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
As you know, the competition was created in 1956 and was first held in Swiss Lugano. Born out of the idea of the San Remo festival, it was intended to unite Europe, which was slowly recovering from the upheavals of the war. As you understand, the USSR, in view of ideological and political differences with the West, did not exhibit its performers.
The situation changed in 1994, when the singer Judith (Maria Katz) performed for the first time at Eurovision. Her composition was called "The Eternal Wanderer" ("Magic Word"). The girl from 10 applicants was chosen by the television "Program A". In our country, she was widely known as a performer of blues compositions, participated in musicals (for example, Chicago), voiced films and cartoons (for songs from the cartoon "Anastasia"). even won an award from 20th Century Fox). At the competition, the singer impressed everyone with impeccable vocals and an unusual costume. With 70 points, she got 9th place.
The following years became less successful for Russia. The producers of the ORT channel decided to bet on domestic celebrities. In 1996, Philip Kirkorov went to Dublin. Unfortunately, his song "Lullaby to the Volcano" turned out to be uninteresting and won only 17th place.
Approximately the same thing happened with Alla Pugacheva, who in 1997 represented Russia with the song "Prima Donna". The Europeans did not understand the composition, and the performer's costume shocked them. Result - 15th place.
Russian Eurovision participants by years
Russia returned to the competition in 2000 and won the first victory. The young singer Alsu from Tatarstan successfully performed the song "Solo" and took silver. Its result can be repeated only in 2006.
In 2003, the group "t.a.T.u." goes to Latvia for the Eurovision Song Contest. The bet was made on the outrageous image of young schoolgirls with non-traditional orientation. The song "Do not believe, do not be afraid" attracted attention and became the third.
In 2004 and 2005, former participants in the Factory project - Yulia Savicheva ("Believe me" - 11th place) and Natalya Podolskaya ("Nobody hurt no one" - 15th place) were sent to the competition. 2006 was marked by another breakthrough - the second place of Dima Bilan. The composition "Never let you go" lost first place to the punk band Lordi from Finland.
In 2007, the little-known group "Serebro" unexpectedly wins third place in Helsinki.
And here comes 2008. Russia again sends Dima Bilan to the competition. His bright composition "Believe me" is accompanied by the magnificent performance of the Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton, as well as an ice dance performed by the famous figure skater Evgeni Plushenko. Honored 1st place.
In 2009 Eurovision was held in Russia for the first time. Unfortunately, Anastasia Prikhodko and her "Mamo" were only in 11th place.
In 2010, at the competition, Russia was represented by an unknown Peter Nalich. He passed the selection with the song "Guitar", the video of which was posted on YouTube. At the competition, both the performer himself and his "Lost and Forgotten" were out of the format and earned only 11th place.
The performance of Alexei Vorobyov in 2011 was remembered more for the scandals associated with the singer's obscene statements than with the number itself. As a result - 16th place.
In 2012, the producers made a completely unconventional choice. A folk group from the Udmurt village of Buranovo set off to conquer Europe. "Buranovskiye Babushki" conquered everyone with their enthusiasm, strong vocals and bright costumes. Despite the fact that their "Party for everybody" did not win the Grand Prix, but took only silver, it became a real hit.
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. Türkiye 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. Türkiye 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. Türkiye 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 enter 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. Dima Bilan is going from Russia to the competition for the second time, 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, Türkiye 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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Russia has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since 1994. In 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2017 Russian singers did not participate in the final of the competition.
In 1996, due to the excess of the number of countries, the organizers had to conduct an additional selection, and the Russian Andrei Kosinsky did not pass it. Two years later, Russia was not among the participants in the competition according to the rating determined by the results of previous years. In 1999, Russia found itself out of Eurovision, as a year earlier it decided not to broadcast the contest live due to the absence of a Russian representative, and according to the rules of Eurovision, such a broadcast is mandatory.
In 2017, at Eurovision in Kyiv (Ukraine), Yulia Samoilova was supposed to represent Russia with the song Flame Is Burning. However, the Security Service of Ukraine banned her from entering the country for three years because of her speech in Crimea.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) suggested that Russia either broadcast the competition via satellite or change the contestant. On the Russian First Channel, they said that they consider these options unacceptable and in the current situation the channel does not consider it possible to broadcast the contest. The EBU said that Russia had refused the proposed alternatives.
The first Russian participant in the international television contest "Eurovision", which was held in Dublin (Ireland), was in 1994 Maria Katz under the pseudonym "Judith". With the song "Eternal wanderer" she took ninth place out of 25.
Maria Katz was born on January 23, 1973 in Moscow. Russian singer, sang in the musical groups "Quarter", "League of Blues", "Maryland", was a backing vocalist for many famous Russian performers. Laureate of the title "Voice of Russia". Soloist of the group Balls of fire. Founder of the recording company "Hit Start". The characters of Russian versions of Hollywood films (the musical "Chicago") and cartoons ("Anastasia", "Rapunzel") sing in the voice of Mary, she voices commercials.
Philip Kirkorov was born on April 30, 1967 in Varna. Multiple winner of the "Ovation", "Golden Gramophone", "MUZ-TV", "Stopudovy Hit" awards, World Music Awards, as the most popular performer in Russia, laureate of the annual festival "Song of the Year". He was awarded the Kinotavr film festival award in the Best Actor nomination.
Currently, Philip Kirkorov produces artists and groups and performs with his own concert programs.
In 2009 Philip Kirkorov was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place in Moscow.
In 1997, Alla Pugacheva took part in the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on May 3 in Dublin (Ireland). She placed 15th out of 25.
Alla Pugacheva was born on April 15, 1949 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian pop singer, People's Artist of the USSR (1991), laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995). Over the years of her creative activity, Alla Pugacheva has created many concert programs. Along with an active concert activity, she took part in dozens of prestigious festivals and song contests, both as a participant and as a jury member. Pugacheva is the owner of a unique collection of titles, prizes and awards. The Cambridge International Biographical Center awarded her the 2000 Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century Personalized Medal.
In 2000, Alsu represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was held in Stockholm (Sweden). Alsou performed the song in English Solo and became the first Russian singer to take second place in the competition.
Alsu (Alsu Abramova, maiden name - Safina) was born on June 27, 1983. Alsou's musical career began in 1998, when the singer was 15 years old. The song "Winter Dream" brought her great popularity. The singer's discography includes several albums, including "Alsu" (1999), Alsou (in English, 2001), "I Dreamed of Autumn" (2002), "19" (2003), "The Most Important" (2008), "Native Speech" (), "Letters that came from the war" (), etc.
In 2001, Mumiy Troll represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was held on May 12, 2001 in Copenhagen (Denmark). With the song Lady alpine blue, the group took 12th place. Mumiy Troll is a Russian rock band from Vladivostok. Formed in 1983. Songwriter, vocalist and leader of the group - Ilya Lagutenko. The style of the Lagutenko group. The group is the owner of the Ovation, Golden Gramophone, FUZZ, MTV Russia Music Awards, MUZ-TV awards, etc. Its discography includes more than 10 studio albums, including Polar Bear (2010), Rare Lands ( 2010), Vladivostok (2012), Hey Tovarish! (2012), "Mumikam from Trolls. Sleep, rock and roll" (2012), Malibu Alibi (2016), "EAST X NORTHWEST" () and others.
In 2002, Russia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest by the Prime Minister Quartet. The contest was held on May 25, 2002 in Tallinn (Estonia). The group sang an English version of Kim Breitburg's song with lyrics by Karen Kavaleryan Northern Girl ("Girl from the North") and took 10th place among 24 participants in the competition.
The Prime Minister group was formed in early 1998 by producer Evgeny Fridlyand and sound producer Kim Breitburg. Since 2005, the team has been called "PM Group". The group consists of Jean Milimerov, Marat Chanyshev and Pete Samuel Jason.
In 2003, the Russian group t.A.T.u. became the third at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask". The contest was held on May 24, 2003 in Riga (Latvia).
The Tatu project was created in 1999 by scriptwriter and director Ivan Shapovalov, two 15-year-old schoolgirls Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova were selected as participants. The song "I'm crazy" debuted on the radio in 2000 and for several months took first place in the charts of radio stations. On May 15, 2002, the Russian pop duo "Tatu" received the IFPI Platinum Europe Award for one million copies of the album "200 in the opposite direction" sold in Europe.
In November 2002, the group, which from that time became known as t.A.T.u., took part in the European Music Awards, presenting the Best Dance Video nomination and performed the hit All the Things She Said live. After this event, the group received worldwide recognition. In 2003, after participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, Volkova and Katina broke the contract with Ivan Shapovalov and began to produce themselves, releasing two albums - Disabled People (2005) and Waste Management (2007). In 2009, the girls announced that they were planning to start solo careers. In April 2013, the group's first concert after the breakup took place. In February 2014, the girls at the pre-party of the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
In 2004, Yulia Savicheva took 11th place at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Believe Me. The competition was held on May 15, 2004 in Istanbul (Türkiye).
Yulia Savicheva was born on February 14, 1987. In 2003 she took part in the project "Star Factory-2". Her songs regularly became hits: "Ships", "High", "Sorry for Love". The year 2004 was marked by Yulia's participation in several international competitions at once, where she represented Russia. In addition to Eurovision in 2004, she performed at the World Best competition and took 8th place. The singer's discography includes the albums Believe Me (2004), "High" (2005), "If Love Lives in the Heart" (2005), "Magnet" (2006), "Origami" () and others.
In 2005, Russia at Eurovision was represented by Natalia Podolskaya with Viktor Drobysh's song Nobody hurt no one. The final of the competition was held on May 21, 2005 in Kyiv (Ukraine). At the competition, Natalia took 15th place.
Natalya Podolskaya was born on May 20, 1982. In 2004, she became one of the brightest participants in the Star Factory-5 project, the music producer of which was Alla Pugacheva. At the end of the project, Natalya became one of the winners of "Star Factory-5" and the only singer who released her solo album "Late" (2004) as part of the project.
In 2006, Russia was represented at the competition by Dima Bilan, who took second place with the song Never Let You Go. The final of the competition took place on May 20, 2006 in Athens (Greece).
The Silver group, formed in 2006, is a project of Channel One producer Maxim Fadeev. In 2009 the band's debut album "OpiumRoz" was released. Currently, the members of the group are Olga Seryabkina, Ekaterina Kishchuk and Tatyana Morgunova. Among the group's awards are the Golden Gramophone and Breakthrough of the Year awards.
In 2008, Dima Bilan took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the second time. The competition was held on May 24, 2008 in Belgrade (Serbia). With the song Believe, with which Bilan and the Hungarian violinist Edwin Marton, he took first place.
In 2009, Anastasia Prikhodko represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Mamo", she took 11th place. The final of the competition was held on May 16, 2009 at the Olimpiysky sports complex in Moscow.
Anastasia Prikhodko is a Ukrainian and Russian pop folk singer. She was born on April 21, 1987 in Kyiv. She gained fame after winning the show of the First Channel "Star Factory-7".
In 2010, at Eurovision, Russia was represented by the Musical Group of Peter Nalich with the song Lost and Forgotten. The final of the song contest "Eurovision" was held on the night of May 30 in Oslo (Norway). Petr Nalich and his group with 90 points based on the results of the audience voting and the decision of the professional jury. The "Peter Nalich Band", made famous in 2007 by a YouTube video Guitar, consists of Petr Nalich himself, who is a songwriter, vocalist, pianist, accordionist and guitarist; Sergei Sokolov playing acoustic guitar and domra; Konstantin Shvetsov, who plays the electric guitar, as well as saxophonist, vocalist Yury Kostenko; keyboardist Oscar Chuntonov; bass guitarist Dmitry Simonov and drummer Igor Javad-Zade. The group has several albums on its account - "The Joy of Simple Melodies", "Merry Baburi", "Goldfish", "Songs of Love and Motherland", etc.
In 2011, Alexei Vorobyov represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song Get You. The final of the competition was held on May 14 in Düsseldorf (Germany).
Alexey Vorobyov was born in 1988 in Tula. In 2005, he In 2007, he received the "Opening MTV-2007" award at the MTV Russia Music Awards. The song for the Russian Eurovision participant was written by RedOne, the author of Lady Gaga's hits and the official melody of the 2006 World Cup, collaborating with Shakira, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez and other world stars. In recent years, as an actor, Vorobyov starred in the films and TV series "Treasures of O.K." (2013), "Three Musketeers" (2013), Ekaterina (2014), "Guest performers" (2015), "Get up and fight" (), etc.
In 2012, the Buranovskiye Babushki band represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Party for Everybody, which took second place. The final of the competition was held on May 26 in Baku (Azerbaijan). The ensemble "Buranovskiye Babushki" was created in the village of the same name Buranovo, Udmurtia, more than 40 years ago. The average age of the team members is 70 years old, the repertoire is based on. The ensemble also became famous for performing modern hits in Udmurt, Russian and English. Since the end of 2014, "Buranovskiye Babushki" have been performing under the name "Brangurt pesyanayes", which means "Grandmothers from the village of Buranovo" in Udmurt.
In 2013, at the Eurovision Song Contest, the final of which was held on May 18 in the Swedish city of Malmö, Russia was represented by singer Dina Garipova. The lyrical composition What if, performed by Garipova, took fifth place.
Dina Garipova was born on March 25, 1991 in Zelenodolsk (Tatarstan). From the age of six she studied vocals at the Zelenodolsk Song Theater "Golden Microphone". Graduated from Kazan Federal University with a degree in journalism. In December 2012, she won the TV project of the First Channel "Voice". After that, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan. In February 2013, Garipov in Kursk. The first achievements of the Tolmachevs were victories in the music competitions "Golden Boat", "Neva Stars", "Constellation of the Young". In 2007, with the song of their own composition "Spring Jazz", the Tolmachevs recorded their first album "Halves", made their debut as TV presenters in several popular programs, starred in the New Year's television musical "The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors", where.
In 2016, at the Eurovision Song Contest, the final of which took place on May 14 in Stockholm (Sweden), Russia was represented by Sergey Lazarev. He performed the song You Are The Only One and finished third out of 26.
Singer and actor Sergey Lazarev was born on April 1, 1983 in Moscow. From 9 to 11 years old, he sang in the Loktev Ensemble, was a member of the children's musical group "Fidgets". From 2001 to 2004 he performed with Vlad Topalov as part of the duet Smash. In 2003 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School.
His discography includes six albums Freeway (2003), 2nite (2004), Don "t Be Fake (2005), TV Show (2007), Electric Touch (2010), "Lazarev" (2012); the collection The Best (2015) and video albums "Show "Heartbeat": Live in Moscow" (2012), "Show" Lazarev ": Live in Moscow" (). took second place in the competition and became the owner of the award from Alla Pugacheva "Alla's Golden Star".
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
