"Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga, Latvia. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R). t.A.T.u. represented Russia with the song ""Ne ver', ne boisia"", which placed 3rd and scored 164 points at the contest. In late January 2003, C1R began airing television adverts that announced a submission period where interested artists and composers could submit their proposals for an internal selection until 1 March 2003. On 19 March 2003, C1R announced that the duo t.A.T.u. was selected to represent Russia with the"
"song ""Ne ver', ne boisia"". Artists that submitted songs to the selection included Smash!!, Plazma, Kristina Orbakaitė and Avraam Russo. Russia performed 11th at the 2003 Contest, following Germany and preceding Spain. After the voting concluded, Russia scored 164 points and placed 3rd, one point behind 2nd placed Belgium and 3 points behind the winner, Turkey. This guaranteed Russia automatic qualification to the final of the 2004 Contest. The voting spokesperson for Russia was Yana Churikova. After the contest, Channel One Russia complained that Irish broadcaster RTÉ had used a back-up jury, and that it had cost them victory. A"
"well as many unofficial remixes of the song. Song Number 1 ""Song #1"" is a song by Russian girl group Serebro. It is best known as Russia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. They performed in the 15th position following Latvia's Bonaparti.lv with ""Questa Notte"" (Tonight) and preceding Germany's Roger Cicero with ""Frauen regier'n die Welt"". Serebro finished in 3rd with 207 points, behind 2nd placed Ukraine and winner, Serbia. This is the original clip for Song #1 and is known as the promo version. It is also known as red version as it is the"
"Believe Me (Yulia Savicheva song) ""Believe Me"" was the Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Yulia Savicheva. Composed by Maxim Fadeev and with lyrics by Brenda Loring. As Russia had finished the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in the top 10, the song was pre-qualified for the final. In the final, it was performed fourteenth, following Belgium's Xandee with ""1 Life"" and preceding the Republic of Macedonia's Toše Proeski with ""Life"". At the close of voting, it had received 67 points, placing 11th in a field of 24. The song was succeeded as Russian representative"
"Song Number 1 ""Song #1"" is a song by Russian girl group Serebro. It is best known as Russia's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland. They performed in the 15th position following Latvia's Bonaparti.lv with ""Questa Notte"" (Tonight) and preceding Germany's Roger Cicero with ""Frauen regier'n die Welt"". Serebro finished in 3rd with 207 points, behind 2nd placed Ukraine and winner, Serbia. This is the original clip for Song #1 and is known as the promo version. It is also known as red version as it is the shortened version that was performed at the Eurovision"
"in 2008 with the song ""Believe"" performed by Dima Bilan. Russia's least successful result has been 17th place, which they have achieved in the with the song ""Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana"" performed by Philipp Kirkorov. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Russia has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final on every occasion. In , Russia finished third with the song ""You Are the Only One"" performed by Sergey Lazarev. On 12 March 2017, Channel One announced that they had internally selected Julia Samoylova, with her song ""Flame is Burning"" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which"
"from the preceding three semi-finals. Bonnie Tyler, Philipp Kirkorov, Valeriya and Afric Simone were the interval acts for the final. An expert jury that gave only their opinion and had no voting stake in the final result placed Dima Bilan in first place. Ultimately, ""Nobody Hurt No One"", performed by Natalia Podolskaya, received the most televotes from the viewing audience and was the winner of the national final. Since Russia placed within the top 10 countries (excluding the Big Four) in the 2004 Contest, Russia pre-qualified to compete directly in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. On 22"
"by Natalia Podolskaya with ""Nobody Hurt No One"". Believe Me (Yulia Savicheva song) ""Believe Me"" was the Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Yulia Savicheva. Composed by Maxim Fadeev and with lyrics by Brenda Loring. As Russia had finished the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in the top 10, the song was pre-qualified for the final. In the final, it was performed fourteenth, following Belgium's Xandee with ""1 Life"" and preceding the Republic of Macedonia's Toše Proeski with ""Life"". At the close of voting, it had received 67 points, placing 11th in a field of"
"Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R). Julia Savicheva represented Russia with the song ""Believe Me"", which placed 11th and scored 67 points at the contest. In early February 2004, C1R began airing television adverts that announced a submission period where interested artists and composers could submit their proposals for an internal selection. On 10 March 2004, C1R announced that Julia Savicheva had been selected to represent Russia. Other artists that sent entries for consideration"
"submit songs until the 1 March 2007 deadline. On 3 March 2007, an appointed Eurovision expert council held a meeting to select the Russian representative for 2007. The meeting did not end with a decision, however, five candidates were narrowed down: Serebro, Gorod 312, Band'Eros, Zveri and Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov. Following a closed audition on 8 March 2007, Serebro were officially selected and announced as the Russian representatives. On 12 March 2007 during the heads of delegation meeting in Helsinki, the Russian entry details were finalized, revealing that ""Song #1"" would be the title of the Russian song"
"included Smash!!, Anastasia Stotskaya, Dima Bilan, Reflex and Avraam Russo. The jury panel that selected the Russian entry included Konstantin Ernst (general manager of C1R), Aleksandr Fifeman (general producer of C1R), Marina Danielan (service manager of C1R), Yuriy Aksyuta (music director of C1R), Vladimir Matetsky (composer) and Valeriya (singer). On 19 March 2004, it was revealed that Savicheva would sing the song ""Believe Me"" at the 2004 Contest. For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest. Since Russia placed 3rd in the"
"of Russia. Universal Music called Tophit.ru the most reliable website, monitoring Russia’s radio air. The first song #1 on Tophit.ru became , performed by VIA Gra and Valery Meladze, on 23 November 2003. Tophit includes: General charts is compiled on the basis of the data about singles’ weekly rotation on air of 230 Russian radiostations as well 200 ones of Ukraine, the CIS countries, Baltic States, Cyprus, Israel, Germany, the US and Canada, which broadcast in Russian. Every week tophit.ru publishes ""Airplay Detection TopHit 100""—a consolidated chart, based on song rotation on air of radiostations-partners. The artists (rightholders) place their"
"on Channel One. Since 2008, there is an alternation on broadcast and selection, with Russia-1 on even years, and Channel One on odd ones. As of , Russia's voting history is as follows: Press Award Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 21 times since their debut in 1994. Russia won the contest with Dima Bilan performing the song ""Believe"". One of the most successful countries in the contest in the 21st century with a total of nine top five placements, Russia finished second with Alsou in , Dima Bilan in , Buranovskiye"
"statement by Channel One said ""Considering [the] insignificant difference in points between the first and third places, there are grounds to believe that the contest results could be much different for Russia."" RTÉ responded by publishing the unused results of the Irish televote, which showed that had the jury not been used, Turkey would still have won. and Russia would be second. Points awarded by the Russian jury: Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 in Riga, Latvia. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia (C1R)."
"2003 hosted by Terry Wogan on BBC One. In between each song, previous Eurovision Song Contest winners for the United Kingdom shared their experience at the contest. After the songs were over, the voting lines were open briefly. In this time, the regional vote announcers were introduced. These were as follows: After the first few votes had been announced, it was obvious that it would be a two horse race between ""Cry Baby"" and ""Help Me"", with ""Ever Since That Night"" trailing behind. The eventual winner was ""Cry Baby"", written and composed by Martin Isherwood and sung by Jemini, a"
"the show. After the televoting results were revealed, Natalia Podolskaya, Varvara and Chai vdvoem qualified to the final. The third semi-final of the Russian national final took place on 18 February 2005 and featured 10 songs competing for three qualifier spots for the final. 2001 Russian entrants Mumiy Troll and 2002 Russian entrants Prime Minister were the interval acts for the show. After the televoting results were revealed, Irina Schott, Slava, and Aleksandr Panayotov and Alexey Chumakov qualified to the final. The final of the Russian selection took place on 25 February 2005 and included nine competing entries that qualified"
"and Jessica Garlick had a runaway victory of nearly 70,000 votes with her ballad ""Come Back"". The song was also a success in Eurovision with it finishing joint third with host country Estonia. 2003 saw terrible disappointment. The new voting system of regional televoting, where 9, 10 and 12 points were awarded to the top three songs, led to an unsuccessful winner. Jemini's ""Cry Baby"" won by four points over ""Help Me"" by Emily Reed. Confidence in the UK entry was low for both fans and the public, and in the actual contest held in Riga, Jemini picked up the"
"Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 1994. Russia had won the contest on one occasion in 2008 with the song ""Believe"" performed by Dima Bilan. Russia's least successful result has been 17th place, which they have achieved in the with the song ""Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana"" performed by Philipp Kirkorov. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Russia has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final on every occasion. In , Russia was the runner-up at the Eurovision Song Contest, placing second with the song ""A Million Voices"" performed by Polina Gagarina. For the"
"Eurovision Song Contest 2003 The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia, following Marie N's win at the 2002 contest in Tallinn, Estonia with the song ""I Wanna"". It was the first win and hosting of the competition for Latvia with only their third participation after debuting at the 2000 contest. Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) chose the Skonto Hall as the venue after conducting a bidding process among several cities and venues in Latvia. The hosts for the contest were the previous year's winner Marie N and former"
"and Simple Minds, respectively, but perhaps not) [...]."" Popdirt commented that the ""high-pitched helium voices"" on the song work at ""complimenting the sensitivity they feel for each other and the reckless abandonment of the outside world perfectly"". Furthermore, Pitchfork listed this as the 33rd best single of 2003. The song was nominated ""Best Russian Act"" in 2003 on MTV Europe Music Awards. ""Not Gonna Get Us"" was released in Europe in 2003. In the United Kingdom, it debuted at number seven, where it eventually peaked. It stayed in the charts for eight weeks in total. The song also sold over"
"the first time. The winner was Conchita Wurst with the song ""Rise Like a Phoenix"", written by Charley Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, and Julian Maas for Austria. This was Austria's first win in the competition since 1966. Jokes made about Wurst had sparked controversy, whilst Russia were booed several times during the contest. and finished second and third respectively with the former achieving their best result since their victory in the Contest. finished fourth, which equals their best result to date, while finished fifth, achieving its best result since its fourth place in 1994. Of the ""Big Five"", only"
"department of music and entertainment of C1R, stated that Alexandra Vorobyova would not be selected for Eurovision as the broadcaster did not want to repeat themselves by once again sending the winner of ""Golos"". On 9 March, reports that Polina Gagarina had been selected by the broadcaster were circulating various Russian media outlets. Her selection as the Russian representative was confirmed on 11 March during the C1R news program ""Vremya"", where it was also confirmed that Gagarina would perform the anthemic ballad ""A Million Voices"" written by an international team including Swedes, Russians and an Australian that resides in Berlin."
"with Sergey Lazarev, who was third in 2016 with 491 points, which is the highest score of any Russian contestant. In 2018, for the very first time, a Russian contestant failed to reach the final. Yulia Samoylova, who represented the country with the song ""I Won't Break"", failed to qualify to the Grand Final from the second semi-final. The contest has been broadcast irregularly on two different public state channels in Russia, both EBU members: for the 1994 and 1996 it was broadcast on Russia-1 of VGTRK, while in 1995, 1997 and from 1999 to 2007 the contest was broadcast"
"Ilya Reznik (lyricist) and Igor Matvienko (composer, producer). Russia performed 7th at the 2002 Contest, following Croatia and preceding Estonia. Premier Ministr anglicized their band name and appeared in the contest as Prime Minister. After the voting concluded, Russia scored 55 points and placed 10th. The voting spokesperson for Russia was Arina Sharapova. Points awarded by the Russian jury: Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in Tallinn, Estonia. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Russian Public Television (ORT). Prime Minister represented Russia with the song ""Northern Girl"","
"2003), better known by his stage name Misha Smirnov, is a Russian child singer. He will represent Russia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song ""Mechta"" (, ). Smirnov was born in the city of Moscow, Russia on April 30, 2003. Mikhail's success as a singer is no less impressive considering his family background - born to parents who are mathematicians, who both graduated from the Maths & Mechanics faculty at the Moscow State University. When he was three years old, Mikhail suddenly began to stutter and his parents sent him to singing lessons as part of"
"Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Russian entry was selected internally by the Russian broadcaster Russian Public Television (ORT). Mumiy Troll represented Russia with the song ""Lady Alpine Blue"", which placed 12th and scored 37 points at the contest. In April 2001, ORT announced that it had selected the band Mumiy Troll to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001. ORT claimed that over 2000 performers applied for the selection with a jury panel ultimately making the decision to send Mumiy Troll and the song ""Lady"
"and started singing in English. Now she lives in Miami. First album ""Это я"" was produced by Scott Storch. As ""Джульетта"": Julia Kova — «Это я» (2007) Julia Kova Julia Kova (real name , ; b. February 5, 1985 in Moscow) is a Russian singer. At 17 years old, she was chosen as ""Miss Russia Universe 2003"", but was unable to compete in Miss Universe pageant due to her age. In fact she had to be 18 by February 1 of that year, while her birthday is on fifth. Julia participated in the Miss Europe beauty pageant later that year"
"song ""Show Me Love"", despite the song not being released in any country other than Poland. The group then released their third single ""30 Minutes"". It was released as an official single in the UK. A music video followed after the release. The fourth single off the album ""How Soon Is Now?"" was a cover of the song by The Smiths. In May 2003, t.A.T.u. represented Russia at Eurovision Song Contest 2003, where they placed third. After the contest, Russia's Channel One complained that Irish broadcaster RTÉ (Ireland's national television broadcaster) had used a back-up jury, and that it had"
"another English-language song, ""Take It Off"". On 10 December 2015, it was announced that Lazarev would represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. In the final, he reached third place with his song ""You Are the Only One"", Lazarev won the televote with 361 points, and came fifth with the national jury scoring 130 points. It was rumoured that in the 2017 contest, which Russia ultimately withdrew from, Lazarev was originally intended to be Russia's spokesperson during the jury voting sequence. In 2006 Lazarev finished second in the Russian version of ""Dancing on Ice"". In 2008 he"
"Russia. In 2000, Alsou recorded her first English language single ""Solo"" and was entered into the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, written by Andrew Lane and Brandon Barnes eventually finishing second overall. ""Solo"" went on to sell 100,000 copies and became the biggest selling single of all time in Russia, surpassed only by her next single, a duet with Enrique Iglesias entitled ""You're My #1"". ""`I really enjoyed performing with him in Kremlin and I hope our paths will cross again`."" After her success in Eurovision 2000, Alsou began a large-scale tour of Russia. She celebrated her 17th birthday by performing"
"United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. They used ""A Song For Europe"" to choose their entry. The winner was Liverpudlian duo Jemini with the song ""Cry Baby"". The song went on to gain the worst placing ever for the United Kingdom - last place with no points. Nicki French, the singer who represented the United Kingdom in 2000, expressed her interest in participating again, and had submitted two songs to the selection. The fee for sending in a song was £110, and under £20 if you were 17 or"
"close of voting, it had received 33 points, placing 15th in a field of 25. Due to the rapidly expanding contest, the decision was taken to restrict entry to the 1998 contest to those countries with the best average performance over the previous five years, a group which did not include Russia. Russia also opted out of the 1999 contest, before re-entering the fold the following year. Thus, the song was succeeded as Russian representative at the 2000 contest by Alsou with ""Solo"". Primadonna (Alla Pugacheva song) ""Primadonna"" () was the Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed"
"a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Russia came second at four contests; in with the song ""Solo"" performed by Alsou, in with Dima Bilan's song ""Never Let You Go"", in with the song ""Party for Everybody"" performed by Buranovskiye Babushki, and in with Polina Gagarina's song ""A Million Voices"". They also achieved three third-place finishes; in with t.A.T.u's song ""Ne Ver', Ne Boysia"", Serebro's in with their entry ""Song #1"", and in with Sergey Lazarev's song ""You Are the Only One""(But this song won in the ""televoting""). In 1996, Russia's entry was Andrey Kosinsky with the song ""Me"