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Russia In The Eurovision Song Contest
Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times since their debut in . 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 ten top five placements, Russia finished second with Alsou in , Dima Bilan in , Buranovskiye Babushki in and Polina Gagarina in ; third with t.A.T.u. in , Serebro in , Sergey Lazarev in and , and fifth with Dina Garipova in . In , they failed to qualify for the final for the first time in their history. The Russian entry has been chosen through both internal selections and a televised national final titled '' Evrovidenie'', with their most recent entry () being chosen by the latter. Following their exclusion from the due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 26 February 2022, the Russian broadcasters VGTRK and Channel One announced that they would suspend their membership in the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The suspensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Let You Go (Dima Bilan Song)
"Never Let You Go" is a song performed by Dima Bilan at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, where he represented and ended up in 2nd place. At the performance in Athens, Dima Bilan wears a white tank top with a number representing his place in the contest's running order – 13 in the semi-final and 10 in the final. Bilan was surrounded by two ballerinas dancing in the background and a white piano covered in red rose petals, from which a ghost-like female figure emerged halfway through the song. On the night of the semi-final the song was performed 13th, following 's Ich Troje with "Follow My Heart" and preceding 's Sibel Tüzün with "Süper Star". The song received 217 points, placing 3rd in a field of 23 and proceeding to the final. On the night of the final Bilan performed 10th in the running order, following 's Sidsel Ben Semmane with "Twist of Love" and preceding 's Elena Risteska with "Ninanajna". The song received 248 points, finishing second behind 's Lordi with "Hard R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television In Russia
Television is the most popular medium in Russia, with 74% of the population watching national television channels routinely and 59% routinely watching regional channels. There are 3300 television channels in total.Broadcast media CIA World Factbook Before going digital television, 3 channels have a nationwide outreach (over 90% coverage of the Russian territory): Channel One Russia, Channel One, Russia-1 and NTV (Russia), NTV. History Between 1941 in television, 1941 and 1945 in television, 1945 all television broadcasts in the nation were interrupted because of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. During these early years, most television programs were about life in the Soviet Union, cultural activities and sports. In 1956 a second ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manizha
Manizha Dalerovna Sangin (''née'' Khamrayeva; russian: Мани́жа Дале́ровна Санги́н (Хамра́ева); tg, Манижа Далеровна Ҳамроева; born 8 July 1991), known professionally as simply Manizha, is a Russian-Tajik singer and songwriter, as well as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Beginning her career in 2003 as a child singer, Manizha went on to perform with the music groups Ru.Kola, Assai, and Krip De Shin, before later pursuing a solo career. She represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Russian Woman". Early life and education Manizha was born on 8 July 1991 in Dushanbe to parents Najiba Usmanova, a psychologist and clothing designer, and a father who worked as a doctor. Her parents are divorced, and her father did not want Manizha to begin a singing career due to believing it was not a suitable career choice for a Muslim woman. Manizha's grandfather was , a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Woman
"Russian Woman" (russian: Русская женщина, Russkaya zhenshchina, stylised in all caps) is a song by Russian-Tajik singer Manizha, independently released as a single on 19 March 2021. The song represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, after winning the national final '' Evrovidenie 2021 – Nacionalniy Otbor''. To date, this is the last Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, after the country was excluded from the . Background Controversy Many Russian viewers took offense to a singer of Tajik descent singing about Russian women and to the singer's activism for LGBT rights and women's rights, and left hate comments on the video and her Instagram account, demanding that she drop out of Eurovision. Yelena Drapeko, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture, suggested banning Manizha from performing in Eurovision under the Russian flag, commenting also that Eurovision offered no cultural value ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uno (Little Big Song)
"Uno" (stylized in all caps; Spanish for "one") is a Spanglish language song recorded by Russian rave group Little Big. It was due to represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 before its cancellation. The song was released as a digital download and for streaming on 13 March 2020. With over a 200 million views, it is, , the most viewed video on the Eurovision Song Contest's YouTube channel ever. The song was also added to ''Just Dance 2021''. The video was also full of in-joke cultural references to the history of TV-performances of the famous ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya. Eurovision Song Contest The song was Russia's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 after Little Big had been internally selected by the Russian broadcaster, Channel One. The song would have performed in one of the two semi-final rounds. On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals. Russia was placed in the first semi-final, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Big (band)
Little Big are a Russian rave band founded in Saint Petersburg in 2013.Official page of the group Little Big on "Little Big – Russian pop group, founded in 2013 in St. Petersburg" The band currently consists of Ilya "Ilich" Prusikin and Sonya Tayurskaya.LISSOV VLOG – Backstage LITTLE BIG April 2 STEREO HALL (MSCs) '' «ANTHONY LISSOV (LISSOFF) Voice of JANE AIR, Clown from LITTLE BIG» '' Their first full-length a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Won't Break
Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "I Won't Break" written by Netta Nimrodi, Leonid Gutkin and Arie Burshtein. The song was performed by Julia Samoylova, who was internally selected by the Russian broadcaster Channel One Russia to represent the nation at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Background Prior to the 2018 contest, Russia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty 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 finished third with the song "You Are the Only One" performed by Sergey Lazarev. On 12 March 2017, Channel One announced th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuliya Samoylova (singer)
Julia Olegovna Samoilova ( rus, Ю́лия Оле́говна Само́йлова, , ˈjʉlʲɪjə ɐˈlʲeɡəvnə sɐˈmojləvə; born 7 April 1989), sometimes credited as Yulia Samoilova or Julia Samoylova, is a Russian singer-songwriter. In early 2017, she was selected to Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, represent Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, 2017 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Flame Is Burning", but was subsequently banned from the contest's host country, Ukraine, due to violating Ukrainian law by entering Crimea through Russia in 2015, shortly after the region was Annexation, annexed by Russia. In response to the ban, Russia ultimately withdrew from the contest. The following year, Samoylova was instead chosen to Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, 2018 edition of the contest in Portugal. Performing "I Won't Break", she placed 15th out of 18 contestants in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scream (Sergey Lazarev Song)
"Scream" is a song by Russian singer Sergey Lazarev. It was Russia's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was performed during the second semi-final on 16 May, and qualified for the final, where it finished in third place with 370 points. Eurovision Song Contest The song represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Russia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Scream", written by Philipp Kirkorov, Dimitris Kontopoulos and Sharon Vaughn. The song was performed by Sergey Lazarev, who was internally selected by the Russian broadcaster ..., after Sergey Lazarev was internally chosen by the Russian broadcaster. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Russia was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. Once all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are The Only One (Sergey Lazarev Song)
"You Are the Only One" is a song performed by Russian singer Sergey Lazarev. The song represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, and was written by Philipp Kirkorov and Dimitris Kontopoulos, the same team behind Ukraine's 2008 second place song; and John Ballard and Ralph Charlie. The song was released as a digital download on 5 March 2016 through State Television Company. On 28 July 2016, Lazarev released a Russian version of the song, entitled "Pust' ves' mir podozhdyot" (russian: Пусть весь мир подождёт, "Let The Whole World Wait"). He did a version the song in duet with Elena Paparizou during the Home concert series to replace the cancelled 2020 Contest. Eurovision Song Contest Sergey Lazarev was announced as the Russian entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 by Dutch media on 10 December 2015. The following day, it was announced that Lazarev's internal selection was decided upon by the editorial board of VGTRK with the executive produce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Number 1
"Song #1" is a song by Russian girl group Serebro. It is best known as 's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, held in Helsinki, Finland. They performed in the 15th position in the final, following 's Bonaparti.lv with "Questa notte" and preceding 's Roger Cicero Roger Marcel Cicero Ciceu (6 July 1970 – 24 March 2016) was a German jazz and pop musician. Biography Roger Cicero was born in 1970 in Berlin to Romanian jazz pianist Eugen Cicero and dancer Lili Cziczeo. Cicero represented Germany at the E ... with "Frauen regier'n die Welt". It finished in third position with 207 points, behind second placed Ukraine and winner, . Music video Promo version The original clip for "Song #1" 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 Song Contest 2007. The clip begins with the girls putting on the dresses they wore when they performed the song at Eurovision. The girls sing to the came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
